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Pick of the day TG4, 1.15pm & 3.15pm Micheál Ó Domhnaill presents live coverage of today’s GAA Club Championship matches. DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland RTÉ One, 6.30pm Kyle, a bright and determined 17-year-old from Wicklow Town, has cerebral palsy and primarily uses a wheelchair to get about. Baz Ashmawy and a team of volunteers renovate his home. Oíche Shamhna: An Ancient Mystery RTÉ One, 7.30pm Two-parter exploring science, archaeology, folklore and mythology to reveal how Halloween descends from the ancient Irish festival of Samhain. Live Formula 1 Sky Sports Main Event, 7.55pm The race for the drivers’ title hots up as the 20th round of the season – the Mexico City Grand Prix – takes place at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing BBC Two, 9pm In the first of a new run, Bob and Paul travel to the River Itchen in Hampshire. It’s Paul’s birthday, but the only present he really wants is to land a wild brown trout. They also catch up with actor James Murray, who is fighting to halt the decline of the salmon. Daisy May and Charlie Cooper’s NightWatch BBC Two, 9.30pm The co-creators and stars of This Country attempt to prove the existence of spooks, spirits and ghouls by visiting some of the UK’s most reputedly haunted locations and challenge themselves to stay overnight. Their first stop is a former prison in Gloucester. Last Night in Soho Channel 4, 10pm Writer/director Edgar Wright’s stylish but twisted love letter to the Swinging Sixties. Thomasin McKenzie plays Eloise, a wide-eyed aspiring designer who moves to London and experiences visions of singer Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy). Blood Diamond Leonardo DiCaprio plays a mercenary Zimbabwean diamond smuggler in this action thriller set in Sierra Leone during the late 1990s. Prime Video, streaming now Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Vanessa Kirby and Daniel Brühl lead this true story of outsiders on a remote island, where the real danger isn’t nature, but each other. If you prefer hedonism in more decadent settings, then Hedda lands on Prime Video on Wednesday. A House of Dynamite Netflix, streaming now When a single, unattributed missile is on track to hit the US, it triggers a frantic hunt for answers and retaliation. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, it’s a quaint depiction of a White House and Pentagon of yore.
