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PERFECT PAIRINGS Dazzling Duets At The BBC, 7pm, BBC4
IT’S not just the music that makes this selection of duets so good, it’s watching how the musicians relate to each other as they play. Among the highlights are a side-by-side piano improvisation from Andre Previn and Oscar Peterson, and Kiri Te Kanawa singing with baritone Thomas Allen.
HIGH-OCTANE MOVIE Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,, 8pm,p, Skyy Premiere
DWAYNE JOHNSON’S Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Shaw (pictured) go it alone in this enjoyably bonkers spin-off from the Fast & Furious franchise. Vanessa Kirby is the woman that the musclebound, shaven-headed duo must protect from Idris Elba’s genetically enhanced villain.
TELLY TIPS Kermode And Mayo’s Home Entertainment Service, 8.30pm, BBC4
THIS review show doesn’t give Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo nearly as much room for banter as their film podcast does. Tonight, they review Sky’s I Know This Much Is True and the upcoming BBC football comedy The First Team.
SEARCH FOR A CURE Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped?, 8.35pm, PBS America
A SURVEY of where we stand in the fight against a horrible disease that robs people of themselves. We hear from key researchers, go behind the scenes on clinical trials, and meet a Colombian family with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s, who once thought they had been cursed.
THRILLER RETURNS Homecoming, Amazon Prime
THIS stylish thriller about a mysterious facility for rehabilitating soldiers returns for a second season, without Julia Roberts but none the worse for it. Janelle Monae and Hong Chau play an amnesiac and a corporate hotshot caught up in the mystery, which evolves in bracing half-hour chunks. Look out for Joan Cusack later in the run.
NEW U.S. DRAMA Little Fires Everywhere, Amazon Prime
KERRY WASHINGTON and Reese Witherspoon (pictured) star in this addictive adaptation of Celeste Ng’s novel about motherhood and secrets, set in U.S. suburbia in the Nineties. If you liked Big Little Lies, try this.
FREEVIEW FILM The World’s End, 9pm, ITV2
REUNITING with Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead director Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg stars as a man-child organising a reunion pub crawl in his home town. He realises it must finally be time to grow up when robots from outer space try to take over the world.
POP SUPERSTAR Stevie Wonder: A Musical History, 10pm, BBC4
THEY’RE queuing up to celebrate the career of Stevie Wonder in this finely made profile. The actor Martin Freeman, singers Beverley Knight and Alexander O’Neal and many, many more sing Wonder’s praises in this look back at his greatest hits and musical achievements.
LIGHT-HEARTED CHAT Redknapp’s Home Fixture, 10pm, Sky One
JAMIE REDKNAPP and his dad, Harry, host this merry chat show from their respective homes, with help and comedy from Jamie’s friend, King Gary star Tom Davis. They talk to plenty of familiar faces from the world of sport, and Redknapp senior has some good stories to tell, too.