Television

Programmes

The Rack Pack Droll comedy-drama based on the rivalry in the snooker world between the immaculate Steve Davis and the maverick Alex “Hurricane” Higgins. With Luke Treadaway. Sun 23 April, BBC2 10pm (90mins).

Nature’s Weirdest Events

Chris Packham explains some of the natural world’s most intriguing phenomena, including blood-red rain and a bird that “sings” with its wings. Mon 24 April, BBC2 8pm (60mins).

Little Boy Blue Compelling true-life drama about the murder of 11-year-old schoolboy Rhys Jones in Liverpool in 2007. Stephen Graham plays the detective on the killer’s trail. Mon 24 April, ITV1 9pm (60mins).

Anthony Joshua: The Road

to Klitschko The makers of this gripping documentary followed the British boxer Anthony Joshua for two years, as he prepared to challenge Wladimir Klitschko for the world heavyweight title. Tue 25 April, BBC1 10.45pm (60mins).

Violent Child, Desperate

Parents Engrossing documentary about some of the UK’S most aggressive children and how they terrorise their parents. Wed 26 April, C5 11.05pm (60mins).

Films

Airplane! (1980) This classic send-up of disaster movies is relentlessly funny. Sat 22 April, Film4 7.20pm (110mins).

Blackthorn (2011) Elegiac western with Sam Shepard as the ageing Butch Cassidy, still on the run from Steven Rea’s Pinkerton detective. Sun 23 April, BBC2 2.35am (100mins).