TV and streaming highlights: RTÉ presents the Olympic Games live from Paris

Plus: the All-Ireland football final; the Love Island finale; and the return of the Planet Express crew in the latest run of Futurama
TV and streaming highlights: RTÉ presents the Olympic Games live from Paris

RTÉ presenters Joanne Cantwell, Peter Collins , Darragh Maloney and Evanne Ní Chuilinn pictured in studio ahead of RTÉ's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Pic: Marc O'Sullivan

SATURDAY

The Saturday Game Live

RTÉ One, 1pm

Live coverage of the All-Ireland Camogie semi-finals from Nowlan Park: Cork v Dublin (throw-in, 1.15pm) and Galway v Tipperary (throw-in) 3pm.

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ 2, 1.15pm

Peter Collins is joined by Martyn Irvine for live coverage of the Men’s and Women’s Individual Cycling Time Trials and Rugby 7s semi-finals.

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 7.15pm

Darragh Maloney is joined by Andrew Bree, Andrew Smith, Grainne Murphy, and Mairead O’Callaghan for live coverage including Rugby 7s final..

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 9.15pm

Eavanne Ní Chuilin is joined by Barry Murphy for live coverage with Irish interest across the swimming, hockey rowing and equestrian.

Changing Ends

ITV, 9.30pm

The semi-autobiographical recreation of comedian Alan Carr’s life continues. Puberty is coming for young Alan (Oliver Savell), and it’s time for the toe-curling sex education lesson at school.

SUNDAY

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ One, 1.15pm

Peter Collins is joined by Darren Cave and Sene Naoupou for live action from Paris.

The Sunday Game Live

RTÉ 2, 2.15pm

Joanne Cantwell presents coverage of Armagh v Galway in the All-Ireland football final from Croke Park (throw-in, 3.30pm).

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 6pm

Peter Collins is joined by Andrew Bree, Darren Cave, Grainne Murphy, and Sene Naoupou for live coverage.

Fair City

RTÉ One, 8pm

Mondo finds incriminating evidence about Kira. When Nikki spots chemistry between Sash and Gwen, she gives Sash food for thought. Jess and Greg come to a decision about their future while Jacinta, is guilted over the brooch debacle.

McDonald & Dodds

ITV, 8.05pm

When a local man gets on at his usual bus stop in Bath, nothing is out of the ordinary. But when the bus pulls into the station, he is dead. And despite it being the busiest route of the day, DCI McDonald (Tala Gouveia) and DS Dodds (Jason Watkins) can’t find a single eyewitness to his death. Sophia Myles, Charley Webb and Will Young guest star.

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

BBC Three, 9.15pm and 10pm

A double-bill of Dooley’s third series of Sleeps Over. First up, Dooley visits controversial internet personality and former glamour model Carla Bellucci as she gets set to celebrate her 40th-birthday. And in the second episode, Dooley visits a 70-year-old dominatrix, meeting some of her clients and discovering what her family makes of her career.

MONDAY

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ 2, 1.30pm

Peter Collins is joined by Darren Cave, Sene Naoupou, and Tom Freyne for live coverage.

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 7.15pm

Joanne Cantwell is joined by Andrew Bree and Earl McCarthy.

Jamie: What to Eat this Week

Channel 4, 8.00pm

Last in series. Jamie Oliver begins by rustling up plums to serve with crispy duck, then harvests honey from his own beehives, and picks some of his homegrown courgettes for a Mediterranean-inspired meal.

Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible

BBC4, 9pm

This documentary looks at the construction of Paris’ most iconic landmark.

Love Island

ITV2, 9pm

This year’s season comes to an end. Ciaran Davies and Nicole Samuel look set to take the crown and the £50,000 prize — but could there be a surprise?

A Storm Foretold: Roger Stone addressing a crowd in Freedom Plaza, Washington DC.
A Storm Foretold: Roger Stone addressing a crowd in Freedom Plaza, Washington DC.

TUESDAY

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ 2, 2pm

Peter Collins presents live coverage from Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 7.15pm

Joanne Cantwell is joined by Andrew Bree and Grainne Murphy for live coverage from Paris.

Cooking with the Stars

ITV, 8pm

Paralympian Ellie Simmonds, presenter Abbey Clancy, Olympian Linford Christie, Christopher Biggins, presenter Carol Vorderman, comic Katherine Ryan, YouTuber Harry Pinero, and former Strictly pro Pasha Kovalev are amongst the celebrities paired up with celebrity chefs for the new series hosted by Emma Willis and Tom Allen.

A Storm Foretold

BBC Four, 10pm

Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s documentary focuses on Donald Trump’s longtime ally and adviser, Roger Stone, and provides a comprehensive look at the Republican heavyweights involvement in the former president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election culminating in the now infamous storming of the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.

Masaru Kurisu, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima City (Image: BBC/Minnow Films Ltd)
Masaru Kurisu, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima City (Image: BBC/Minnow Films Ltd)

WEDNESDAY

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ 2, 1.15pm

Peter Collins presents live coverage from Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 7.15pm

Joanne Cantwell is joined by Andrew Bree and Barry Murphy for live coverage.

Atomic People

BBC Two, 9pm

Exploring the human fallout from the first and last atomic bombs used in an act of war, including testimony from some of the last ‘Hibakusha’ — survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

THURSDAY

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ 2, 1.45pm

Peter Collins presents live coverage from Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 7.15pm

Joanne Cantwell is joined by Andrew Bree and Barry Murphy for live coverage.

Hector: Ó na Philippines go dtí na Solomons

TG4, 9.30pm

Another chance to catch Hector on his journey from Papua New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

Channel 4, 10pm

For the first time in nine years, a new season of Kitchen Nightmares is here. In the opening episode, Gordon Ramsay visits the Bel Aire diner in New York where a couple are hoping to turn it over to their sons.

Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure.
Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure.

FRIDAY

Paris Olympics 2024: Today

RTÉ 2, 1pm

Peter Collins is joined by Rob Heffernan, Sonia O’Sullivan and Tom Freyne for live action.

Paris Olympics 2024: Tonight

RTÉ 2, 5.45pm

Darragh Maloney is joined by Andrew Bree, Earl McCarthy, and Gillian Pinder for live coverage.

Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure

BBC2, 9pm

After undergoing major heart surgery in London last year, the 83-year-old actress decides there’s no better time to visit three places in Oz she’s always wanted to explore — Perth, Byron Bay, and Broken Hill. She begins in Perth where she meets Kylie, the skipper of the Australian Blind Sailing team (who takes her for a sail on the Swan); Zoe, a university-educated sex worker, and a group of Jaguar car enthusiasts. Margolyes also explores her Jewish roots with ‘Rabbi Dan’, who moved to Perth from the UK after a bomb was placed under his car.

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa will be released on 31 July.
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa will be released on 31 July.

STREAMING

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

Netflix, Wednesday

The incredible story of Lhakpa Sherpa who holds the record for most Everest summits by a woman at 10 climbs.

Denied a formal education and work due to her gender, the Nepali native emigrated to the US illiterate and without a word of English. Despite facing a number of challenges including a violent marriage, the single mother and Whole Foods worker has managed to break records and achieve her dreams.

Futurama

Disney+, Monday

Fry, Leela and Bender return for a twelfth season. The latest instalment touches on the perils of fast-fashion, NFTs and chatbots.

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