What’s on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Richard Ayoade hosts the TV Baftas, Walt Disney’s the subject of American Icons, Andrew Neil’s new show starts, Great Lighthouses of Ireland returns, and Seventeen Days in the Crucible recalls Ken Doherty’s World Snooker Championship win . . .

Pick of the Day

Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2022, 6.00pm, BBC One

Richard Ayoade hosts the British Academy Television Awards from the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Shows such as It’s A Sin (below), Time, Gogglebox, The Ranganation, An Audience with Adele and Strictly Come Dancing are all in the running for awards.

Meanwhile, individual nominees include Kate Winslet, Olly Alexander, Stephen Graham, Mortimer and Whitehouse and Samson Kayo.

George Ezra will be performing exclusively on the red carpet. But don’t let thst put you off.

Don’t Miss

All Creatures Great and Small, 7.30pm, RTÉ One

Things are getting a tad pre-WWII as UK Prime Minister Chamberlain heads to meet with Hitler in Munich. Meanwhile, James prepares to face his parents and give them some difficult news.

Meanwhile, the prospect of a return to war acts as a timely reminder to make the most of life while you can.

But James’s agenda is derailed by an emergency with the Alderson’s pregnant mare, Candy.

American Icons, 8.00pm, RTÉ2

The series that looks at the lives of people who have defined the United States and its place in the world reflects the life and work of animator, film maker and entrepreneur Walt Disney (above).

From groundbreaking animation to theme parks, Disney was a true innovator who created what is today nothing less than an entertainment empire.

Gentleman Jack, 9.00pm, BBC One

Anne throws herself into the election of January 1835, encountering rumblings of discontent from a radical movement looking to dismantle the traditional seats of power.

Ann is stunned to learn that, at such a volatile time, the Sutherlands have ordered evictions on their shared property.

The combination of these two events thrusts the couple into the public eye, drawing dangerous attention to themselves.

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Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott & His World-Famous Jazz Club, 10.45pm, BBC Four

The history of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, eponymously named after the late tenor saxophonist who founded the establishment with business partner Pete King.

It opened in London’s Soho in October 1959, inspired by the vibrant post-war jazz venues in New York.

Since then, Ronnie’s has consistently played host to many of the world’s greatest jazz legends, including Chet Baker, Count Basie, Miles Davies, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich and Nina Simone who are all featured in the film.

Contributors include Ronnie’s friends, family and the music elite, including Chris Blackwell, Quincy Jones and Sonny Rollins.

New or Returning Shows

Great Lighthouses of Ireland, 6.30pm, RTÉ One

More stories about the lighthouses around the nation, beginning with James Morrissey exploring the history of the one at Fastnet off the coast of county Cork and explaining how this engineering masterpiece was built.

There is a look at the hurricane-level storm that hit the Fastnet Race, with John O’Donnell recount his terrifying experience as a crew member of the yacht Sundowner.

Eden: Untamed Planet, 7.10pm, BBC Two

The secrets of the few remaining regions that are Isolated from the rest of the world and have been largely protected from the most damaging effects of human interference.

The first edition heads to the rainforests of Borneo, home to 60,000 species of plants and animals, 6,000 of which are unique to it, with more discovered almost daily.

The Andrew Neil Show, 6.00pm, Channel 4

Cancelled by the BBC, veteran British journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil brings his show to Channel 4.

It’s a live political discussion programme, featuring extended interviews with decision-takers and news-makers from across the political spectrum and analysis, commentary and debate from a regular cast of contributors.

Seventeen Days in the Crucible, 10.00pm, Virgin Media One

Here’s the story of Dubliner Ken Doherty’s famous World Snooker Championship win in 1997 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

For those of us who remember it, it’s amazing to think that it happened all of a quarter of a century ago. But as a sporting moment that gripped a nation, it’s up there with Italia 90.

Back then, the whole country was glued to their TV sets as the then 27-year-old defeated Stephen Hendry, in what was the Scotsman’s first loss in a world final.

Sunday Cinema

Late Night, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

This comedy drama, starring Emma Thompson, John Lithgow and Mindy Kaling, offers a pleasant end to the weekend.

The always watchable Thompson starsa as late-night talk show host Katherine Newbury, who fears that a slip in viewer ratingscould mean that she is set to lose her long-running series.

She then hires an inexperienced writer to her staff (Kaling), mainly on the basis that she is an Indian-American woman with fresh perspective while all remaining writers are white men.

As viewership improves, a sex scandal involving Katherine comes to light, and the host’s future is once more put in the spotlight.