Telly and Streaming Highlights: The Gone premieres on RTÉ One; Morgan Freeman looks at Life on Our Planet

Plus:  the rugby continues apace with URC action on TG4 and RTÉ; Kathryn Thomas helps patients look into their bodies on My BodyFix on RTÉ One; more new drama on RTÉ Two's Storyland

L-R: Liam Carney as Joseph Martin, Michelle Fairley as Judge Hannah Martin, Richard Flood as Detective Theo Richter and Acushla-Tara Kupe as Detective Sargent Diana Huia in The Gone; Sunday, 9.30pm; RTÉ One

SATURDAY:

His Dark Materials

RTÉ Two, 2.50pm

Lyra and Will find allies who can help them in their search for Will’s father, the Magisterium learn something shocking, and Mrs Coulter meets a formidable foe.

Rugbaí Beo

TG4, 5pm

Nevermind the World Cup … here’s all the best action from the United Rugby Championship. Live coverage in Round 1 from Thomond in Limerick: Munster v Sharks (kick-off 5.15pm).

Later…With Jools Holland

BBC Two, 10.30pm

Take That, The Last Dinner Party, METTE, Frankie Archer, and Skindred all feature.

Katie Price features in the new series of Living with Lucy on Virgin Media Television

SUNDAY

URC Live

RTÉ Two, 3.30pm

Live from Scotland: Glasgow Warriors v Leinster (ko, 4.00pm).

Living with Lucy

Virgin Media One, 9pm

Lucy Kennedy heads off to share space, life and conversation with celebrities in their own home including model Katie Price, and sports presenter Des Cahill, tonight it’s the home of Coronation Street star Simon Gregson.

The Gone

RTÉ One, 9.30pm

A new six-part thriller set in New Zealand written by Anna McPartlin and Michael Bennett. A young Irish couple go missing, with a potential Irish crime family involved in their disappearance, leading to a joint New Zealand and Irish crime investigation

MONDAY

GAA Highlights

TG4, 8pm

GAA highlights from club football and hurling championships around the country including the Dublin football county final and the Shinty/Hurling International series.

Union with David Olusoga

BBC Two, 9pm

A sense of national unity emerges in the aftermath of the Second World War, but economic challenges in the 1970s create new divisions and questions about the union’s future.

Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire

Sky One, 9pm

Historian and writer Al Murray sets out to discover why people dislike the British Empire (the clue is in the word ‘empire’, Al). In India, Jamaica, South Africa, and Australia, Murray pairs up with a local comedian to explore the history of British colonial rule and its legacy.

TUESDAY

My BodyFix

RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Kathryn Thomas hosts a new medical show in which six patients use VR headsets to see inside their bodies — before going under the knife for an operation.

The Hidden Children of Ruinerworld Farm

BBC Four, 10pm

Dark new documentary. After escaping the family farm, 24-year-old Israel is reunited with his older brothers Shin and Edino and sister Mar Jan for the first time in years. They recount their experiences growing up in the dark shadow of their father’s beliefs.

Eibhlís Ní Shúilleabháin stars in An Gúna Bainise, a new TG4 show which takes a look back at 70 years of wedding dresses in Ireland.

WEDNESDAY

Location, Location, Location

Channel 4, 8pm

Twenty-three years on from its first episode, the popular property show returns for a 40th season.

An Gúna Bainise

TG4, 8.30pm

Brides from every corner of Ireland show their dresses and tell us the story of the gown and the era in which it was worn. We are introduced to wedding dresses and brides representing more than 70 years of Irish society, each with a very special story to tell.

100 Bliain de Thithíocht — Géarchéim Gan Deireadh

TG4, 9.30pm

Ireland was born in a housing
crisis. And it has never gone away. Every government and generation has had to contend with this issue. This programme draws a line from the birth of the state to the current crisis. From the flats of the ’30s to high-rises in the ’60s, from the
bungalow to the bubble, this film explores the ideas that worked and the ones that were disastrous, painting a picture of where we went so wrong and how we can fix it.

THURSDAY

Heated

RTÉ One, 8pm

A new series takes a factual look at the implications of climate change for individuals, families, communities, and industry.

Interview with the Vampire

BBC2, 9pm

Fanged frolickers Louis and Lestat make a new friend in teenage vampire Claudia.

Storyland: The Cousin

RTÉ One, 10.30pm

A young father is accepted into a prestigious art college and must tell his cousin he is leaving a life of crime behind.

FRIDAY

A Ring and a Prayer

RTÉ One, 8pm

A profile of couples from diverse cultures and faith traditions who get married in contemporary Ireland.

Uncanny

BBC Two, 9pm

Are you team believer or team sceptic? Danny Robins brings his hit podcast to the screen, investigating stories of the paranormal.

A Marpissa muscosa spider in Life On Our Planet, Netflix.

STREAMING

Life On Our Planet

Netflix, Wednesday 

Morgan Freeman does a David Attenborough and narrates a whistlestop survey of the evolution of life on earth.

What We Do In The Shadows

Disney+, Wednesday 

The pain of being a vampire in modern New York is explored hilariously in a new season of What We Do In The Shadows.