What’s on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Saturday

A big day for sport includes a couple of Hurling quarter-finals and a trio of games from Euro 2024, there’s a Shania Twain night on the Beeb, Fontaines DC are on Later . . . With Jools Holland, and it’s cheerio to Doctor Who . . .

Pick of the Day

The Saturday Game Live, 12.45pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Finals

If watching sport’s your thing, today’s a great one for taking control of the sofa for ten hours or so.

The Euros resume later, but first up is a double dose of serious hurling action from Semple Stadium.

Joanne Cantwell (above) presents coverage of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-finals, as the remaining counties battle it out for places in the last four.

First up at 1.15pm, Dublin face Cork, and that’s followed at 3.15pm by Clare against Wexford.

New or Returning Shows

Reel Stories: Shania Twain, 9.20pm, BBC Two

Fans of Shania Twain can look forward to a night of TV dedicated to her, beginning with what should be an insightful interview.

Ahead of her debut at Glastonbury, the singer sits down with Dermot O’Leary in a London cinema to reflect on the pivotal moments in her life and career.

Shania speaks about performing on TV shows across Canada during her teenage years and recalls working as a performer at Deerhurst Resort in Ontario to support her siblings after her mother and stepfather died

The night opens at 8.35pm with Shania Twain at the BBC, a collection featuring all of the Canadian singer-songwriter’s biggest moments from the BBC archives.

Then at 10.05pm there’s Shania Twain: Live in Hyde Park, when the queen of country-pop played the London park 2017, performing hits such as You’re Still the One, Life’s About to Get Good, Swingin’ with My Eyes Closed and the crowd-pleasers That Don’t Impress Me Much and Man! I Feel Like a Woman.

Don’t Miss

Later . . . with Jools Holland, 10.30pm, BBC Two

Among those taking to the stage at Alexandra Palace Theatre in north London are Dublin band Fontaines DC (below), who perform a couple of songs from their fourth album Romance.

Also tonight there’s singer-songwriter and pianist Lucy Rose, who performs two songs from her fifth album This Ain’t The Way You Go Out.

Nigerian superstar Tems, American blues and country singer Charley Crockett and Derbyshire singer-songwriter Paris Paloma complete the live line-up.

Jools also chats to veteran singer Lulu and duets with her on Unchain My Heart.

New to Stream

Sometimes I Think About Dying, Sky Cinema & NOW

Daisy Ridley, Dave Margeje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia DeBonis and Megan Stalter star in director Rachel Lambert’s romantic drama.

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Lost on the dreary Oregon coast, Fran finds solace in her cubicle, listening to the constant hum of officemates and occasionally daydreaming to pass the time.

She is ghosting through life, unable to pop her bubble of isolation, when a friendly new coworker, Robert, persistently tries to connect with her.

Though it goes against every fibre of her being, she may have to give this guy a chance.

Rising Impact, Netflix

Here’s the first anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki’s celebrated manga of the same name.

Gawain Nanaumi is a third-grade student with a love for baseball and making the ball really fly.

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In a chance encounter with a female professional golfer, Kiria Nishino, he learns that golf will allow him to hit a ball further than any other sport.

Using his physical strength and keen observational skills gained from living in a rural mountain area, he manages to hit the ball to such an impressive distance that it rivals even that of professionals.

With Kiria’s help, the new golf enthusiast enrolls at Camelot Academy, a prestigious school for both skilled and aspiring golfers from around the world.

Ending Today

Doctor Who, 6.40pm, BBC One

After a few years in first gear, this latest run has been a lot of fun. But tonight’s episode of the last one for a while.

And things aren’t looking good for the Time Lord.

The Doctor has lost, his ageless enemy reigns supreme, and a shadow is falling over creation. Nothing can stop the devastation – except, perhaps, one woman.

Family Flick

Cats & Dogs: Paws Unite! 6.35pm, RTÉ One

Family adventure, with the voices of Melissa Rauch and Max Greenfield.

Gwen the Cat and Roger the Dog are secret agents who covertly protect and save the world without humans ever finding out.

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Their partnership is due to the Great Truce, which has stopped dog and cat hostility for a decade.

But the long-standing peace is threatened when a supervillain parrot discovers a way to manipulate wireless frequencies that only dogs and cats can hear.

Saturday Cinema

All The Old Knives, 9.40pm, RTÉ One

Spy thriller, starring Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce. It’s no classic, but Pine and Newton work well together.

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

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Taken, 10.10pm, Channel 4

Another chance to see the thriller that became a franchise and turned Liam Neeson into a superstar, the cast includes Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace.

An American teenager travelling through Europe is abducted by a gang of sex traffickers. However, what the kidnappers do not realise is that the girl’s father is a former CIA agent, who employs all his old skills as he searches for the criminals and tries to rescue his daughter.

Sport

Live UEFA Euro 2024, 1.30pm, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

First up today is Georgia v Czechia (KO 2pm) in a Group F match from Volksparkstadion Hamburg, in what is the first-ever meeting between the two countries.

Peter Collins (above) is joined by Didi Hamann, Stephen Kelly and Kevin Doyle for pre and post-match discussion.

That’s followed by Turkiye v Portugal (KO 5pm), with Peter and the lads chatting around coverage of today’s other Group F match, this time from BVB Stadion Dortmund.

The third and final game of the day sees Belgium face Romania (KO 8pm) in Cologne. Jacqui Hurley is joined in the studio by Lisa Fallon and Richie Sadlier for this one.

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