What to watch on TV this week

Would You Believe? The Tuam Babies, Sunday, RTÉ One.

SATURDAY

Ice Age: Continental Drift RTÉ One, 6.35pm

The fourth, and most recent, instalment in the animated adventures of Sid and his pals.

SUNDAY

Dr Seuss’ The Lorx Channel 4, 5.20pm

Zac Efron and Danny DeVito are among the actors providing voices for this animated adaptation of the children’s book.

The Voice of Ireland RTE One, 6.30pm

We’re up to the quarter-final stage of the singing competition.

Fair City RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Poor old Decco. All this time his feelings have been growing for Kerri-Ann, but tonight when she finally seems to reciprocate, he rejects her without realising that she has split up with Frank to be with him.

Poldark BBC One, 9pm

It’s the third-last episode, and while Irish actor Aidan Turner’s torso has received most attention, there is plenty more to enjoy in what has been a successful first run of the rebooted drama.

Would You Believe? RTE One, 10.35pm

Catherine Corless describes how, since she first identified the mass grave of hundreds of children born in the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam, she has been helping many people who were also born in the home to trace their personal histories. PJ Haverty and Anne Kelly Silke also describe their contrasting fortunes after leaving the Catholic facility, with PJ finding a loving home, while Anne remembers a childhood of beatings and deprivation as she was moved from one house to another.

MONDAY

Feis Ceoil: In Time RTÉ One, 7.30pm

A look behind the scenes at the famed competition for young musicians and singers. We hear about previous participants such as John McCormack and Cara O’Sullivan, and recent winners such as Cork siblings, Kevin and Anna Jansson.

Food Unwrapped Channel 4, 8pm

Omega3 is one of the food elements that experts have been recommending in recent years. Here, Jimmy Doherty looks at how good the supplements are.

University Challenge BBC Two, 8pm

The final of the current series has Jeremy Paxman firing the questions at two teams of brainboxes and boffins.

Panorama BBC One, 8.30pm

Simon Jack presents a show entitled ‘A Suicide in the Family’, which puts a personal spin on efforts involving professional sportsmen and other mentors helping middle-aged men get beyond thoughts of taking their own lives.

Inside Harley Street BBC Two, 9pm

Vanessa Williams finds plenty of humour in this new documentary series on the London street famed for its medical practitioners. She hears from doctors and patients as she questions whether the cost of the private services on offer are worth it.

TUESDAY

Living The Wildlife RTÉ One, 7pm

Attempts to reintroduce rare birds of prey back to Ireland has had some high-profile setbacks, but in tonight’s show, Colin Stafford-Johnson meets the people who’ve been hands-on in bringing white-tailed eagles and red kites back to Irish skies.

Bhí mé ann TG4, 10pm

Tonight’s instalment of tales from of the Troubles in the North hears from teachers who worked through those dark days. With many of the pupils having personal experiences of the war outside, some teachers redoubled their efforts to ensure the school day would provide sanctuary from it all.

WEDNESDAY

The Consumer Show RTÉ One, 8.30pm

We hear about what happens tenants when their landlords run into financial trouble, and also see how three volunteers fare with different ‘detox’ diets.

Enigma de Blaghd TG4, 9.30pm

Ernest Blythe is the only Ulster man from a unionist background to become a TD in Ireland. This documentary traces his journey from his Co Antrim home as he rejected his family’s culture, instead learning Irish and becoming involved in the Easter Rising and War of Independence. Eventually ending up as a minister in a Cumann na nGaedheal government, he became widely disliked for such acts as reducing the old-age pension in 1924.

THURSDAY

The Zoo RTÉ One, 7pm

With several Irish people rumoured to be involved in the international trade in rhino horn, it’s good that Dublin Zoo is doing its bit to keep the gene pool alive. In tonight’s show, we follow keeper Ken to Zimbabwe as he witnesses conservation efforts to keep the precious surviving creatures away from poachers who make huge money selling the horns for the Chinese medicine market. There are also new cubs in the lion enclosure.

Dúiche TG4, 8pm

This week’s episode on volunteerism looks at the Bia organisation in Cork which gathers almost out of date food from retailers and distributes it to charity groups. We also see the work of the Corbett Suicide Prevention Patrol on the banks for the Shannon in Limerick.

Coast Australia BBC Two, 8pm

You’d imagine the town of Ballina in northern New South Wales has some Irish connections. It’s the venue for Tim Flannery to explore an epic tale of a raft journey, while Neil Oliver checks out nearby Byron Bay.

Home Of The Year RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Among the homes we see are that of musician Ger Eaton and his wife Susann, who like to decorate their home with storied original pieces. Elsewhere, we see a newbuild cottage in Co Wicklow, and a converted church in Co Galway.

The Unemployables RTÉ2, 9pm

Kelsey D’Arcy, 19, has never had a job, while Rachael Egan, 22, only had a three-week stint in a fast-food restuarant. They’re both hoping Darren Kennedy and Jennifer Maguire can put them on the road to employment.

FRIDAY

Unreported World Channel 4, 7.30pm

A look at the dangers of working on the polio vaccination programme in Pakistan. More than 80 health workers have been killed in attacks by the Taliban and related groups, part of an opposition to the programme that is in part fuelled by revelations that a bogus anti-hepatitis B campaign was used by the Americans in their search for Osama Bin Laden.