TV highlights

'Up For The Match' (RTE 1, Saturday, 9.55pm) - After another intriguing All-Ireland Hurling Championship, it's down to just two teams. 'Up For The Match' looks forward to the Senior Hurling Final between neighbours and old rivals Kilkenny against reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary, the first time in the history of the GAA that the same two teams will meet in a final for a third year in a row. Presented by Des Cahill and Grainne Seoige, an electric atmosphere in studio is guaranteed, with a host of well-known faces as well as personalities from the competing counties and elsewhere. They will be getting the views and thoughts on the eve of the big day from some of the biggest names in GAA and the show promises lively conversation, music and craic plus one lucky person at home will get a chance to win one of the last pairs of tickets to the final itself. ____________________________________________________________ '9/11: The Day That Changed The World' (ITV, Thursday, 9pm) - On September 11th 2001, millions shared with the people of New York the unimaginable horror of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Now, through the memories of America's key decision-makers, this film goes behind the scenes to show, minute by minute, how the men and women at the heart of American power struggled to manage the assault on their nation. Together with the record of events filmed on that day, this is the inside story of what happened on one extraordinary day 10 years ago. Told entirely through archive and interview, it goes behind the scenes and shows how the events unfurled in the aircraft, the offices, the bunkers and the military headquarters as the President, his advisors, security services and the military tried to piece together what was happening, who was attacking the country and what was going to happen next. ____________________________________________________________ 'Two For The Road' (RTE 1, Thursday, 8.30pm) - This interesting new series follows six well-known public figures as they accompany six people with disabilities while they embark on a variety of highly challenging and exciting adventures across the globe. In each episode, the able-bodied will have to simulate the conditions facing the disabled companion in an effort to understand their perspective as well as their own. Each of the stories is different but with a common thread of shared discovery. Two complete strangers leave their familiar lives behind and embark on the journey of a lifetime, one with challenges both individuals in different ways and their understanding of each other. In the first episode, Eamonn Victory is an amputee who has not let his disability impede his thirst for life. He is joined for his journey by former Leinster, Toulouse and Ireland rugby player Trevor Brennan. Together they embark on a sailing adventure on board 'The Lord Nelson', a specially designed sailing boat that allows disabled people to share the experience of sailing. The ship uses a 'buddy system' which pairs up individuals to take on specific and necessary tasks on board. Despite terrible seasickness, Trevor and Eamonn meet the challenges head-on. ____________________________________________________________ 'The Late Late Show' (RTE 1, Friday, 9.35pm) - Oh Lord, is it really that time of the year already? Ryan Tubridy returns with a new season of the world's longest-running chat show and the most successful television programme in Ireland. Memorable guests from last season included Tony Blair, Take That, Enda Kenny and Ronnie Wood. The big question for Tubs is whether he can keep the ratings up? ____________________________________________________________ 'Appropriate Adult' (ITV, Sunday, 9pm) - In February 1994, Janet Leach, a mother of five from Gloucestershire, was at home making her children's tea when the phone rang. Janet was on an access course which, when completed, would enable her to train as a social worker. She was also on an approved list of 'appropriate adults', volunteers who can be asked by the police to sit in on interviews with minors or vulnerable adults in order to assist them and safeguard their rights. Following the phone call, she left the house and arrived at Gloucester police station where she was asked to assist a 52 year-old male, Frederick Walter Stephen West. And so began the extraordinary and largely unpublicised story of how Janet Leach helped to uncover the crimes of Fred and Rosemary West and establish how many victims the Wests had murdered and where the bodies were hidden. Fred West began to view Janet as his confidante and often chose to disclose unknown facts about the scale and the nature of his crimes to her. At pivotal stages in the investigation, West deliberately misled the investigating officers. Aware from the private conversations with him that there were more victims to be found, Janet threatened to turn her back on the case unless he told the truth. ____________________________________________________________ Film Of The Week: 'Revolutionary Road' (RTE 1, Wednesday, 9.35pm) - Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are directed by Sam Mendes in this adaptation of a best-selling book concerning a young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s who struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. It's a story of the American Dream going wrong, and is well-acted by the leads.