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DOCUMENTARY Diana: In Her Own Words
First we had the authorised account of Princess Diana in ITV’S documentary in which Princes William and Harry movingly spoke about their memories of their mother. Now, as the 20th anniversary of her death approaches, comes Diana: In Her Own Words in which video tapes recorded in 1992 and 1993 by Diana’s speech coach, Peter Settelen, are revealed for the first time in a feature length film about her life.
The tapes – recorded as she prepared to hone her public voice as her marriage fell apart – show Diana reflecting on her life, upbringing, courtship with the Prince of Wales, her marriage and public life. Some of the people close to Diana, including her protection officer Ken Wharfe and private secretary Patrick Jephson, are also interviewed in this PBS co-production.
Tomorrow, Channel 4, 8pm
REALITY Eden: Paradise Lost
Failed reality show experiment Eden – which saw 23 people try to build their own community in a corner of an estate on the Ardnamurchan peninsula – was pulled from the airwaves after just four episodes last year. The contestants stayed for several more months, however, so there is lots of unseen footage as Channel 4 tells the whole sorry story of the squabbles, rivalry, hunger and fights in five shows next week.
Monday to Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
DRAMA Trust Me
New Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker has a crack at another doctor in this fourpart thriller from the BBC.
Whittaker plays dedicated nurse Cath Hardacre who loses her job after whistle-blowing on colleagues in the cardiac unit where she works. Desperate to get back to the life she loves, Cath steals the identity of her emigrating best friend and reappears as a doctor in the A&E department of an Edinburgh hospital. The terror of being discovered or misdiagnosing a patient is palpable, but Cath starts to enjoy her elevated professional status and improving social life as she gets close to dashing colleague Dr Andy Bremner (Emun Elliot).
Tuesday, BBC1, 9pm
HISTORY My Family, Partition And Me: India 1947
Anita Rani explores the human impact of the Partition of India through the stories of four British families, including her own, in a new two-part series. Using first-hand testimony from Partition survivors, their children and grandchildren retrace the dramatic journeys they were forced to make as the new nation of Pakistan was formed.
Representing the different communities caught up in the violence – Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and British colonial – they travel for the first time to the homes in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh that their families fled in terror. Their journeys include emotional meetings with long-lost family friends, encounters with neighbours of other religions who shielded their family at huge personal risk, and extraordinary stories of courage and fortitude among the horrors of the communal violence that had erupted.
Wednesday, BBC1, 9pm
TECHNOLOGY Secrets Of Silicon Valley
Journalist and author Jamie Bartlett explores the reality behind Silicon Valley’s glittering promise to build a better world.
Bartlett meets people who claim they can reverse climate change, create sustainable burgers and connect cities in a new way. He visits Uber’s lavish offices in San Francisco and hears the company’s claim to be improving our cities, but in Hyderabad in India he sees for himself some of the human consequences of Uber’s utopian vision, such as drivers driven to suicide over falling earnings. ■
Tomorrow, BBC2, 8pm