Top TV Picks
McFly: All About Us
ITV, Saturday
Intimate and emotional interviews with the four members of the pop group, followed by a gig filmed at the Union Chapel in London in front of an audience of family and friends. Featuring never before seen footage of Tom, Danny, Dougie and Harry at various points in their careers, and a discussion of how time spent in group therapy helped them to make a comeback with a triumphant reunion gig at the O2 and the release of their first album in 10 years.
Journey’s End
BBC Two, Saturday
France, March 1918. Raleigh, a naive and idealistic young officer, arrives at the Western Front and asks to be posted to the company of his old school friend Captain Stanhope. He joins a trench full of fear, as the men await their grim fate while trying to cope with the daily pressures of the war
Children in Need
BBC One, Friday
A jam-packed evening of socially distanced entertainment, with exclusive sketches, exciting performances, music, dance and a few surprises. Mel Giedroyc is joined by Alex Scott, Chris Ramsey and Stephen Mangan, who will all be co-hosting the fund-raising telethon for the first time.
Red Sparrow
Channel 4, Saturday
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to a Russian intelligence service, where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a CIA agent.
Small Axe
BBC One, Sunday
Steve McQueen’s drama anthology based on the real-life experiences of London’s West Indian community from the late1960s to the mid-1980s. The film tells the story of the Old Bailey trial of Frank Crichlow, the owner of West Indian restaurant Mangrove in Notting Hill, who in 1970 was one of nine men and women wrongly arrested and charged with incitement to riot and affray after a protest about racial discrimination by the police. Starring Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright and Malachi Kirby. Children In Need is on Friday night, BBC One.
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