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Today's top telly includes Dua Lipa: My Glastonbury, Andrew Garfield stars in crime drama Under the Banner of Heaven, CrimeCall returns, and Bake Off: The Professionals continues . . .

Pick of the Day

Dua Lipa: My Glastonbury, 10.10pm, BBC Two

Ahead of her headline set this weekend on the Pyramid Stage, the singer Dua Lipa reflects on her Glastonbury journey to date.

Alongside discussing her own performances, Dua talks through her memories of Glastonbury as she was growing up and building her career in pop.

They range from watching artists such as Jay-Z in 2008 on TV, to attending the festival as a paying customer in 2014, and her debut performance debut in 2016 and her return in 2017.

New or Returning Shows

Under the Banner of Heaven, 10.35pm, RTÉ One

Interesting looking and fact-based crime drama from FX, starring Andrew Garfield (who’s always good), Gil Birmingham, Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sam Worthington.

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In 1984, detective Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon, and his colleague Bill Taba investigate the brutal murders of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in a quiet suburb in Salt Lake Valley, Utah.

Pyre is compelled to question his own devotion to his faith as he exposes violence and retribution in the name of religion.

CrimeCall, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

It's that time of the month when Garda seek assistance and the TV audience get a view of crime in Ireland today.

Carla O'Brien (above) presents appeals for help from the public in solving crimes, featuring reconstructions, CCTV footage, news features and a panel of police advisers taking calls.

Confessions of a Teenage Fraudster, 11.30pm, BBC One

Here’s the tale of how a 16-year-old used his job in a call centre in Glasgow to go on a five-year crime wave.

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He defrauded innocent cardholders and laid the groundwork for a life of wealth, first-class travel and an escape from the life for which he was destined.

Folowed at 12.05am by episode two. With a trail of crime stretching across several continents as he continues to live life on the run, Elliot becomes more paranoid than ever and a stint in foreign jail is just around the corner.

Don’t Miss

Bake Off: The Professionals, 8.00pm, Channel 4

The remaining teams let their imaginations run wild as they're charged with creating 24 individual sticky toffee puddings and 24 individual charlotte à la russe, both of which must be reimagined and individually identical across each batch.

In the second challenge, the teams need to channel their inner fashionistas as they create a haute couture inspired showpiece display in just five hours.

Dispatches, 9.00pm, Channel 4

This episode features an undercover report filmed over two months at an NHS Accident and Emergency Department, which exposes the daily suffering and dangers patients face.

The programme features footage of seriously ill patients forced to sleep on chairs for up to two days because there are no beds, and a dangerous superbug outbreak linked to overcrowding and falling hygiene standards.

Moneyball, 9.30pm, TG4

Fact-based drama, starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill (both below) and Philip Seymour Hoffman, based on the rise of the Oakland Athletics.

The manager of a struggling baseball team faces disaster, as his star players are bought out by richer clubs and he is unable to afford to replace them.

An economics student offers him a solution to his problems, finding a ground-breaking way to analyse the performance of cheaper players and combining their abilities to form a winning side.

The Damned United, 11.15pm, BBC Two

Another fact-based sports drama, this time chronicling Brian Clough's ill-fated 44-day tenure as boss of Leeds United in 1974, after Don Revie's departure for the job of England's manager.

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Following his acrimonious split from Derby County and a brief spell at Brighton & Hove Albion, Clough arrived at Elland Road on a wave of controversy.

He had previously been an outspoken critic of the club and struggled to find allies among the playing staff after telling them they cheated their way to success.

Michael Sheen is terrific as Clough, alongside Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent and Colm Meaney as Don Revie.

Archaeology: A Secret History, 9.00pm, BBC Four

Richard Miles continues his series charting the history of archaeological breakthroughs by looking at how discoveries in the 18th and 19th centuries overturned previously formed ideas of when and where civilisation began, as empires competed to make their beliefs prevalent.

Followed at 10pm by The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China.

Dan Snow (above), Alice Roberts and Albert Lin explore the final resting place of China's first emperor, a site 200 times larger than Egypt's Valley of the Kings and home to the famous Terracotta Warriors.

Sport

Live UEFA Euro 2024, 7.30pm, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Peter Collins is joined by Didi Hamann and Richie Sadlier for live coverage from Leipzig of Croatia v Italy in Group B (KO 8pm). Commentators: Des Curran and Ray Houghton.

Reigning champions Italy (above) go into this game with three points to Croatia's one. Basically, a draw is enough to secure Italy's passage into the knockouts, while Croatia must win.

At 7.50pm on RTÉ News channel and RTÉ Player, there's live coverage of Group B's other game, as Albania face Spain (KO 8pm), with the latter side already through. Albania need a win to progress.

Commentator: Cathal Mullaney.

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