THIS WEEK, I’M WATCHING...

The Pope In Ireland Today, RTÉ One, 9am There is extensive coverage across the day of Pope Francis’s journey to Knock and then the Mass for 500,000 people in Dublin’s Phoenix Park before he departs for home. Great British Bake Off Channel 4, Tuesday, 8pm There’ll be lots of talk of soggy bottoms as Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, pictured, return for a new series of the popular baking show. In the opener, they’re taking the biscuit. The X Factor Virgin One/TV3, Saturday, 8pm Rebranded TV3 kicks off with a show that, if it was a horse, would have been shot years ago. Simon Cowell, Louis Tomlinson, Robbie Williams and Ayda Field judge the wannabes.