PICK OF THE DAY

DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland

6.30PM, RTé ONE ★★★★ Baz Ashmawy (right) and his team are back with a new series, and they are beginning with their most challenging build to date. They are heading to Shanbough, on the Kilkenny side of the River Barrow, where Johnny Alyward was gifted an empty field by his uncle adjacent to his own house. Johnny was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in November 2020, and struggled to buy or adapt a property that would meet his needs as the disease advances. Now the DIY SOS gang are building him and his family a home on the land.

Dynasties II

8PM, BBC1 ★★★★

Kali is the longest-lived cheetah known to scientists at Zambia’s Liuwa Plain National Park. At the age of nine, she has three daughters to raise, but her previous litters have not fared well — only two of her 14 cubs have survived to date.

Empires Of New York 11PM, RTé2 ★★★

A new series charts the rise of five iconic but very different New York figures — Ivan Boesky, Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, Rudy Giuliani and John Gotti. The first episode looks at how they first rose to prominence during the 1980s.

Muhammad Ali

11.20PM, BBC2 ★★★★

An in-depth, eight-part series on the heavyweight boxing champion, from documentary master Ken Burns. This first episode covers his early years in Louisville, Kentucky, as he hones his skills and wins gold at the 1960 Olympic Games.