The South Bank Show

Sky Arts, 10pm

Melvyn Bragg enjoys a wideranging chat with one of our greatest actresses, Helen Mirren. She recalls how, early in her career, she convinced producers to beef up her role in The Long Good Friday, along with advice Lynda La Plante gave her for playing Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, and which clips of the Queen were the biggest influences on her later performances.