DAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED

Sky Documentaries, 9pm

For teenage gymnast David Holmes, being selected as Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the Harry Potter films was a dream come true. But it was the thrill of the job itself, rather than the lure of fame or fortune, that made it magical. The pair grew up alongside one another, with Radcliffe – who serves as an executive producer and contributor to this affecting feature-length documentary – praising how Holmes, who was several years older, took him under his wing, acting as a big brother.

It was a relationship tested in 2009, when, in the middle of filming penultimate instalment The Deathly Hallows

Part 1, Holmes’s cables (used for flying scenes) malfunctioned and he smashed into a wall, leaving him paralysed and having to use a wheelchair. But there is no animosity on display here, excluding his mother’s (understandable) admittance that she felt “very angry, very bitter, and wanted someone to blame” in the aftermath. Rather, Holmes, now 42, reflects on how, even after it changed his life forever, he wouldn’t change anything his career: “It was the biggest love of my life – one of my only loves, really. If my legs came back tomorrow, I’d go back to work.”

Poppie Platt history: what became of the two sons of King Edward IV after their uncle, Richard III, ascended the throne? Philippa Langley – who, in 2012, led excavations of the Leicester car park containing Richard’s remains – embarks on a European road trip with Rob Rinder, hoping fresh evidence will determine the princes’ fates once and for all.

Holmes was Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in Harry Potter