Jessie Buckley stars in Wild Rose, Claudia Winkleman returns with The Piano, singer Tony Allen is the latest to take the Keys to My Life and there's the concluding episode of Steve Knight’s This Town . . .
Pick of the Day
Musical drama, starring Jessie Buckley (brilliant, as usual), Sophie Okonedo and Julie Walters.
After being released from prison, Glaswegian singer Rose-Lynn Harlan chases her dreams of being a country music star, with help from posh new boss Susannah.
The problem is Rose-Lynn has two kids that she keeps getting her elderly mother to babysit.
New or Returning Shows
The Piano, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Claudia Winkleman (below), Lang Lang and Mika begin a fresh search for talented amateur pianists in Manchester Piccadilly station.
Among those they discover are a classically trained boxer, a dance DJ with the voice of an angel and an 80-year-old romantic who breaks their hearts.
Who will they choose to play at the final concert?
Don’t Miss
In the National Museum, curator Siobhan Doyle is on a mission to restore a 19th-century ceramic piece.
Curator Dan Breen unveils the Hoyten-Rutter photo album, a hidden treasure offering an glimpse into Cork in the early 1900s.
Galway City Museum director Eithne Verling showcases 17th-century embroidered textiles created by Dominican nuns.
Brendan Courtney invites another celebrity to reveal how places they have lived in have shaped their lives.
This week it’s Foster & Allen singer Tony Allen, who recounts his journey from farming beginnings to unexpected stardom, reflecting on the highs and lows of his remarkable career.
New to Stream
The Starling Girl, Sky Cinema & NOW
Mystery-thriller starring Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson and Wrenn Scmidt.
Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky.
Even her joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a growing awareness of her sexuality and her religious devotion.
With the return of Owen, an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem finds herself attracted to his worldliness and charm. Slowly, he draws her into a dangerous relationship.
Ending Today
This Town, 9.00pm, BBC One
Steven Knight’s ska-tastic drama, starring Levi Brown and Jordan Bolger and set in 1980s’ Birmingham, comes to a conclusion.
The pressures that formed the band threaten to destroy it before the members even set foot on stage, bedeviled by their inner demons as much as by outside forces.
Sport
A double-header of Galway v Kilkenny (Throw-in 2.00pm), and Limerick v Tipperary (Throw-in 4.00pm).
Joanne Cantwell is joined by Anthony Daly, Donal Óg Cusack, and Ursula Jacob to present coverage of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship match at Pearse Stadium, followed by the Munster Senior Hurling Championship match at TUS Gaelic Grounds.
The Championship, 1.45pm, BBC Two
Donegal v Tyrone (Throw-in 2pm). Coverage of the second semi-final of the Ulster Senior Football Championship at Celtic Park.
Presented by Mark Sidebottom, with analysis from Oisín McConville and Michael Murphy, commentary by Thomas Niblock and Philly McMahon, and reports from Sarah Mulkerrins
Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final
As the World Championship continues, Colin Murray presents a look back at the legendary final of the 1985 World Snooker Championship between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis.
The match finished after midnight but kept an estimated 18.5 million UK viewers – and a large number of Irish viewers - engrossed until the title was decided on the final black of the 35th frame.
With contributions from Barry McGuigan, Ted Lowe, Stephen Hendry and Barry Hearn.
Sunday Cinema
I’ve seen this film at least 20 times and it remains a firm favourite. It’s just brilliant.
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's Oscar-winning musical based on Romeo and Juliet, adapted from the stage play, starring Natalie Wood (with singing by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris.
The story is so familiar: two teenagers from rival New York street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, fall in love - but it causes already simmering tensions to explode.
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