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TODAY

Wimbledon 2022

(BBC2, 11am & 7pm; BBC1, 1pm)

Sue Barker presents live coverage of the penultimat­e day at the All England Club, including the women’s singles final. Top seed Ashleigh Barty won the title in 2021 via a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 victory over Karolina Pliskova, but she has since retired from tennis, leaving this year’s tournament wide open. Also scheduled to take place today is the ladies’ singles wheelchair final, and the men’s doubles final, which saw Olympic gold medallists Nikola Metic and Mate Pavic of Croatia overcome Spaniard Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos in four sets last year.

Adele: 30 Greatest Moments (C5, 8pm)

From record-breaking songs, emotional performanc­es, and personal highs and lows, this programme celebrates the life and career of the singer. It counts down the star’s top 30 moments, going back to when the Tottenham teenager first burst onto the scene and captured our hearts in 2008. The two-hour programme is packed full of interviews with those who know her from the early days to more recent times. It also visits some of the key places in Adele’s life, from her old school to the studios in which she’s recorded her hit albums.

A Royal Guide to – Celebratio­ns (C4, 8pm)

This new series paints an intimate portrait of the inner workings of the royal family, with each edition examining a different topic and revealing how the royals, past and present, have dealt with everything that life throws at them.

Tonight’s programme dives into royal celebratio­ns – from jubilees and coronation­s to christenin­gs and Trooping the Colour, the royal family has a reputation for celebratin­g in style. Many occasions come with centuries of convention, tradition and precedents, and whenever the royal family throws a party, there’s a global appetite for pomp and pageantry.

Trom (BBC4, 9pm)

Despite being relatively close Scotland, it’s fair to say that most of us, to our shame, won’t know a great deal about the Faroe Islands. However, that could all be about to change, as the rugged North Atlantic archipelag­o is starring in BBC Four’s newest Nordic noir series. Based on Jogvan Isaksen’s crime novels, this six-part Danish-Faroese drama follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who receives an ominous message from his estranged daughter Sonja, claiming her life is in danger. After Hannis returns to the Faroes to investigat­e, he gets a shock when Sonja’s body is discovered in the bloody waters of a whale hunt. Not only does his search for answers bring him into conflict with the local police, Hannis also uncovers a web of secrets within the close-knit community.

SUNDAY

Wimbledon 2022 (BBC1, 1pm)

One way or another, it’s set to be a historic day as Sue Barker brings viewers coverage of the last day of the tournament, including the men’s singles final. Novak Djokovic won his third consecutiv­e Wimbledon title and his sixth overall last year and arrived at the All England Club as the hot favourite to retain his title, so we’ll find out whether the pundits were right. What we do know for certain is that this is the last time Barker will be presenting Wimbledon for the BBC, following her decision to hang up her microphone.

Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix Highlights (Channel 4, 6.30pm)

Following last week’s drama at Silverston­e, the F1 teams move onto the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg Austria. In last year’s race, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated at his team’s own track for the second time in a week to take control of the drivers’ championsh­ip. Verstappen’s title rival Lewis Hamilton had a troubled race and finished fourth behind teammate Valtteri Bottas and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Further down the field, George Russell agonisingl­y missed out on scoring a point for Williams for the first time when he was passed for 10th place by Alpine’s Fernando Alonso with three laps to go.

McDonald & Dodds (STV, 8pm)

The series concludes with the duo investigat­ing the death of a successful Bath businessma­n whose body was found in a shallow grave in the shadow of the Glastonbur­y Tor. The prime suspect appears to be local artist Hector Ingham (Pearce Quigley), although McDonald also has her doubts about the Martin Silver (Max Bennett), the IT consultant and part-time medium who found the body. However, as the cops start sifting through paper trails, credit card bills and witness statements, another name keeps cropping up - DS Dodds.

Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico (C4, 9pm)

The Great British Bake Off judge is leaving the tent and heading to Mexico for a new culinary adventure. Over the course of the series, Paul Hollywood will travel to the American border in Tijuana and the Caribbean coast in Cancun, but he begins his journey in the country’s sprawling capital, Mexico City, which is home to 21 million people and some seriously good food. He gets off to a mouth-watering start when he tries the best taco he’s ever had, but he also discovers why most of the Mexican food we get in the UK is really the Americanis­ed

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