TV and Streaming Highlights: Hidden Assets returns to RTÉ One; documentaries on Ireland's mountains and our favourite songs

Plus: Junior Eurovision and great Irish love stories on TG4; Richie Sadlier talks about sex education for Ireland's young men; plus all your live sports and streaming additions for the week

Hidden Assets: Irish-Belgian crime thriller returns to RTÉ One's Sunday primetime slot; 9.35pm

SATURDAY

The Hit List

BBC One, 6.10pm

Marvin and Rochelle Humes invite more pairs to show they can name hit songs and artists from the 1960s to the present day.

The Witches

RTÉ One, 6.35pm

A young orphan goes to live with his grandmother, only to find himself the prey of witches. Fantasy, starring Anne Hathaway.

TOTP2: Girl Groups

BBC Two, 7.40pm

It’s girl band night and it begins with a round-up of performances from the much-loved pop show — featuring the Supremes, TLC, B*Witched, and the Pointer Sisters.

Sport

Women’s AFL. 12.30pm TG4 Women’s Rugby: Interprovincial championship — live from Musgrave Park, 2.15pm and 4.30pm, TG4 Women’s Irish Open 2023: Day 3 at Dromoland Castle, RTÉ2, 3pm

SUNDAY

Unsinkable follows Waterford man Alan Corcoran as he attempts to swim the 500-kilometre length-of-Ireland from Antrim to Waterford, the first person ever to undertake such a challenge.  Sunday, 11.15pm; RTÉ One

Marty’s Big Picture Show

RTÉ One, 7.30pm

Marty Morrissey and historian Liz Gillis uncover the work of Ireland’s photographers. In episode 1, Marty and Liz explore the work of photographer Gerry Andrews.

Junior Eurovision 2023

TG4, 8.30pm

Singers, aged 9-14, from across Europe compete in this huge event. But who will represent Ireland in France on November 26?

Hidden Assets

RTÉ One, 9.35pm

More than a year has passed since the events in season one: Claire (Nora-Jane Noone) is lead Detective Sergeant in charge at the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and faces a sudden challenge — a coordinated cyber-attack targeting CAB and the Belgian Counter-Terrorist Unit (CTU), with a connection to the Brannigan case. Bibi (Simone Kirby), under threat from Richard Melnick’s business partner Swann, resurfaces unveiling dark details on how Richard ran his company Trestford and reveals there’s a mole in CTU.

The Meaning of Life: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

RTÉ One, 10.30pm

17th series of this show. The first programme is also the 100th episode — in which Archbishop Diarmuid Martin talks candidly to Joe Duffy about dealing with the clerical child sex abuse scandals in his former Archdiocese of Dublin, sharing his insights into the behaviour and motivation of
perpetrators, their impact on victims and how publicly addressing that wrong became a priority.

Unsinkable

RTÉ One, 11.15pm

Following Waterford man Alan Corcoran as he attempts to swim the 500-kilometre length of Ireland from Antrim to Waterford — the first person ever to undertake such a challenge.

Sport

Women’s AFL: 12.15pm TG4 GAA: Final round of group games, 2pm and 3.55pm, TG4 Women’s Irish Open 2023: Final day’s play at Dromoland Castle. RTÉ2, 3pm

MONDAY

Bog Amach

RTÉ One, 8pm

Emer Mhic an Fhailí takes six couples and families to spectacular locations as they search for the perfect place to settle. In episode 1, after living abroad, young couple Críostóir and Úna have a dream of settling down in Donegal.

Ar an Sliabh

RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Six-part documentary series following the lives of people who live and work remotely in mountainous areas across Ireland. In this first episode, we meet mountain farmer John Joe tending to his sheep on Cnoc Bhréanainn, County Kerry.

Dr Cassidy’s Casebook: The Femicide Files

RTÉ One, 9.35pm

In episode 1, Dr Cassidy arrives in Ireland to take up her post on the day two women are discovered raped and murdered at Grangegorman. In the role of State Pathologist she will investigate the violent deaths of many women.

TUESDAY

Minx: new series makes its Irish debut; Tuesday, 11.05pm; TG4

Aistear an Amhráin

RTÉ One, 7pm

The stories behind some of Ireland’s most popular songs, beginning with rebel anthem ‘Come Out Ye Black and Tans’.

Bake Off: The Professionals — The Final

Channel 4, 8pm

The remaining three teams take on a 1920s-themed grand finale.

Minx

TG4, 11.05pm

New series. It’s 1971 and aspiring journalist Joyce Prigger struggles to find a home for her feminist magazine until low-rent pornography publisher Doug Renetti offers to help her achieve her dream... with one catch: Each issue must feature a nude male centrefold.

WEDNESDAY

Scéalta Grá na hÉireann

TG4, 8.30pm

New series: At the epicentre of the 1916 Easter Rising lies Ireland’s most haunting love story. Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett’s story inspired the timeless ballad, ‘Grace’. Grace’s family disowned her when she revealed she was engaged to Joe and while she busied herself planning their wedding Joe was planning the Easter Rising.

THURSDAY

Cheap Irish Homes

RTÉ One, 7pm

In episode 1, Maggie and Kieran head to Cork to help South African natives Erin and Louis, find a place of their own here. They love West Cork but are open to anywhere commutable to Cork City for work.

Richie Sadlier: Let’s Talk About Sex

RTÉ 2, 10.15pm

Documentary series led by ex-footballer turned psychotherapist Richie Sadlier — focusing on the discussion around Ireland’s sex education curriculum.

Sport

Irish Open: Live from the K Club, RTÉ2, 1pm European Qualifiers: France v Republic of Ireland, 7.35pm, RTÉ2

FRIDAY

Celebrity MasterChef

BBC One, 9pm

The finalists have two hours to cook and present a faultless three-course meal. And then this year’s winner will be announced.

Mrs Brown’s Boys

BBC One, 9.30pm

Brendan O’Carroll recently revealed he has two new comedy ideas in the pipeline — a sitcom about six people selling insurance and one following his family as they go to different towns, put up a tent and perform. Meanwhile, Agnes Brown is back for a new run tonight — but she’s feeling down in the dumps. Granddad’s bowel movements aren’t helping matters, the house is a mess and she can’t seem to get any sleep. To make things worse, Maria’s home remedies end in disaster.

Sport

Irish Open: Day 2 from the K Club, RTÉ2, 1pm Rugby World Cup: Opening ceremony, and France v New Zealand, ko 8.15pm RTÉ2

STREAMING:

The Killing Kind, starring Emma Appleton and Colin Morgan, based on the book by Jane Casey, and bowing on Paramount+

The Killing Kind

Paramount+, from Thursday

Six-part series based on Dublin-born author Jane Casey’s 2021 crime novel The Killing Kind. Emma Appleton (below) stars as defence barrister Ingrid Lewis, who grew dangerously close to her client, John Webster (Colin Morgan), while representing him in court on charges of stalking his ex-girlfriend. When she called time on their relationship, things turned nasty, but she’s since been trying to rebuild her life. Now, she seems to be on top of matters — until her friend and mentor dies, and John reappears, claiming only he can protect her from a similar fate.

Kerr Logan, Nicholas Rowe, and Sara Powell are among the supporting cast.

Top Boy

Netflix, from Thursday

Gripping drama. This latest run (the fifth) will be its last. Six episodes.

Much of the action again takes place on the fictional London estate of Summerhouse, and focuses on the lives of those caught up in the murky world of drug dealing.

A PTSD-suffering Sully’s actions at the end of the previous season have changed his working relationship with Dushane, and suddenly everything they’ve built is under threat. Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, Saffron Hocking, and Barry Keoghan star.