Glastonbury 2022
7pm, BBC One
This night’s spotlight from Worthy Farm: teen breakout artist Olivia Rodrigo along with her addictively angsty album Bitter. She is adopted by headliner Paul McCartney at 10.30pm – get your arms prepared within the air for Hey Jude … once more. Over on BBC Two tonight, you'll be able to catch Skunk Anansie, Haim, Noel Gallagher and Self-Esteem, whereas Megan Thee Stallion is on BBC Three at 11.30pm. HR
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow
7pm, ITV
4 pairs of “knowers” and “throwers” tackle tonight’s revival of basic questions-and-darts game-show Bullseye. One contestant, Amy, is so aggressive that she as soon as pinned a fellow pub-quizzer to the bottom for shouting out solutions (“I’d had a few tequilas,” she admits). HR
The Queen & The Russian Spy
7pm, Channel 4
Initially proven below a special title final 12 months, this documentary on the story of Anthony Blunt – the artwork professional, knight, royal courtier and Soviet spy – has been repositioned in mild of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Regardless of admitting his betrayals in the course of the second world battle, Blunt maintained that he has all the time been loyal to the crown. Right here, entry to beforehand labeled paperwork supplies surprising particulars. HR
Pointless Celebrities
8pm, BBC One
An eclectic line-up sees podcasters and EastEnders go up towards comedians and, the red-hot favorite, College Problem egghead Bobby Seagull – whose associate, Secret Crush host Verona Rose, can also be fairly useful. Brush up in your Euro 2020 stats. Jack Seale
Misplaced Treasures of Rome
8pm, Channel 4
This six-part collection concentrates on a special set of archaeological treasures every week. We start within the doomed metropolis of Pompeii; pre-Vesuvius it was one of the superior city areas on the earth. We try all the things from the big coliseum to the ingenious bathhouse. Phil Harrison
Hampton Courtroom: Behind Closed Doorways
8pm, Channel 5
Tinkly strings and a complicated voiceover deliver Henry VIII’s favorite palace to life, with enter from the workers who hold it operating easily. Graham Dillamore exhibits off the luxurious gardens, the place his group are planting 120,000 tulip bulbs prepared for a spring pageant. A have a look at the home’s historical past additionally reveals the king’s secret son. Hannah Verdier
Movie alternative
Clifford the Massive Purple Canine (Walt Becker, 2021)
12.30pm & 6.05pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
A live-action movie remake of a 60-year-old kids’s ebook isn't going to win awards, particularly not when it options Jack Whitehall performing an solely intermittently American accent. However look onerous sufficient and Clifford the Massive Purple Canine justifies its personal existence by dint of its unbelievable supporting solid. Saturday Night time Reside alumni Kenan Thompson and Alex Moffat work onerous to maintain the movie self-aware, whereas Tony Hale turns in a wonderfully judged baddie. Solely John Cleese appears to not have gotten the memo, slathering his character in nauseating twinkliness. Aside from that, higher than it has any proper to be. Stuart Heritage
Hearts Beat Loud (Brett Haley, 2018)
4.30pm, GREAT! Films
A gem of an underwatched movie, Hearts Beat Loud stars Nick Offerman as a widowed father making an attempt to attach along with his daughter (Kiersey Clemons) by means of their shared love of music. Fantastically noticed – any guardian watching will wince at Offerman overzealously taking an curiosity in his daughter’s life – Hearts Beat Loud has sufficient Brooklyn cred to cease it from drowning in sentimentality, and sufficient heat to put it aside from offputting hipsterdom. Keegan DeWitt’s music is one other huge plus. SH
Borg vs McEnroe (Janus Metz Pedersen, 2017)
10.30pm, BBC Two
Janus Metz Pedersen’s 2017 movie units an virtually inconceivable activity for itself, by making an attempt to dramatise a extremely dramatic tennis rivalry, that includes two gamers who every had much more uncooked charisma than most Hollywood actors mixed. And but, because of a taut script and spectacular casting decisions, the movie works like gangbusters. Its focus is on Sverrir Gudnason’s Björn Borg, however Shia LaBeouf additionally makes for an explosive John McEnroe. Like its tonal cousin Ford v Ferrari, the fantastic thing about Borg vs McEnroe is how skilfully it avoids tipping into parody. SH
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
Saturday 1.20pm, BBC Two, Thursday, 9pm, BBC 4
The best movie on the earth to suggest. When you have by no means seen Casablanca, right here’s your likelihood. When you have seen Casablanca, right here’s your likelihood to close out the remainder of the world and watch it once more. That is the eightieth anniversary of Michael Curtiz’s wartime romance, and it's unbelievable to see how effectively it has aged. The plot – a self-interested cynic chooses between love and obligation – stays related, and the movie’s ending nonetheless manages to hit you proper the place it hurts. Unbeatable. SH
Reside sport
Check Cricket: England v New Zealand, Sat, 10.15am, Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion
Day three of the series-concluding third Check, held at Headingley.
Tennis: Eastbourne, Sat, 12.15pm, BBC One
Day six from Devonshire Park Garden Tennis Membership.
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