Today's top TV and streaming choices: Legacy, Tár and Dept. Q

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The Sunday Game Live RTÉ2, 3.30pm
Dublin take on Armagh in an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Group Four match at Croke Park. Highlights can be seen later tonight at 9.30pm.
Legacy RTÉ One, 6.30pm
The final episode takes viewers on a tour of the Glebe House and Gallery, Co Donegal, Kilkenny Castle, Dublin Castle and Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park. All of them provide a home for fascinating collections of portraiture.
Our Guy in Vietnam Channel 4, 9pm
To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the conflict in the country, Guy Martin visits Vietnam to find out more about its past, present and possible future. In the first episode of the series, he takes a motorcycle ride down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, visits a US combat base and helps detonate an unexploded cluster bomb.
Death Valley BBC One, 8.15pm
The entertaining crime drama starring Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth continues. This time, unlikely detective duo John and Janie investigate the mysterious death of a woman whose body was found on a mountain trail.
The Nun's Story RTÉ One, 2.40pm
Wonderful drama starring Audrey Hepburn as a woman who struggles to contain her strong-minded approach to life after entering a convent. Becoming a missionary in the Congo only makes matters worse. Peter Finch co-stars.
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Tár RTÉ One, 9.30pm
Cate Blanchett is on career-best form in director Todd Field's hugely acclaimed drama. She plays conductor Lydia Tár, whose efforts to prepare for a forthcoming performance are disrupted by an investigation into her links to a troubled music student.
Dept. Q Netflix, streaming now
DCI Carl Morck may be an excellent investigator, but there's no hiding from the fact that he's a terrible co-worker. There's the small matter of his scathing sarcasm, which has left him without a single friend in the Edinburgh police force. Then there's the rather more serious issue of him having fatally shot a young officer and permanently injured his partner. Unsurprisingly enough, following this tragic turn of events, Morck is relegated to Department Q: a cold-case unit which was created as a publicity stunt. Although the force is thrilled to see Carl go, he soon sets about assembling a group of outcasts who are all keen to prove themselves. Yes, it does sound a bit like Slow Horses, which is quite the gauntlet for Netflix to throw. Only time will tell if it's worthy of comparison. With yer man from Leap Year (Matthew Goode) essentially playing a hybrid of Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb and Jack Lowden's River Cartwright, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Bono: Stories of Surrender Apple TV+, streaming now
Behold Bono's one-man stage show, exploring the personal experiences that have shaped him as a son, father, husband and activist. Oh, and as one of the planet's biggest rock stars. If Owen Wilson's signature shtick is more to your liking, The Stick lands Wednesday.
Good Boy Prime Video, streaming now
In order to combat crime in a perilous underworld, a group of former medal-winning athletes exchange the podium for police badges. In an exciting, action-packed ride, Yun Dong-ju (Park Bo-gum) and his group battle a formidable criminal syndicate. Also on Prime Video, we have season 2 of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, courtesy of producers Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne.
The Better Sister Prime Video, streaming now
D'you know what society needs? More portrayals of women being pitted against each other. Based on Alafair Burke's novel, however, this eight-part thriller attempts to turn things. When media executive Chloe (Jessica Biel) and her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) are reunited after a murder, they must unravel long-buried family secrets to uncover the truth.
A Widow's Game Netflix, streaming now
Picture it: August 2017. In a Valencia parking lot, a man is found stabbed seven times. The city's Homicide Group, led by a veteran inspector, races to solve the case, which appears to be a crime of passion. Their investigation soon takes a shocking turn, pointing to an unlikely suspect: Maje, the victim's seemingly sweet and stoic widow, married to him for less than a year.
Mission: Impossible Fest Disney+, streaming now
We can never get enough of the Mission: Impossible movies, it seems. You can now watch all the prequels to the recently released The Final Reckoning if you're so inclined.