What to watch on TV and streaming today: A musical birthday bash, Walk the Line and Rebel Moon – Part Two





Planning a night on the couch? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks:
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
BBC2, 8.25pm
As the station celebrates its 60th anniversary, it looks back at some of the iconic musical performances down the years, from Bob Marley and Blondie on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and intimate songs from the likes of Joni Mitchell and Elton John to rousing Glastonbury sets from the Rolling Stones, Stormzy and Dolly Parton. Saturday GAA Live
RTÉ2, 6.10pm
Joanne Cantwell and guests Peter Canavan and Ciarán Whelan present coverage of Derry versus Donegal at Celtic Park, with commentary from Darragh Maloney and Enda McGinley. Throw-in is at 6.15pm. Treasures of the World
Channel 4, 7pm
In Georgia, Bettany Hughes explores the concealed tunnels of the 10th-century Khertvisi fortress, visits the narrow streets of Tbilisi’s old town, and uncovers the truth behind the legend of Jason and the Argonauts.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line. Photo: Suzanne Tenner
Walk the Line
TG4, 9.50pm
James Mangold’s biopic stars Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash, a rising star on the country scene who’s haunted by the childhood death of his brother and fixated on a beautiful young singer who is not his wife. With Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick.
High Hopes
Disney+, streaming now
If you thought Jimmy Kimmel was too busy wrapping up Trump’s latest machinations in a 10-minute nightly monologue to produce a workplace reality series set in a medical marijuana dispensary, you’d be wrong. In fact, regular viewers of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (YouTube) will recognise a certain baked employee — Freddie Miller from Michigan.
After a news clip of Miller waiting in line at the state’s first legal dispensary went viral in 2020, Kimmel and his crew tracked him down for an interview. Twelve months later, they flew him out to LA for a dream job reviewing different grass strains, before landing a job at one of Hollywood’s oldest cannabis dispensaries, MMD.
Run by Belarus-born brothers, Slava and Mishka, the pair have grand plans to expand their empire nationwide and release their own cannabis brand. Will they reach for the stars, or will their hopes go up in smoke? With employees like Freddy sampling the wares at work, only time will tell.
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver
Netflix, streaming now
The epic saga of Kora and the surviving warriors continues. In this concluding part, they fight alongside the brave people of Veldt to defend the once peaceful village. Don’t Hate The Player
Netflix, streaming now
Picture it. Thirteen of you heading to an island in paradise, only to be met with a makeshift camp. Players compete for a spot in a luxury villa and a shot at €150,000 in a tense game of strategy and survival hosted by Claude Dartois. If it sounds like fellow Netflix fare, Surviving Paradise, that’s because it’s essentially a French version of Surviving Paradise.
Black Flies
Black Flies
Prime Video, streaming now
Look away if you’re squeamish. For context, this Sean Penn Prime Video offering is so gut-wrenchingly gritty that he spends half the time snarling through a gnawed toothpick (not exactly hygienic given he’s a paramedic). Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One) plays a rookie medic on the mean streets of NYC. Mentored by the aforementioned grizzled Penn, their respective reactions to a call-out involving an addled mother in labour haunt them both. Expect Mike Tyson to pop into this bleak yet affecting affair based on Shannon Burke’s novel.
Jane
AppleTV+, streaming now
Season two of the sci-fi kids’ fantasy, which puts the wonders of nature front and centre, returns. Consider it a live-action Once Upon a Time... Life and Inner Space, melding imaginations, and the teachings of Jane Goodall. Yes, it’s for kids, but we adults can learn stuff too.
Loot
Loot
AppleTV+, streaming now
Welcome to the halfway point of season two of this Maya Rudolph vehicle. It follows Molly, who’s still figuring out what to do with her $87bn divorce settlement in the most fish-out-of-water ways imaginable.
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