Pick of The DAY

FORTRESS BRITAIN WITH ALICE ROBERTS 7.30PM, CH4

★★★

In the third instalment of this series, Professor Alice Roberts and her fellow presenters revisit the tense early years of the Cold War, looking at how Britain responded to the threat of nuclear attack. Professor Danielle George gets access to the eerie bomb bases and subterranean networks that were intended to serve as the government’s base in the event of nuclear war. Meanwhile, Dr Onyeka Nubia discovers just how unprepared the British public would have been if an actual attack had ever taken place.

BURT BACHARACH: A TRIBUTE FROM RONNIE SCOTT’S 7.45PM, BBC2

★★★★ Take your seat on one of the red velvet banquettes at London’s legendary jazz club for this special tribute to songwriter, producer and pianist Burt Bacharach (below), who died in February at the age of 94. Enthusiast Clive Myrie attends the show, which features brand-new jazz-inspired arrangements of some of Bacharach’s best-loved music, including The Look Of Love and That’s What Friends Are For. At 9pm, don’t miss Burt Bacharach At The BBC, which includes songs from the American maestro’s extraordinary back catalogue. And if you want even more, stay tuned for Burt Bacharach At The Electric Proms (10.30pm) and Burt Bacharach At Glastonbury (11.30pm) – he delighted festival fans from the

Pyramid Stage in 2015.

HARRY & MEGHAN: WHAT NEXT? 8.30PM, CH5 ★★★

When Prince Harry married

Meghan Markle in 2018, their story felt like a modern-day fairytale. But since then, we’ve had Megxit, their bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, a Netflix documentary and Harry’s no-details-spared memoir. Ahead of the King’s Coronation in May, this special show attempts to answer some big questions:

Will the Sussexes attend the ceremony? Where do royal relations with the couple go from here? And can they ever come home?

MAGPIE MURDERS 9.25PM, BBC1

★★★★ Episode one of Anthony Horowitz’s playful murder-mysterywithin-a-murder-mystery ended with book editor Susan (played by a lively Lesley Manville, right) preparing to zip off in a red convertible to find the missing final chapter of Alan Conway’s detective novel after he dies suddenly. Now, it turns out there are parallels between the late writer’s death and his final manuscript – in this second episode, the action jumps between both stories, with Susan and Conway’s fictional detective Atticus Pund beginning to follow the leads.