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more, both together and apart, but it’s Cliff whose star has shone the brightest. Whether you love his music or loathe it, you can’t knock his longevity. He certainly has plenty to celebrate at the moment. Earlier this year he won his court case against the BBC, but any bad feeling between himself and the broadcaster doesn’t seem to have lingered because he recently recorded a session for their In Concert series for Radio 2. Having said that, Cliff has opted to work with the ITV on this documentary, which looks back at his remarkable career.
Nadiya Hussain takes a trip to the Himalayan country of Nepal to learn more about its people, places and food as part of her adventure to explore her identity. She begins in Kathmandu, where she joins a supper club run by young foodies who share with her the vastly varied cuisine of their country, then heads to the historic city of Bhaktapur, which was devastated by the earthquake of 2015, and visits an abbey to meet nuns from a Buddhist sect who practise kung fu and teach female empowerment.
Paediatrician Guddi Singh looks at how children begin to become independent, with Professor Elisabeth Hill testing newly crawling babies with an optical illusion made of Perspex that looks like a sheer, vertical drop. Dr Emily Jones visits 18-month-old Amaya and attaches sensors to her to monitor the physiological changes in her body during a tantrum, while Professor Usha Goswami attaches young babies to highly sensitive brain scanners to see how the infants respond to different types of speech.
The annual event took place three weeks ago, so chances are you’re already aware of what happened and who wore what. Nevertheless, there’s nothing quite like seeing it all for yourself. Hosted by larger-than-life comedian Greg Davies at the London Palladium, it’s packed full of amazing performances and was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Musical artists on the bill included the West End casts of hits Hamilton and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Take That, George Ezra and Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo.
London, 1944, and with husband Alec now in prison, Alison struggles with her toddler and young baby. Alec insists he’s undercover gathering intelligence, and reassures her that his “crime” was made up – but Alison has decided to leave him. As they’re living in poverty, she takes the boys to Cumberland to stay with her mother. In the 1960s, Alison questions Father Timothy. Faced with conflicting explanations of Alec’s past and a startling revelation about his work, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew. Drama, starring Ruth Wilson and Iain Glen.