FIVE OF THE BEST

The Royal Wedding: They’re Getting Married in the Morning

BBC 1, 7pm The BBC brings us the latest news ahead of the ceremony at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, which will see American actress and humanitarian Meghan Markle marry Prince Harry. The presenters hear from some of the people who are playing key roles, finding out about their own preparations for the occasion. A team of reporters around the venue will also be on hand with updates, as crowds start to gather to claim the best vantage points.

Our Wildest Dreams

Channel 4, 8pm Lynn and Richard and their two young daughters Emily and Yvaine are a “food-bank family” from Bedfordshire, desperately unhappy with their quality of life in the UK. They pack up their belongings in a horsebox and head for a remote part of central Portugal, to follow their dream of living off-grid, being completely self-sufficient and, for the first time, escape the pressures of living on the breadline. They face immediate physical and emotional challenges, such as camping on an unsuitable plot of land, wild summer storms and forest fires, and Richard’s discovery that he’s not quite the builder he thought he was.

Tap America: How a Nation Found Its Feet

BBC4, 9pm Actor Clarke Peters’s love affair with tap dancing began as a child when his mother showed him the Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy-floy) in their New Jersey kitchen. Now, he’s going in search of the roots of this very American art form. Along the way, he discovers the debt that Hollywood legends such as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly owed to the Afro-american performers who were routinely excluded from leading roles in the movies, and also learns why, far from dying out, tap is very much alive and kicking in the 21st-century.

The Bridge

BBC 2, 9pm Saga wants to return to work following her traumatic assault, but while Henrik wants to have her on the investigation, Lillian takes some convincing. Saga remains obsessed with finding Henrik’s daughters, while he wonders if he will have to give in to the idea that they are no longer alive in order to finally move on. The investigation into Margrethe Thormod’s murder continues, with suspicion falling on a radical left-wing group and a refugee who has gone missing after being rejected for asylum. In Danish and Swedish.

Frankie Boyle’s New World Order

BBC 2, 10pm Following his round-up of 2017 review special in December, Boyle returns with a second seven-part run of the show as he attempts to make sense of the bewildering world we live in and dissect the week’s news using stand-up, review, discussion and audience interaction. Sara Pascoe, katherine Ryan and Mona Chalabi will feature as weekly guests, while other comedians, writers or journalists join them to take Frankie to task.