CRITIC’S CHOICE

PICK OF THE DAY Salman Rushdie: Through A Glass Darkly

9pm, BBC Two

While promoting his new memoir, Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder, Rushdie (left) talks to Alan Yentob about the 2022 knife attack on stage in New York state, in which he lost his right eye and came close to losing his ability to write. Archive footage is combined with a moving account of events from his wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths (full review, page 39). At 10pm, BBC Four is showing the 2019 documentary The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, in which journalist Mobeen Azhar returned to Yorkshire, where the protests against Rushdie’s 1988 novel first began, to meet people whose lives were affected by the controversial book.

=== Marcus Wareing Simply Provence

6.30pm, BBC Two

The cook and MasterChef: The Professionals presenter fronts a new series in which he explores simple seasonal French food and produce and asks whether “British food can stack up against the French”. He begins by discovering how lamb is produced in Provence and searching for a lamb dish to rival his favourite Lancashire hotpot.

=== Eurovision Song Contest

8pm, BBC One

The increasingly bloated songfest now incorporates coverage of the semi-finals that used to be safely tucked away on BBC Three. Anyone interested to discover whether Cyprus, Serbia, Lithuania, Ireland, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg make Saturday’s final can join Rylan Clark and Scott Mills in Malmö, Sweden. At 10.50pm, there’s a documentary following Olly Alexander as he prepares to represent the UK at the event.

=== Aldi’s Next Big Thing

8pm, Channel 4

There’s an eclectic group pitch to the supermarket for the Healthy and Wholesome category – the final round in this Dragons’ Den hybrid. Products include a protein ball with the divisive name of Dung; an allegedly healthy spin on ginger beer that promises to pack a fiery punch; and a low-sugar spread of granola butter. Also hoping to attract Aldi’s managing director of buying, Julie Ashfield, and presenters Anita Rani and Chris Bavin, is a mushroom obsessive who’s left the city behind to set up a farm in Wales.

=== Changing Ends

8.30pm, ITV1

This charming autobiographical sitcom co-written by Alan Carr continues with young Alan’s horror at being selected for the school football team. His dad, Northampton Town manager Graham Carr (Shaun Dooley) has wangled it with the PE teacher. Graham, meanwhile, has trouble with his new star signing

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