What to watch on TV and streaming today: Six Nations action, Michael Collins and spy comedy series Mr & Mrs Smith





Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks:
Saturday GAA Live RTÉ2, 7.15pm Mayo welcome Dublin to MacHale Park tonight for this Allianz Football League Division One encounter. Mayo are the defending champions, whereas the Dubs spent last season in Division Two. Ger Canning and Enda McGinley commentate, throw-in at 7.30pm. Guinness Six Nations RTÉ2, 4pm Wales and Scotland clash at the Principality Stadium, with both sides hoping to bounce back from disappointing World Cup campaigns. Jacqui Hurley, Jerry Flannery, Fiona Coghlan and Stephen Ferris set the scene, kick-off at 4.45pm.
Casualty
Casualty BBC1, 9.10pm Ian is devastated when Faith ends their relationship, but must pull himself together when Jacob and he are called to help a crack addict. Teddy has doubts about his engagement to Paige, and Rida is feeling guilty over her friendship with Rash.
Nobody
Nobody Channel 4, 9.10pm When Hutch Mansell’s house is burgled by armed thieves, this unassuming family man reveals that he used to be a government black ops assassin, and now proceeds to take revenge. With Bob Odenkirk. Michael Collins RTÉ2, 9.30pm Neil Jordan’s action-packed epic stars Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, who in the ruins of the GPO swears to his friend Harry Boland that he’ll never stop fighting till independence is achieved. With Alan Rickman.
Orion and The Dark
Orion and The Dark Netflix, streaming now Something for any kiddiwinks in your life; all new viewing is welcome at this juncture — even if winter is on the wane. Underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a ball of adolescent anxiety, consumed by irrational fears of everything, but mostly the dark. So, he becomes friends with it. If you’re required to watch it with your liddler, adults are catered to, what with it being co-written by Charlie Kaufman and narrated by Werner Herzog.
Let’s Talk About Chu
Let’s Talk About Chu Netflix, streaming now Part-time vlogger Chu Ai (Chan Tzu-hsuan) is a wax therapist by day and a part-time vlogger who waxes lyrical (apologies) about sex at night. Her golden rule? “Make love, not fall in love.” It’s as cheeky as it is bold.
Mr & Mrs Smith Prime Video, streaming now It’s OK. You haven’t been propelled back to 2005. This variation is far more inverted than the Brangelina offering. Here, Donald Glover (Jnr) and Francesca Sloane star as two lonely strangers who work for a spy agency that offers them a covetable life of espionage. The only catch is they need to discard their current identities and partake in an arranged marriage. For realz.
The Favourite
Movie release round-up Various Platforms, streaming this week Whether they’re a few years old — like The Favourite or The Lost City (Netflix) — or new, like Upgraded (released Friday via Prime Video and co-starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson), your streaming platforms are awash with movies. Most notably, Killers of The Flower Moon (AppleTV+).
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