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NINETIES SITCOM French Fields, 5.25pm, Drama
HESTER and William (Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie) move to France in this follow-up to Fresh Fields, first shown on ITV in 1994. Watching now, it’s remarkable how much boozing goes on when you compare this to modern sitcoms. But then, they are in France . . .
CLASSIC TALE The Personal History Of David Copperfield, Amazon Prime
ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S vibrant retellingg of Charles Dickens’s tale features f a cracking c cast — Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Ben B Whishaw — and Dev Patel (pictured) is superb as Copperfield. C
RUGBY UNION Bristol Bears v Toulon, 7.15pm, BT Sport 2
A TRY from Max Malins sealed a semi-final win over Bordeaux; now, the Bears face another French side in the European Challenge Cup final, held at the Stade Maurice David, Aix-en-Provence.
FILM BIOPIC A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, 8pm, Sky Premiere
TOM HANKS (pictured) stars in this charming drama as American children’s entertainer Fred Rogers, known for his peppy puppets and for helping children to understand their feelings. Matthew Rhys is the cynical journalist who undergoes a change after spending time with Rogers.
INTO THE FUTURE Star Trek: Discovery, Netflix
FOR this exciting new season, the USS Discovery has jumped 930 years into the future. There, the crew learn that the Federation has collapsed, and must fight to make a place for themselves. A new episode arrives every Friday.
COURTROOM DRAMA The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Netflix
AARON SORKIN’S film details the fate of anti-Vietnam protesters at a political convention in 1968. It’s a strong and very relevant piece of work, more A Few Good Men than The Newsroom, and packed with stars from Joseph GordonLevitt, Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen to Mark Rylance and Michael Keaton.
GERMAN COPS 23 Cases, 9pm, More4
NOT every Eurodrama is a subtle tale of spiritual angst — some of them are just flashy crime dramas that happen to have subtitles, and there’s nothing wrong with that. This very much falls into the latter camp and, in tonight’s finale, Detective Scholl (Shadi Hedayati) ignores warnings to stop her investigation.
HISTORY MYSTERIES Rob Riggle: Global Investigator, 9pm, Discovery
THE U.S. comedian and ex-Marine is in ‘Old York’, and on the trail of a lost Roman legion. Rob dons legionary gear to follow in the footsteps of the Ninth, and is excited to learn that Hadrian’s Wall inspired the wall in Game Of Thrones.
DYSTOPIAN DRAMA Brave New World, 9pm, Sky One
THE shininess of parts one and two is all gone in part three, which finds Bernard and Lenina holed up with the savage John and his resourceful mother, Linda (Demi MooreMoore, pictured), who clearly has a story to tell. That story explains her reason for helping, and propels this series to more interesting places.
POP LEGEND Sir Cliff Richard At The BBC, 9.50pm, BBC4
SIR CLIFF turned 80 on Wednesday, and BBC4 marks the occasion with this new collection of past performances at the BBC. We begin at the beginning with his first single, Move It, from 1958, and move through all the classics, including Whenever God Shines His Light, his Eighties duet with Van Morrison.