Telly and Streaming Guide: Love in the Country continues on RTÉ 2; Wagatha Christie on Disney+

Plus: beidh Peataí ar ais ar RTÉ 1; Doireann Ní Ghlacáin seeks Ireland's top choir on TG4; new Irish drama on RTÉ with Storyland short Wrapped.

Andy Fox with Vicky Tate and Naomi Kiernan in Love in the Country

SATURDAY:

Julia Bradbury’s Irish Journey

Channel 4, 8.30pm

Tonight’s episode sees her explore the Wild Atlantic Way. There’s the famous tower in Ballylee that was once the summer home of WB Yeats, and Galway City, where Julia visits a sculpture garden.

The Accountant

RTÉ One, 9.25pm

An autistic man moonlights as a money launderer for the Mob, but the Treasury Department soon closes in. Thriller action, starring Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick

Sport

Women’s Soccer: Wexford Youths v Peamount United (kick-off 2pm, TG4). 

GAA: Limerick Senior Club Hurling Championship semi-final: Na Piarsaigh v Doon (2.45pm, RTÉ2).

Rugby World Cup: Wales v Argentina, (ko 4pm, Virgin Media One); Ireland v New Zealand (ko 8pm, RTÉ2). 

AFLW: seventh round (4.25pm, TG4). 

SUNDAY:

The Records Show

RTÉ One, 6.30pm

Katie Hannon explores the shelves of Ireland’s National Archives, digging out previously undisturbed documents, before heading out across the country to follow the trail of the stories behind them. This two-part series takes in the abandoned railway tracks of Donegal, life-changing houses in Clonakilty, and an airport on a bog in Co Mayo. She hears of the English influence on Ireland’s coins, and all about the country’s most feared hotel inspector.

Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker

Channel 4, 8pm

The next big challenge — making a freestanding handcrafted clock in only two days. The skills task involves recreating a bunch of realistic roses out of wood pieces planed from a block of ash — whoever comes out on top will be immune from elimination.

Curfá

TG4, 8pm

New 10-week series presented by Doireann Ní Ghlacáin — in search of the best choir in Ireland. On stage tonight are The Open Arts Community Choir, The Academy Chamber Choir, and Choir Club.

The Meaning of Life

RTÉ One, 10.30pm

Former chief medical officer Tony Holohan talks about the loss of his beloved wife, Eimear, to cancer, while he was spearheading the national response to covid. He speaks frankly about why medical scandals predominantly affect women, including his views on the Cervical Check controversy.

Sport

AFLW: seventh round (12pm, TG4). 

GAA: club championships (1.45pm and 4pm, TG4). 

Rugby World Cup: England v Fiji, (ko 4pm, RTÉ2); France v South Africa (ko 8pm, RTÉ2).

Peataí. Top left: Ursula Savage with Jess; bottom left: vet Ellen Hegarty with a gecko; main pic: Joe and Tom with guinea pigs Amber and Xana.

MONDAY:

Peataí

RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Ellen the vet meets Katie and her fun-loving cat Oreo, who may need to shed a few pounds — is Oreo to blame or does Katie need to hide the cat treats from her Dad? Paul and Hannah meet Louis — a four-month-old "Yorkalier" pup about to be groomed for the very first time. Dog behaviourist Paula has her work cut out for her when she meets the rough collie Jess whose fear of travelling in the car causes stress for owner Ursula.

The Reckoning

BBC One, 9pm

The penultimate part of the controversial drama starring Steve Coogan sees Jimmy Savile at the peak of his fame and influence, having hosted BBC1’s Jim’ll Fix It for nearly 20 years.

Love in the Country

RTÉ 2, 9.30pm

Rob Murphy heads to Waterford to meet Lucia Byrne for a coffee date and a catch-up. They’ve hit a bump in the road when it comes to communication, and Lucia Byrne wants to clear the air. Andy Fox goes on his speed dates and picks two women to bring home to Westmeath — horse-mad Vicky Tate from east Cork, and teacher Naomi Kiernan from Wicklow.

