Leinster are looking to make it third time lucky in the Champions Cup Final, dark cop drama Rebus continues, Pat Shortt and Mike Hanrahan's Songs of Ireland concludes, and there’s a Gladys Knight night on the Beeb . . .
Pick of the Day
European rugby’s big day out come round again for Leinster once again – this time against Toulouse (KO 2.45pm).
Jacqui Hurley presents all the action from the final, which this year comes from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London.
Leinster are looking to go one better than they have in the last two seasons, when they lost to La Rochelle in successive showpiece matches.
Will it be third time lucky against French opposition?
Toulouse won the last time this final was held in London, with La Rochelle the runners-up on that occasion in an all-French 2021 decider.
Analysis this afternoon comes from Fiona Coghlan, Jamie Heaslip and Stephen Ferris.
New or Returning Shows
Gladys Knight at the BBC, 9.25pm, BBC Two
Bit of a Gladys Knight thing happening here to mark her 80th birthday.
Good thing too, as she’s the last of the truly great female soul singers now that Whitney and Aretha are gone.
First up, archive performances by the singer known as the Empress of Soul, combining classic tracks alongside her band the Pips with solo songs.
Songs such as Baby Don't Change Your Mind, The Way We Were and Help Me Make It Through the Night are drawn from Gladys's appearances on Top of the Pops, Old Grey Whistle Test and The Harry Secombe Show.
That’s followed at 11.10pm by The Old Grey Whistle Test, the first of two concerts recorded at the New London Theatre in 1981, featuring some of Gladys Knight and the Pips’ early hits including The Way We Were, Come Back and Finish What You Started and Midnight Train to Georgia.
The second concert recorded at the New London Theatre in 1981 follows at 11.45pm, featuring some of the group's later hits, including Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me, Help Me Make It Through the Night and Taste of Bitter Love.
D-Day: Secrets Of The Frontline Heroes, 8.20pm, Channel 4
If there’s one thing the English love, it’s a good war. And WWII was up there with the best of them.
This particular programme tells the stories of filmmakers who documented the D-Day Landings, creating the thousands of photos and hundreds of hours of footage that made it out of Normandy, ensuring the heroic actions of the soldiers would be immortalised.
If you're in the mood for more war, Saving Private Ryan follows at 9.25pm.
Don’t Miss
Rebus, 9.25pm, BBC One
The latest TV adaptation of Ian Rankin's detective Rebus novels got off to a great start last week.
In this week's episode, hard-up Michael Rebus's rash act in Fife has bloody consequences for his brother John, who faces a fatal confrontation.
Under pressure to close their investigation quickly, John and Siobhan track down a witness to the assault on Jimmy McJagger.
Meanwhile, Siobhan finds out who stopped the street attack, and John confesses to contact with criminal Cafferty.
Rhona weighs a life-changing offer for her daughter Sammy, and John is perturbed as his enquiries leads him uncomfortably close to home.
New to Stream
Boonie Bears: Guardian Code, Sky Cinema & NOW
This family animation features Patrick Freeman, Joseph S. Lambert, Paul 'Maxx’ Rinehart and Kally Kourshid.
Briar and Bramble lose their mother at a very young age in mysterious circumstances.
Many years later, logger Vick takes the bears to visit the Robot Research Institute, and they uncover a clue relating to Briar and Bramble's mother.
Suddenly, all the answers surrounding her disappearance are about to be revealed.
Ending Today
Pat Shortt and Mike Hanrahan conclude their journey around Ireland.
The duo start in the town of Keady in Armagh, where they perform Four Green Fields with Ciara O'Neill. Pat and Mike move on to Down to perform The Star of the County Down with singer-songwriter Sarah McCreedy.
In Belfast, they meet Winnie Ama and come up with a fresh take on I'll Tell Me Ma.
Saturday Cinema
Oscar-winning remake of the rags-to-riches tale, this time starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, who also directed, and Sam Elliott.
Following a gig, fading music star Jackson Maine happens upon Ally, a nightclub singer-songwriter.
Their instant chemistry leads to a tempestuous romance as he helps her on the road to stardom - but Jackson's alcoholism has explosive repercussions as her career blossoms.
Laura, 1.45pm, BBC Two
This is the nearest thing to a laidback Film Noir. It’s brilliant. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price.
New York City Police Department Detective Mark McPherson (Andrews) investigates the murder of a young, beautiful, highly successful advertising executive, Laura Hunt (Tierney).
She was killed by a shotgun blast to the face just inside the doorway of her apartment.
As he interviews several of Laura's close friends and begins reading her letters and diary, McPherson becomes obsessed with her. But he’s in for one hell of a surprise.
Family Flick
Animated comedy, with the voices of Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Zac Efron and Amanda Seyfried.
Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne face their most challenging mystery yet - a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. Along the way, they discover that Scooby has a destiny greater than anyone ever imagined.
Sport
Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup, 1.50pm, BBC One
This used to be the biggest day in English football, but nowadays it just gets in the way of the bigger clubs making money elsewhere.
Could be fun though, as it’s a repeat of last year’s final as Manchester City face Manchester United (KO 3.00pm).
Gary Lineker presents all the action from the final at Wembley Stadium, as the Mancunian clans meet once more. City won last year and a similar outcome is expected, for at least 115 reasons.
The comfortably defeated Newcastle United 2-0 in the quarter-finals before having to work harder for a 1-0 win over Chelsea here in the last four.
United's last two ties were full of drama - they beat Liverpool 4-3 after extra time, before conquering Coventry City after the Championship side had fought back from 3-0 down.
With analysis from Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.
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