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TONIGHT’S TV CHOICE

- KEITH WATSON

Hitched At Home: Our Lockdown Wedding C4, 9pm

Wedding plans are among the many things being scuppered by the Covid-19 crisis but at least one happy, loving couple will tie the knot, courtesy of incorrigib­le romantic Fred Sirieix. The First Dates maitre d’ is playing best man, maid of honour, page boy and any other nuptial role you can name to Patrick and Louise, lending a celebrity flair to their vows.

Comedians: Home Alone BBC2, 10pm (Northern Ireland, 10.30pm)

Bob Mortimer messing about with cat names and Kerry Godliman as an embarrassi­ng mum are among the highlights of an instant sketch show recorded in lockdown homes.

Comedians are a pretty socially isolated bunch at the best of times so this makes perfect sense.

The Plastic Nile

Sky Documentar­ies, 9pm

Single-use plastic has become a key environmen­tal issue and images of the River Nile choked with it show the damage is undeniable. But for some poor communitie­s plastic can be a life-saver. So what is the solution?

Long Lost Family Special: Born Without Trace ITV, 9pm

Foundling is the kind of word you associate with Dickens but that’s the deal here. It’s a compelling detective story as we meet David and Helen, both now in their fifties, one left in a shopping bag, the other abandoned in a phone kiosk. Neither has a clue how they got there but, slowly, the pieces of the jigsaw fit together. It’s deeply moving.

 ??  ?? Wedded bliss: Patrick and Louise
Wedded bliss: Patrick and Louise

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