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The Sound of Music BBC One, Good Friday
A cheerful novice nun is employed as governess to the seven children of an austere widower. As she brings light, laughter and a love of all things harmonious to a family previously beset by grief and strict discipline she also falls in love with her employer. But before long, the looming threat of the Second World War jeopardises their happy household. Oscar-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker.
Colette
BBC Two, Good Friday
In the late 19th century, a woman is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name, but upon their success she fights to make her talents known. Drama, starring Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw and Dominic West.
Freddie Mercury: A life in Ten Pictures BBC Two, Saturday
A journey through the Queen frontman's life through 10 defining photos, with their secrets revealed by those who were there, and those who knew Freddie Mercury best. Beginning with the earliest photo of the singer as a baby, and ending with a private moment captured shortly before his death, the film charts an extraordinary life.
Red Joan
BBC Two, Sunday
An elderly widow is arrested for treason, and shares the story of her life as the KGB's longest serving agent in the British government. Recruited as an idealistic radical in the 1930s, she spent decades providing the Soviet Union with details of Britain's nuclear weapons - in the hope that neither nation would gain the edge in the arms race. Espionage drama based on Jennie Rooney's novel, starring Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson and Nina Sosanya
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic BBC Two, Monday
Louis revisits his 2011 documentary America's Most Dangerous Pets, returning to Oklahoma to explore what has happened since. Joe Exotic, aka Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, now resides in a federal prison after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot and multiple animal cruelty charges, and having been the subject of hit Netflix documentary Tiger King.
Britain’s Tiger Kings – On the Trail with Ross Kemp
ITV, Tuesday
The presenter meets people who own dangerous and exotic animals in Britain, including a man who keeps 46 snakes and a crocodile owner with an unusual death wish. Later, he discovers what happens when wild cats escape.
Agatha and Poirot: Partners in Crime ITV, Monday
Richard E Grant marks the 100th anniversary of the first appearance in print of Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, exploring the life of the writer and the events that inspired the plots, characters and locations of her many literary creations. Along with famous fans, the actor examines the relationship between Christie and Poirot and uncovers the stories behind a selection of the books, from Poirot's first outing in The Mysterious Affair at Styles to later pursuits in Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.