What’s on TV this weekend: Richard Branson relives his journey from college dropout to billionaire

Friday

Tip of the Day: Granite Harbor

Many Scottish detective dramas have been released recently, including Footprints in Dundee, an adaptation by Val McDermid on ITV, KarenPierreand of course Shetland Islands. This new three-part series takes place in Aberdeen, sort of in reverse. death in paradise, shows a Caribbean police officer sent to the UK. Jamaican Corporal Davis Lindo (Romario Simpson) worked for the Royal Military Police for 10 years and was transferred to the Scottish Police Force as part of a joint Commonwealth plan. A fish in the water, Lindo is immediately confronted with the assassination of an oil industry kingpin and his first ever full Scottish breakfast.

Unregistered world

How food tensions in Kenya turn deadly as the Horn of Africa suffers its worst drought in 40 years. Reporter Seyi Rhodes tells of shepherds, farmers and poachers as they struggle to survive in dwindling fertile soil as pastures turn to dust.

Dancing with the Stars: Special Musicals

It’s rare for the show to make a second appearance this week as the quarter-finals have been rescheduled to make room for tomorrow.
Coverage of the World Cup. The dances feature musical-themed routines where professional dancers begin the act alongside West End stars Marisha Wallace, Ivano Turco and Trevor Dion Nicholas.

Grayson Art Club: Exhibition

What follows is a very special episode. Grayson Art Clubthe third national exhibition, held in Birmingham. Grayson Perry peeks behind the scenes at the Midlands Arts Center as curators curate the exhibition and explores the city’s vibrant arts scene with comedian Joe Lycett. He also meets some of the amateur artists whose work will be featured in the exhibition.

Gardeners’ World Winter Deals

Good news for those who can’t end a Friday night without Monty Don’s soothing melodies, Donster is back with the first of four shows. Gathering his favorite winter vegetables, demonstrating how to cut hardwood cuttings and planting tulips for spring cheer, Joe Swift meets TV presenter AJ Odudu and learns about her passion for houseplants.

Astrid: Murder in Paris

These French murder mysteries always start with an intriguing scenario, and this week it’s about a corpse disappearing from an undertaker’s van just as it was being embalmed for burial. It turned out that the deceased was the brother of one of the visitors of the Astrid autistic association. In fact, he was the doctor who may have exposed the health scandal.

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mysterious Queen

The Lucy Worsley series continues with the most dramatic episode in the life of Agatha Christie – her disappearance in 1926. Christie, 36, now a successful writer, disappeared after her car was discovered on the edge of a cliff.

Saturday

Pick of the day: Señorita 89

This poignant Mexican drama about 1980s beauty queens groomed (literally) for the Miss Mexico pageant in a remote forest continues with the aftermath of Isabelle’s botched abortion and a flashback explaining how Louise (Edward Gurrola’s) secretary ended up in La Encantada. Meanwhile, Mexico’s most famous pop group visits five girls and selects them for their latest video.

2022 FIFA World Cup

Round 16 starts with the Netherlands against the USA. Team America has been impressive in the tournament but they will have to outdo themselves to beat the Dutch team who failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Russia and are poised to finally win the game. Today Argentina plays with Australia.

Christmas at Castle Howard

On a recent visit to the majestic North Yorkshire Post, the fate of the estate hinges on a successful Christmas season. As theater designer Charlotte Lloyd Webber (no relation to Andrew) creates fabulous installations throughout the house and hunts for a Christmas tree big enough to fill a large room’s 22-foot vaulted ceiling, holiday plans are dashed by two days of heavy rain. and leaky roof.

Dancing with the Stars: Results

In case anyone missed it, today’s World Cup coverage means it’s strictThe music special aired last night. Tonight, the two lowest-scoring couples compete for a spot in the semi-finals. There will also be a performance by the cast of Cher.

Two pints of lager and a bag of chips

Here are a few (probably coincidental) combined shows. Sheridan Smith to reunite later this week Two pints of lager Author Susan Nixon named after new Sky comedy Rosie Molloy gives up everythingGRAM. Meanwhile, BBC Three has four episodes of their Runcorn Noughties sitcom. In the first one, Janet (Smith) announces that she is pregnant.

Don McLean and friends in concert

An evening of programming dedicated to the American singer-songwriter begins with his first TV show on British television in 1979, backed by Elkie Brooks and The Jordanaires – the first time Elvis Presley’s original backing band has performed outside the US. The following is an edition of Classic Albums dedicated to McLean’s 1971 masterpiece American Pie.

Tommy Cooper: 30 funniest moments

A two-hour celebration of a beloved fez-wearing comedian who made his career through his apparent lack of magical ability. The program chronicles Cooper’s career through his funniest acts and most ridiculous one-liners, from entertaining the Duke of Edinburgh in 1955 to laughing as he literally died on stage in 1984.

Sunday

Pick of the Day: Branson

Sixteen days before Richard Branson was to become the first passenger on his spaceship to make a historic flight, the billionaire entrepreneur was interviewed for this new article. It all starts with dyslexic Branson dropping out of high school to become a student magazine editor at 15 and a millionaire at 22 thanks to the success of Virgin Records.

My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips

A new series in which the actress meets with celebrities to find out what Christmas means to them. Her first guest is the Reverend Richard Coles, who talks about his childhood as a singer, his fame as a member of the Communards, his life as a pastor, and the death of his beloved partner David.

2022 FIFA World Cup

France will play Poland in the round of 16 this afternoon, but all eyes across the Channel will no doubt be on England and Senegal (starting at 19:00 CET). Which version of Gareth Southgate’s side will come out: enterprising and ignorant, under pressure from the US, or a ruthless, unfettered force sweeping through Wales?

country file

If you’re looking for your favorite rural show, you’ll find it here on BBC Two. Anita Rani presents the latest edition of the Wild Birds and Wetlands Foundation in Slimbridge in anticipation of the arrival of the Little Swans.

Anything Is Allowed: The Musical

Here’s a tidbit: the acclaimed 2021 London production of The Barbican, from Cole Porter’s musical set aboard an ocean liner, starring Broadway star Sutton Foster, who talks about her brilliant, Tony Award-winning performance as a singer Reno Sweeney nightclub with Robert Lindsey, Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot. repeats.

Villain SAS

Jason Watkins is the latest in a long line of actors to play Winston Churchill, and David Stirling (Connor Swindells) convinces the Prime Minister to sign a blank piece of paper that effectively gives the SAS carte blanche over their irregular operations. “I escaped the dogs of war,” Churchill declares as the final part of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s adrenaline-pumping drama featuring Sham 69 (“We Gotta Fight”) and The Stooges on the soundtrack begins.

Simon Shama’s story today

Simon Shamu cannot be accused of academic detachment on this issue: the historian is clearly out of breath when he revisits the site of the Selma civil rights march in Montgomery in 1965. Voting rights, born in that era of grassroots resistance, are now being overruled by the Republic-dominated Supreme Court, and the repeal of Roe v. Wade in 1973 removed hard-won access to abortion. Feminism, gay rights, and racial equality are the topics of this excursion into post-war history.