Telly and Streaming Highlights: The Young Offenders continues, Bridgerton season 4
Young Offenders, series 4, on BBC One
Ncuti Gatwa takes control of the Tardis full-time for the new series. They encounter a baby farm.Â
Then, in the second episode, they are heading back to the 1960s, where they discover that the all-powerful Maestro has a dastardly plan to change history.Â
As Abbey Road becomes a battleground for humanity, our fab two find themselves coming face to face with The Beatles.
Winning the Eurovision Song Contest is always a cause for celebration, but Sweden must have been especially thrilled when Loreen finished first in 2023 with ‘ ’.Â
Not only did it bring their winning total to seven, meaning they now tie with Ireland as the most successful country in the contest’s history, it also allowed them to host this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of Abba giving them their iconic first win with ‘ ’.
GAA: All-Ireland semi final U20 Football Championship (2.30pm and 4.45pm, TG4).Â
URC: Munster v Connacht (kick-off 5.15pm, RTÉ2); Round 16 — Leinster v Ospreys (ko 7.35pm, TG4).
From the return of the magnificent osprey to Ireland, persecuted into extinction more than 200 years ago, to the giant task of removing 10,000 rats from an island to give its birdlife a chance to survive, Derek Mooney and the team celebrate the work of wildlife conservationists by showing how by working with nature we can help solve some of the problems humans have created.
Leading Actor is contested by Brian Cox ( ), Dominic West ( ), Kane Robinson ( ), Paapa Essiedu ( ) and Steve Coogan ( ), while Leading Actress will go to one of either Anjana Hasan ), Anne Reid ( ), Bella Ramsey ( ), Helena Bonham Carter ( ), Sarah Lancashire ( ) or Sharon Horgan ( ).
New three-part documentary series made with the support and participation of families comprehensively telling the story of the 1981 nightclub fire and a 43-year search for justice. (The programme continues on Monday, May 13, and Tuesday, May 14, at 9.35pm.)
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur (ko 2.30pm, BBC One).Â
Dublin v Louth (throw-in, 1.45pm; Donegal v Armagh (throw-in, 4pm, both RTÉ Two).
Captain Zoom and her crew are back to find out all just how awesome planet earth is.Â
And, this time Zoom leaves the spaceship Curiosity and goes to see for herself some of the brilliant things humans are doing to protect their planet.
It was once believed that Alzheimer’s had no familial link, but Carol Jennings had a hunch that was not the case after her father and his four siblings were all diagnosed with the disease.Â
Her fears were later confirmed when a mutant gene for early-onset dementia was discovered within her family.Â
It meant Carol had a 50:50 chance of inheriting the condition, and if she did, her two children, John and Emily, would face the same risk.Â
She chose not to take the test, but her health began deteriorating in her 50s.Â
Now this documentary follows Emily and John as they decide whether to take the test themselves, and also explores if the discovery of the gene means a potential cure.
Munster Minor Football Championship final (7.25pm, TG4).
Pedro Roche, from Wexford, designs a garden for Yvonne, her children Kyle, Reece, Erin, Sophie and her granddaughter Maeve.Â
Yvonne and her family would love a space to entertain, as they like to have people over.Â
They would like a space for Maeve to enjoy. Yvonne loves spending time in the garden and would love a low-maintenance place to sit and have breakfast.
Six-part drama from the production company behind and .Â
It’s the first original TV project from writer Helen Walsh and stars small-screen newcomer Eva Morgan as Kelly who, by day, is a dedicated gymnast.Â
By night, however, she puts herself at risk as a free-runner.Â
Her life is turned on its head when, during a party on her native Merseyside, Kelly is viciously attacked.Â
It’s suspected her assailant is a member of the free-running group she hangs around with.
An insight into the heartbreak endured by families of missing persons.Â
In 2011, Esra Uyrun went to buy a pint of milk.Â
The mother of one left her home in Clondalkin, Dublin, and was never seen again.Â
Esra’s sister Berna and friend Ilknur, travel to Ireland from Britain several times a year.
Leinster U20 Hurling Championship semi-final (7.25pm, TG4)
Builder Pete and his crew help the Dalton family in Lucan to reclaim their cluttered home — a semi-d filled with misfit furniture, clutter, and unopened boxes.Â
Dad Peter Cowell had a life-altering industrial accident, losing his left arm, prompting a move back to Ireland with Jane Dalton and their kids Alice and Peter Jr.
Samuel Jefwa, the ‘Ivory King’ and his brother, Nicholas, are the biggest ivory traffickers in the world. They are wanted by Interpol and law enforcement in multiple countries for ivory trafficking and organised crime.
Filmed over two years in Emerald Park (previously known as Tayto Park), this behind-the-scenes series follows the trials and tribulations of building Europe’s longest intertwining family and thrill coasters, an ambitious vision that required a €22m investment from its late parks Founder, Raymond Coyle.
This week, Conor realises his days of being carefree are over — he’s a man now, so must pay his own way.Â
He lands a job working alongside his mother Mairead at the fishmongers — but is it really the role for him?Â
He’s also likely to be distracted by Gavin Madigan, the love rival who is now engaged to his old flame Linda.Â
He tries to goad Conor into taking his Leaving Cert exam.
URC round 17 — Edinburgh v Munster (KO 7.35pm, TG4).Â
Munster U20 Hurling Championship semi-final (deferred coverage, 9.35pm, TG4).Â
Sligo Rovers v Bohemians (ko 7.45pm, RTÉ2).
The eagerly awaited first four episodes of the smash-hit period drama’s third season are here at last.Â
Nicola Coughlan’s character, Penelope Featherington (right), steps into the limelight as she searches for an escape from her family by finding a suitable husband.Â
Helping her is Colin Bridgerton, who is back from his travels with a new look.Â
Despite his disparaging words about Penelope in the previous run, it soon becomes clear he now sees her in a whole new light — but whether she feels the same is a different matter.
Joshuah Bearman wrote the article on which the Oscar-winning film was based.
It retold how the CIA used the shooting of a fake sci-fi movie as cover for the rescue of American embassy staff from Tehran.Â
In 2012, he published another story, this time in Playboy magazine, in which politics collided with Hollywood again.Â
His focus was on Black Panther founder Huey Newton’s efforts to flee the US and make it to safety in Cuba, with help from famed producer Bert Schneider.Â
It was an elaborate plot but, as we’re about to discover, not one that went exactly to plan.Â
Andre Holland and Alessandro Nivola play Newton and Schneider respectively, while Don Cheadle directs.
