tv & film highlights
Sunday Star Trek Beyond (2016) Channel 4, 8pm
Sci-fi action with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and Zoe Saldana. The crew of the Enterprise continue their mission into deep space where they are attacked by a powerful new villain. Now they must find a way to overcome his superior firepower and stop his revenge plot against the Federation.
At Your Service RTE1, 8.30pm
Hosts John and Francis Brennan conclude the most recent series of their renovation show as they offer their advice to Paul and Geraldine, the owners of Lough Lannagh Holiday Village, whose business is in need of fixing up.
Gentleman Jack BBC1, 9pm
Suranne Jones leads the cast of this new period drama. She plays Anne Lister, a woman unconfined by the opinions of others in the 1930s. Anne returns to her childhood home in an attempt to get over her most recent heartache, only to discover the land on which her family resides is rich with coal. She decides to focus her attention on making the most of the lucrative situation while growing closer to timid local heiress Ann Walker.
MOnday Hatton Garden Heist Virgin Media 1, 9pm
Timothy Spall, Kenneth Cranham and Brían F O’Byrne are among the cast of this new fourpart drama, which airs over consecutive nights. It tells the story of long-time crook Brian ‘The Master’ Reader, who gathers together a gang in order to pull off one of the most ambitious heists that London has ever seen.
Game of Thrones Sky Atlantic, 9pm
The epic fantasy drama finally comes to an end this evening, but what final twists lie ahead for those left standing in Westeros?
Morgan (2016) Film4, 9pm
Sci-fi thriller with Kate Mara and Anya Taylor-Joy (right). Corporate risk-management expert Lee Weathers must assess a top-secret program in which scientists have managed to create an artificial humanoid. However, the more she gets to know the being the more her judgement is clouded.
TuESday Scannal RTE1, 7pm
The documentary series returns with this opener looking back at the assassination of newlyappointed British Ambassador to Ireland Christopher Ewart-Biggs in 1976 and the controversial investigation that followed.
Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me BBC2, 9pm
Alastair, who is best known as the former political aide to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, opens up about the crippling depression that he has had to deal with for most of his life.
The Intern (2015) RTE2, 9pm
Comedy starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Ben, who is finding his retirement rather dull, takes an internship at a fashion website. It is there he gets to know his younger boss, workaholic Jules and decides to impart some wisdom on her.
WEdnESday We Bought a Zoo (2011) Film4, 6.35pm
Comedy drama starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson. A struggling widower moves his kids to a new home which happens to be attached to a struggling zoo. It’s now up to them to save the establishment from closure.
Division: The Irish Soccer Split RTE1, 9.35pm
This documentary looks back at a time when Ireland and Northern Ireland played football as one united team and the decades of heated rivalry that have followed since the big divide.
ThurSday Central Intelligence (2016) Film4, 9pm
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart team up for this ridiculous comedy in which an unfulfilled accountant is contacted by an old friend from high school, only to find out that his once-bullied pal is now a muscular secret agent on the run from the government.
London Calling RTE1, 10.15pm
One-off documentary following the lives of five deaf people from Ireland who have made the jump over to London in the hopes of finding work they wouldn’t be able to secure back home.
FrIday Unreported World Channel 4, 7.30pm
Ade Adepitan visits the Republic of the Congo to investigate reports that armed guards, part-funded by the WWF, are forcing the rainforest-dwelling Baka tribe away from their lands.
Lethal Weapon (1987) RTE2, 10.30pm
Action with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Two mismatched cops aren’t happy to be paired up but must work together if they are to stop a criminal gang.
SaTurday Elections RTE1, 11am
Tune in throughout the day for ongoing coverage of the local and European elections, as well as the Referendum on divorce and the council mayoral votes.