Secrets of a Delivery Driver

RTÉ One, 9.35pm

From Amazon to Meals on Wheels, Deliveroo to Blood Bikes, this documentary gives a special insight into these valuable services. Meet Jack O’Callaghan who volunteers for Blood Bikes. From Nenagh, Dave Scullane delivers school lunches for the company The Lunch Bag. Friends Carmel Moran and Maureen Quinn deliver Meals on Wheels to people around Castlebar.

Sport

European qualifiers: Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland (ko 7.45pm, RTÉ2).

TUESDAY:

Best Place to Be

RTÉ One, 7pm

Baz Ashmawy travels across Spain, Norway, Italy, France, Hungary, and Germany meeting Irish people who have uprooted the lives they had in Ireland to make a home elsewhere. Baz is put to work in rural France helping on a farm where he meets a couple from Galway, and he works service in a restaurant owned and run by a brother and sister from Cork.

Sport

Euro 2024 qualifier: England v Italy (ko 7.45pm, Channel 4).

WEDNESDAY:

The Great British Bake Off

Channel 4, 8pm

It’s Chocolate Week, in which the bakers tackle a tricky torte in the Signature, a cheesecake challenge in the Technical, and a totally gripping chocolate box Showstopper.

An Gúna Bainise

TG4, 8.30pm

Real-life tales of Irish brides told through the stories of the dresses, the day, and the loved ones that shared each magical moment. Starting with a journey back to a 1980s Donegal wedding between childhood sweethearts Anne and Eddie.

Misneach

TG4, 9.30pm

Redemptorist priest Tony Flannery, who was suspended from public ministry by the Vatican for expressing his support for women’s ordination, questions the need for celibacy and same-sex marriage. Last in series

Sun, Sea, and Scalpels

RTÉ One, 9.35pm

With Irish people jetting off for surgical weight-loss procedures abroad, part two of this show examines how sometimes things can go horribly wrong.

Wrapped: a high-tension Storyland drama on RTÉ 2

THURSDAY:

The 2 Johnnies' Late Night Lock-In

RTÉ 2, 9.35pm

Six-part comedy and entertainment series featuring the Tipperary duo, who will be joined each evening by some well-known pals for shenanigans down the ‘local’.

Storyland — Wrapped

RTÉ2, 10.35pm

With cocaine worth thousands of euro strapped to their bodies, Lisa and Ali are intent on getting through airport security undetected. First-time drug smugglers; they’ve no choice but to trust each other. Wrapped is a 25-minute drama from RTÉ’s Storyland 2023.

FRIDAY:

The Man from Snowy River

TG4, 9pm

Adventure film starring Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson and Terence Donovan. A young Australian cowboy falls for the boss’s daughter, is accused of losing a prize stallion, and becomes embroiled in a bitter family dispute.

The Graham Norton Show

BBC One, 10.40pm

Guests include Patrick Stewart, Ralph Fiennes, Bella Ramsey, and celebrity cook Nadiya Hussain.

Sport

Rugby World Cup semi-final (7.35pm, RTÉ2).

L-R Kyle Soller as DI Hillinghead, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as DS Whiteman, Amaka Okafor as DS Hasan & Shira Haas as DS Maplewood, in Netflix' Bodies.

STREAMING:

Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story

Disney+, from Wed

Here's a chance to learn all about the infamous Wagatha Christie scandal from Mrs Rooney herself. The three-part documentary claims to tell the true story of how Coleen turned amateur sleuth to find out why private stories concerning herself and her family, including her former England football star husband Wayne, kept popping up in the media, her infamous Instagram post that broke the story, and her subsequent successful High Court defamation battle.

Bodies 

Netflix, from Thu

A mix of sci-fi, murder mystery, period drama and police procedural, Netflix's next big hit stars Amaka Okafor and Stephen Graham. The The story begins in present-day London, when DS Shahara Hasan chases an armed teenager during a protest. She finds him standing over a naked corpse before he flees the scene. Shahara begins investigating what she thinks is a straightforward murder — until she discovers that the victim has also appeared in three other investigations, each taking place in a different time period. As the detectives piece together the evidence, it becomes increasingly clear they've inadvertently uncovered in a conspiracy that could cost hundreds of thousands of people their lives.