Sunday TV highlights: New Cork-set drama series, Blindboy meets Joe Duffy and Ireland in action
Orla Brady stars in The South-Westerlies
CBBC, 9:30am
New show about space exploration aimed at younger viewers, presented by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and her daughter Lori.
Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock and her daughter Lori reveal awesome stories about everything we have sent to space and how it has changed our lives on Earth in brand new 💫 Out of this World 🚀 - starts today at 9:30am and on @BBCiplayer pic.twitter.com/SqyVS4pOrm
— CBBC (@cbbc) September 6, 2020
In the first episode, they look at the space race.
New drama series starring Orla Brady and a number of other top Irish stars.
It follows various inhabitants of a Co Cork town that has been earmarked for a wind farm.
Joe Duffy begins the new series with a potentially fascinating chat with Blindboy Boatclub.
The duo discuss religion and some of the big questions.
The Nations League is a tough test for Stephen Kenny in his second game in charge, with Teemu Pukki of Norwich the main danger for the Nordic side.
Other games in the same competition include Spain v Ukraine ( Sky Sports, ko 7.45pm), and Switzerland v Germany (Virgin Two, ko 7.45pm).
Kerry actress Jessie Buckley features among a stellar cast in this typically offbeat film from Charlie Kaufman.
Critics have been giving it high ratings all round, but be warned that its strange tale won't be for everyone.
Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette and David Thewlis also star
It may look like a space adventure, but in the early stages at least, the Hilary Swank-led series is just as much a family drama.
She's the astronaut commanding an international crew on the first mission to Mars, and faces that familiar Job v Family dilemma as she leaves her husband and teenage daughter behind.
As such, it packs more of an emotional punch than the average space procedural.
Following the Covid-inspired cancellation of a conventional big-screen release, this excellent live-action remake has landed on Disney's streaming service instead.
Subscribers will need to pay an extra €21.99 to watch, but the tale of young girl with warrior powers makes for highly-entertaining viewing.
Officially rated at 12s (for the fight scenes), you can probably apply some leeway to that.
