Telly and Streaming Highlights: The JFK assassination examined on Channel 4

Plus: the week's live sport, Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean and Planet Earth III on BBC; The Nobody Zone and Blue Lights on RTÉ

Marking the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy, a new documentary gives a moment-by-moment view of events on that fateful day in Dallas.

Saturday

Rugbaí Beo, TG4, 7.15pm

All the best action from the United Rugby Championship. In tonight’s live coverage from The Sportsground in Galway, Connacht and Ulster go head to head in Round 3 of the championship.

JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World, Channel 4, 8pm

Marking the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy, this new documentary gives a moment-by-moment view of events on that fateful day in Dallas.

Survivors, BBC One, 8.30pm

Two castaways are chosen to face a moral dilemma, revealing a game-changing twist. Who will become the third person to be voted out of Survivor?

Planet Earth III, starring David Attenborough

Sunday

GAA Beo, TG4, 1pm

Live coverage of Ballygunner of Waterford v the Cork champions Sarsfields in the AIB Club Championship Munster Hurling Quarter Final. Presented by Micheál Ó Domhnaill.

Planet Earth III, BBC One, 3.50pm

A groundbreaking journey from tropical shallow seas to the mysterious depths. David Attenborough reveals extraordinary new worlds and unique animal behaviours in the ocean.

Liz Bonnin’s Wild Caribbean, BBC Two, 9pm

Dubliner Liz Bonnin heads to the Dominican Republic, where she scales a 60-foot palm tree to retrieve a Ridgeway’s hawk chick and searches for a solenodon.

Ned Dennehy stars as Kieran Kelly in The Nobody Zone – Interview With An Irish Serial Killer

Monday

Nationwide Big Houses of Ireland, Monday, RTÉ One, 7pm

The history of big houses or their ruins, from the truly grand to the more modest, learning about the people who lived in them and those who worked in them

MasterChef: The Professionals, BBC One, 9pm

The heats continue as four more brave chefs start their MasterChef journey with their sights set on the title.

The Nobody Zone: Interview with an Irish Serial Killer, Monday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm

Docudrama about the crimes of Kieran Kelly, who in 1983 confessed to a series of brutal murders using the London Underground’s Northern Line to target victims. The story, already told in a podcast, now comes to the screen.

Tuesday

Louis Theroux Interviews, BBC Two, 9pm

Louis Theroux goes head-to-head with world-famous heavyweight boxer and former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua at the north London boxing gym at which he began his career.

Blue Lights, RTÉ One, 10.15pm

Belfast police probationer Grace tries to help a fellow single mother whose son has fallen in with a notorious gang, Drama, starring Sian Brooke.

Wednesday

Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius, BBC Two, 9pm

Docudrama tracing Shakespeare’s rise. Our hero waves goodbye to his family to follow his dream of becoming a playwright. He enters a world of plague, rivalry and every possible kind of danger.

Paddy Devlin - Gunnadóir na Gaillimhe, TG4, 9.30pm

Elayne Devlin explores why her uncle Paddy and nearly 70,000 other men from Ireland ignored Irish neutrality to fight for Britain. Teenager Paddy Devlin became one of the top snipers in the British Army, fought on D-Day and was seriously wounded in Germany.

Thursday

Cispheil Bheo, TG4, 3.45pm

Live Basketball from Israel. Ireland’s senior women visit Israel in a qualifying round for EuroBasket 2025.

Tarrthálaithe na hÉireann, TG4, 8pm

In this new series, we follow the brave men and women of the Irish Coast Guard, mountain rescue teams and community rescue boats across Ireland.

In the sixth episode, we meet one of the most vital rescue services in the country, the Coast Guard helicopter service.

Anam: Songs for Hearts and Minds, RTÉ Two. 11.05pm

Other Voices and the Office of Public Works present the first episode of their new live music series Anam – Songs for Hearts & Minds, presented live from Castletown House in Kildare.

Friday

Rásaí Beo, TG4, 5.30pm

Live horse racing from Dundalk in Co. Louth. Presented by Seán Bán Breathnach with Mánus Ó Conghaile, Sarah Lynam and Daragh Ó Conchúir. Broadcast will continue after An Aimsir Láithreach and Nuacht TG4.

Ghosts, BBC One, 8.30pm

The final episode of the beloved, spooky sitcom. Mike and Alison receive an incredible offer far beyond their expectations. They must make a decision, the result of which will change lives forever.

Mrs Brown’s Boys, BBC One, 9.30pm

Father Quinn is losing his faith, Dermot and Maria are fighting, and Grandad decides that he wants to watch his own funeral.

A new four-part Netflix documentary series marks the 25th anniversary of Robbie Williams' solo career

Stream 

Robbie Williams, Netflix, Wednesday 

Marking the 25th anniversary of his solo career, this is the definitive four-part documentary series on the most successful UK solo artist of all time.

For All Mankind, Apple TV +, Friday 

Imagine a world where the global space race never ended. This thrilling “what if” take on history from Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Galactica) explores the high-stakes lives of NASA astronauts and their families.