TV and Streaming Highlights: 50 years of Willie Clancy Summer School on TG4
Willie Clancy: 50 Bliain den Cheol, TG4, 4.30pm
Crunch time has arrived at the Euros. Peter Collins is joined by Richie Sadlier for live coverage of a Round of 16 game from Berlin (kick-off at 5pm).
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Jo Whiley introduces Coldplay, who headline the British music festival for a record-breaking fifth time. Expect a visual spectacle and a set list full of bangers — and lots of Chris Martin running around smiling.
Joanne Cantwell presents a live double header of football quarter-finals from Croke Park. First up is Louth vs Donegal (throw-in at 1.15pm), followed by Kerry vs Derry (throw-in at 3.15pm).
Fresh from a gig in Dublin, Shania Twains plays the high profile British music festival.
Documentary celebrating the life and times of Willie Clancy, as well as 50 years of the renowned annual Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. Featuring characters, performers, and key figures who have a great affinity with the summer school and the area.
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Joanne Cantwell is joined by Didi Hamann, Kevin Doyle, and Shay Given for live coverage of a knockout tie from Munich.
It’s week seven, and it is time for the sewers to take on lingerie with pyjama blouses, transformed shapewear, and bustier dresses.
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Documentary tracing the backstory of well-known Irish sporting trophies. Gráinne McElwain heads to Tyrone where she hears about a football cup named after the Earl of Tyrone, Hugh the Great O’Neill , and the cup every university footballer wants to get their hands on, the Sigerson Cup.
Jane Seymour is back as the sleuthing Dublin grandmother. When a hen party ends in murder, Harry and Fergus are hired by the bridezilla to make sure her big day goes ahead without a hitch.
The backstabbing format crosses the Atlantic. Death is still on the cards as the Traitors discover if their attempt at seduction has been successful. The Faithful are gunning for another Traitor, but the plans may not pay off, and host Alan Cumming has a deadly surprise for all the players.
Architect George Clark meets people who are repurposing old and unused buildings and turning them into extraordinary homes. This week, Paul and Imogen snap up a pub and butcher’s shop, with ambitious plans to restore the Grade II-listed building and add a modern glass extension.
Britain goes to the polls and the BBC brings rolling coverage of the vote count on what is sure to be a long night for the ruling Conservative Party.
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The story of the “Brat Pack”, the nickname given to a group of young actors who starred in a number of coming-of-age hit films in the early 1980s including St Elmo’s Fire, The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles. Narrated by one of its members, Andrew McCarthy, with insights from other members like Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, and Rob Lowe.
Anime — the blanket term for cartoons from Japan — has become a hugely popular genre in recent years, particularly on Netflix where fans have flocked to shows such as Demonslayer. The latest offering from the Far East is The Imaginary, about an imaginary friend who is separated from his creator with whom he must reconnect before he fades from existence.
