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What’s on – TV highlights for Saturday

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What’s on – TV highlights for Saturday

Tonight’s top telly picks include more live football from Dusseldorf Arena, day six of Wimbledon and a spectacular fun-filled movie for big and little kids to enjoy. Plus, lots more!

Live UEFA Euro 2024, RTÉ2, 4.30pm

England v Switzerland – kick-off at 5pm – from the Dusseldorf Arena. After topping a group containing Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia, England were on the brink of a shock last-16 defeat at the hands of Slovakia, but Jude Bellingham scored a fantastic strike in injury-time, before Harry Kane headed home in extra time to give them a 2-1 win.

England v Switzerland (Kick-off 5.00pm)

Tony O’Donoghue presents, with analysis from Shay Given, Dietmar Hamann, and Richie Sadlier.

Wimbledon 2024, BBC One, 12.20pm

It’s day six of Wimbledon and Clare Balding presents coverage of the prestigious tournament from the All England Club, where matches in the third round of the men’s and ladies’ singles are scheduled to take place.

Carlos Alcaraz was first up on Centre Court at this stage last year

Carlos Alcaraz was first up on Centre Court at this stage last year and the eventual title-winner reigned in four sets against Nicolas Jarry. Over on the No 2 Court, two-time champion Petra Kvitova overcame Natalija Stevanovic 6-3, 7-5.

Film of the Day

The Croods, RTÉ2, 6.35pm

The Croods hits all the right notes for a kids’ movie, and this is a film that will no doubt leave rug rats laughing and smiling at the latest DreamWorks Animation offering.

This is the story of cave family the Croods, who are forced from their home when it is destroyed by major movement of the tectonic plates.

The Croods must then flee across their continent in search of stable ground where they can commence their new life in the coming Iron Age.

The problem is the father of the clan, Grug (Cage), is afraid of everything and believes that survival depends on never taking any chances and remaining in caves at every opportunity. Needless to say, this doesn’t get the Croods very far as they set out across exotic lands – inhabited by strange and terrifying creatures – on their odyssey.

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Enter their saviour in the form of Guy (Reynolds). This nomadic figure is a forward thinker who captures the heart of Grug’s daughter Eep (Stone) and provides the family with outside-the-box ideas, which give them the impetus they need to continue their journey. Guy is their guiding force away from many of the scrapes they get themselves involved in. Read our full review here

Fighting with My Family, RTÉ One, 9.30pm

Writer and director Stephen Merchant delivers an unlikely wrestling movie with heart and humour

As electro punk duo Carter USM asked as far back as 1992, is wrestling fixed? They were being mischievous, of course, and sadly further songs about bears’ toilet arrangements and the Pope’s belief system failed to materialise.

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So it is a tribute to writer and director Stephen Merchant’s talent that he has taken this tale of a working class English girl’s unlikely rise to fame in the WWE and made it into a very funny and emotional smackdown of a movie. Read our full review here

How the Other Half Live with Brian Cox, Virgin Media One, 8pm

The actor continues to explore society’s complicated relationship with money and wealth, this time turning the lens onto his adopted country of America. In this episode, Brian wants to find out whether the American Dream that anyone can make it big if they work hard enough is a myth or a reality.

Brian looks at the relationship between money and happiness

Throughout the programme he tells his own story, from growing up in poverty to becoming a highly paid Hollywood actor, playing one of the richest and most bloodthirsty capitalists on TV. This is his mission to remove his fear of poverty and to take a deep look at the often complicated issue of money and happiness.

The French Dispatch, Channel 4, 9pm

Saoirse Ronan turns femme fatale and joins an all-star cast in Wes Anderson’s, The French Dispatch.

Billed as “a love letter to journalists, set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city”.

The film seesreuniting with Little Women co-star Timothée Chalamet in a cast that also includes Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz and Owen Wilson.

Ronan previously starred in Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Full television listings here

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