Telly and Streaming Highlights: Derry Girls' Saoirse-Monica Jackson in The Doll Factory
Saoirse-Monica Jackson stars in The Doll Factory, bowing this week on Paramount Plus
The much-loved sci-fi show's 60th anniversary specials are about to begin.
Fans have had a long wait — it's two years since it was announced that Russell T Davies would be returning as showrunner, with the news that David Tennant and Catherine Tate would also be back as the Time Lord and Donna Noble following later.
They'll be appearing in three episodes showing on consecutive Saturday nights before Ncuti Gatwa takes control of the Tardis.
Tonight, we finally learn why Tennant's incarnation has returned, and how he gets around the fact he erased Donna's memory to save her life.
Listen out too for Miriam Margolyes, who provides the voice of alien Meep.
A dead musician's spirit takes over the body of a snowman made by his son so they can spend one last Christmas together. Fantasy drama, starring Michael Keaton and Joseph Cross.
There are now only a few points separating the top duo from the bottom, so the professionals are pulling out all the stops in a bid to ensure their choreography shows off their partners' skills to the utmost.
- England Premier League: Manchester City v Liverpool, 12.30pm, Sky Sports; Newcastle United v Chelsea, 3pm, Premier Sports; Brentford v Arsenal, 5.30pm, Discovery +
- Racing From Punchestown – Winter Festival. 1.10pm, RTÉ One (also Sunday 1.10pm, RTÉ One)
- AFL Women: 1.45pm TG4
- URC Live: Vodacom Bulls v Connacht. Ko 3pm, RTÉ2; Munster v Leinster 6pm, TG4
- GAA: Leinster Hurling Semi-Final, 3.30pm, TG4; Club Championship game, 5.15pm RTÉ2
The 'grown-up' Eurovision took place in Liverpool earlier this year, but now it's time for the continent's youngsters to have a go.
This year, Junior Eurovision, which is for performers aged between nine and 14, is coming to us from Nice in France.
Jessica McKean from Lifford will sing for Ireland with her Irish language song 'Aisling'.
David Attenborough takes us on a tour of some of Earth's most extreme environments to find out how animals have adapted to survive them.
In Vietnam, cameras journey into what is thought to be the world's largest cave, Hang Son Doong, where blind white cavefish survive on nutrients washed in from the jungle above.
We also visit Ellesmere Island, Mexico, and Northern Australia.
Sonia’s Byrnes family from Tipperary, Donncha’s Bonnar family from Waterford, Donncha’s Peters family from Waterford and Nina’s Murphy family from Carlow all battle it out for a place in the Semi-Final.
With just one team left in the game, Davy Fitz is on the benches until next week.
It's time for Mel Giedroyc to announce the winner.
First though, the three finalists face their most ambitious big build of the series as they are asked to create a kitchen island.
It must have a daring design but still be practical with a functioning cupboards and doors.
Then for the skills, test they need to make a utensil to go with it.
- Women's AFL: 11am, TG4
- GAA: Ulster Football semi-final, 12.45pm, TG4
After five weeks of tough competition, we've reached the semi-final stage.
The eight remaining chefs are thrown straight in at the deep end as they are asked to create a dish showcasing two of the most popular ingredients in the world — salt and pepper.
This episode is all about Location, Location, Location and how it could affect our health.
Topics include safe drinking water, the impact of soil quality on the food chain, and pollen allergies.
Documentary on the urgent and sensitive issue of the alarmingly high suicide rates among the Irish Traveller community told through the harrowing and deeply personal story of 12 year old Patrick McDonagh from Finglas.
Just three bakers are left in the tent, and to be in with a chance of winning the coveted cake stand, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith want them to tackle a choux pastry Signature, a sticky Technical, and a celebration cake Showstopper.
- UEFA Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain v Newcastle United, ko 8pm, RTÉ One; Manchester City v RB Leipzig, 8pm, Discovery +
Back in 2017, former skydivers Leigh and Richard fell head over heels in love with a derelict 17th-century Cornish flour mill.
Taking a huge leap of faith, they put their business on hold, sold their house and moved 250 miles to live in a caravan on-site.
With no experience of building or restoration, and only £250k to play with, Richard and Leigh's ambitious plan was to restore the outside and retain as much of the history and magic inside as possible — while also creating a contemporary, four-floor, three-bedroom home.
Now, Kevin McCloud returns to see how they have got on.
Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill meets those looking to the future of the world's bog and peatlands in Ireland and throughout the world.
In Canada world expert in bog restoration, Line Rochefort shows her methods of replanting sphagnum.
We hear of the devastating effects of bog slides, and visit a Dutch city which is sinking into its peaty soil.
There's no doubt that China, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, is a global force to be reckoned with, one that we're sure to feel the increasing influence of over the decades to come.
Among the topics covered here are the nation's treatment of dissidents and critics now living over in the West.
- UEFA Champions League: Galatasaray v Manchester United, 5.30pm; Arsenal v Lens, 8pm, both Discovery +
The final aired on Tuesday, but the good news is that we still get an extra helping of this spin-off show.
Jo Brand is joined by a celebrity panel made up of presenters Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.
And all three finalists drop by for a chat with Jo, while Tom gets to chat to the rest of the class of 2023, and there's a look at some previously unseen forage from inside the tent.
- UEFA Europa League: Liverpool v LASK Linz, 8pm, Discovery +
With guests Tom Hanks, Timothée Chalamet, Julia Roberts, and Cher
- URC: Munster v Glasgow Warriors, 7.20pm, TG4
- UEFA Women’s Nations League: Republic of Ireland v Hungary. Ko 7.30pm, RTÉ2
Six-part series adapted from Baz Luhrmann’s film, .
He has added footage cut from the original movie's 165-minute running time.
It still features the love story between an English aristocrat and the drover working on her farm in the Northern Territory, but it features a new ending and expanded roles for some of the Indigenous characters.
Eight-part drama starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, 33, the youngster from , in a new take on one of the most popular characters created by Charles Dickens.
It's a spin-off from Oliver Twist set in the 1850s that begins by introducing viewers to Jack Dawkins, aka Dodger, who's living Down Under — the skills he learned as a nimble-fingered pickpocket have turned him into a respectable surgeon.
However, he misses the thrill of his former criminal life, so when his old boss Fagin (David Thewlis) turns up, Jack can't help slipping back into his former habits, despite his growing feelings for the local governor's daughter (Maia Mitchell).
Three-part true crime documentary about disgraced thoracic surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.
The Swiss-born Italian was originally hailed as a pioneer in the field of regenerative medicine after implanting artificial windpipes in various patients — until several of them died and it was discovered he had lied about his research; he was sentenced to jail earlier this year after being found guilty of gross assault against three of the people in his care.
The series also examines Macchiarini's personal life, including his relationship with a reporter who helped expose his actions.
Six-part series starring Samantha Morton's eldest daughter, Esme Creed-Miles, and Sex Education's Mirren Mack as twins Iris and Rose, who make ends meet by painting dolls in London during the 1850s.
Iris, however, dreams of becoming an artist, and after she crosses paths with taxidermist Silas and Louis, a painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she decides to risk everything to grab an opportunity to achieve her ambition.
Cork’s Eanna Hardwicke, George Webster, Pippa Haywood and Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Erin in ) co-star.
