This page previews upcoming TV and Radio Programmes, mostly in Ireland and the UK.

This is for information purposes only and does not imply recommendation unless clearly stated otherwise.

Some of the material is available live or for catchup/download/podcast/streaming from the websites/apps of the relevant broadcaster.

Note: All times and dates are accurate at time of posting, but broadcasters can make changes so it's a good idea to double check in the daily papers/teletext etc. Watch also for regional variations, especially on BBC. The Irish channels, and EWTN can be watched online and through their various apps. EWTN is also available on most satellite services.

Father Brown
RTE One Sat 5 Oct 10.45 am
The Show Must Go On: Father Brown discovers there's more drama offstage than on in the latest production by the Kembleford Players.

THE SIMPSONS
Channel 4 Sat 5 Oct 10.55 am and Sun 6 Oct 12.30 pm
Missionary: Impossible  - Homer pledges $10,000 to save his favourite British sitcom. But when the channel turn up to get the cash, he has to flee to a South Pacific island, where he's supposed to start missionary work, but instead introduces gambling and alcohol to the locals. Jaundiced view of missionary work, or at least the excesses. (S11 Ep15/22)

QUEST FOR SHAKESPEARE
EWTN Sun 6 Oct 9:00 AM
PORTIA, GATE OF VIRTUE - The Merchant of Venice offers an introduction to Shakespeare's Catholicism. Illusions in the subtext of this play point to martyred Jesuit, St. Robert Southwell.

Songs of Praise
BBC One Sun 6 Oct 1.15 pm
Claire McCollum introduces favourite harvest hymns from Jubilee Farm, Northern Ireland’s first community-owned farm, a place with faith at its heart.

Sister Boniface Mysteries
RTE One Sun 6 Oct 3.10 pm and BBC One Fri 11 Oct 2 pm
Stage Fright: Great Slaughter's Amateur Dramatic Society's upcoming production turns from drama to disaster once the leading actor is killed by the leading actress.        Ser 2 Ep 9

GREAT BOOKS EVERY CATHOLIC SHOULD KNOW
EWTN Sun 6 Oct 3.30 pm
SENSE & NONSENSE - Delve deeper into the truth found in history's most amazing stories. Today, it’s Jonathan Swift's “Gulliver’s Travels,” Jane Austen's “Sense and Sensibility” and “Pride and Prejudice” and Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein.”

IN CONCERT-MOZART’S REQUIEM IN D MINOR
EWTN Mon 7 Oct 6 am
During the 20th International Festival of Sacred Music and Art, the orchestra and choir of the Cappella Ludovicea perform Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor at the Basilica of St. Paul, outside the walls in Rome.

Movie: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Film 4 Fri 11 Oct 11 am
(1956) Cecil B DeMille's Biblical epic stars Charlton Heston as Moses, leading his people out of Egypt to the Promised Land and collecting the Ten Commandments along the way. Yul Brynner plays the Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses, with Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Yvonne de Carlo as Sephora and Edward G Robinson as Dathan. DeMille had made a silent version in 1923 but this remake was to be his last film. It remains one of the top grossing films of all time and was also one of the most expensive, costing $13.5 million, a record at that time.

Movie: HIDDEN FIGURES
Film 4 Fri 11 Oct 6.25 pm
(2016) Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe star in director Theodore Melfi's Oscar-nominated fact-based drama about three extraordinary women, whose genius in mathematics and engineering made a significant contribution to the space race. Themes of racism and discrimination against women. Positive towards religion. Edited for content.