Highlights and listings.
New Elizabethans With Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr looks at the seismic change British society has undergone since the Queen first ascended the throne in 1952. In the first programme, Andrew examines the way Britain went from a rigid, deferential, hierarchical, patriarchal and class- obsessed society in the 1950s, toward a more liberal, inclusive, egalitarian society in the latter part of the Queen’s reign. It is the story of changing attitudes toward homosexuality, sexuality, gender and race, of a breaking down of class barriers and the growing equality won by women in the workplace. But it isn’t an unfettered story of positivity and progress. Many liberties have been won at a cost, and in the face of fierce criticism. Thursday, BBC2, 9pm
NATURE Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Waterholes are vital to the African ecosystem; bustling oases where elephants, lions, leopards and hundreds of other species meet and compete for water. But little is known about how they support so much life. Using half- submerged and weather- proofed remote cameras at Mwiba Wildlife Reserve in Tanzania, Chris Packham and biologist Ella Al- Shamahi aim to uncover the complex dynamics of the waterhole for the very first time.
Friday, BBC2, 9pm
DOCUMENTARY
Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me
Eighteen months in the making, former professional footballer Anton Ferdinand goes on a deeply personal journey to explore the issue of racial abuse in the game. With a rise in reported incidents of racial abuse in football, Anton talks for the first time about his own highly- publicised 2011 incident with the former England captain John Terry. Anton wants to both understand his own story and explore what needs to be done to address the problem of racism in the game today.
Monday, BBC1, 10: 45pm
DRAMA
Small Axe: Red, White And Blue
John Boyega stars in the latest film in the brilliant Small Axe series, which tells the true story of Leroy Logan, a young forensic scientist with a yearning to do more than his solitary laboratory work.
When he sees his father assaulted by two policemen, he finds himself driven to revisiting a childhood ambition to become a police officer – an ambition borne from the naïve hope of wanting to change racist attitudes from within. First, Leroy has to face the consequences of his father’s disapproval, never mind the blatant racism he finds in his new role as a despised yet exemplary PC in the Met.
Tomorrow, BBC1, 9pm
For The Love Of Britain
A new 10- part series in which Julie Walters invites us join her in a celebration of the great outdoors. The first episode looks at Cornwall and Devon as Julia Bradbury walks the rugged South West Coastal Path, Robson Green takes to the skies for a bird’s eye view of Cornwall’s St Agnes heritage coast and Liz Bonnin looks at the wildlife in the waters off Devon’s Lundy Island.
Tuesday, STV, 7: 30pm
DOCUMENTARY Flint
The shocking story of what happened when, to save money, the water supply for the once prosperous city of Flint started to come from the local polluted river, rather than the Great Lakes. Residents started reporting worrying illnesses they linked to the brown water coming out of their taps, leading to a high- profile campaign to get the water supply changed back. Tuesday, BBC Scotland, 10pm