On TV tonight, dance in your wellies around the living room if that's what you fancy as Glastonbury 2022 continues across the BBC. Over on ITV, "look at what you could have won" as Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow returns to the classic darts game Bullseye. Channel 5 looks back in Billy Connolly: 30 Greatest Moments and there's a dramatic double bill of Casualty on BBC One. Finally, C4 is digging deep in Lost Treasures of Ancient Rome: Hidden Secrets of Pompeii. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Glastonbury 2022, from 5pm, BBC Two/One/Three/Four
The unpredictable nature of the English summer means today could be rain-drenched or sun-baked but music fans won’t mind, they’ll just be glad to have Glastonbury back after an absence of two years. As the festival continues, look out for Olivia Rodrigo (7pm, BBC One) – in 2021, the former Disney star was one of the world’s most-streamed artists and her album Sour was one of the year’s best sellers. Tonight’s headliner is none other than Sir Paul McCartney (10.30pm, BBC One), while highlights include Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Haim, Metronomy and Tony Christie, who we very much hope will be asking for directions to Amarillo!
★★★★ JP
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow, 7pm, ITV
After last week’s celebrity edition of Play Your Cards Right, Alan Carr’s series of revived ITV game shows continues this week with an episode of Bullseye, the darts-themed quiz which was hosted by Jim Bowen from 1981 to 1995. The show sees three pairs of contestants, each one consisting of a darts player and a quizzer, competing in darts games and quizzes to win cash and prizes. Alan recently told TV Times that he’d love to see his superstar pal Adele throwing arrows on the show, but she won’t be appearing in tonight’s edition because this one’s strictly for non-famous folk. Sorry, Adele!
★★★★ MD
Billy Connolly: 30 Greatest Moments, 9pm, Channel 5
A look back at the career of the popular comedian – and accomplished musician, writer and artist – who turns 80 later this year. Celebrity fans including Jimmy Tarbuck, Shazia Mirza, Dave Gorman and Shaparak Khorsandi take stock of some of Billy’s best-loved stand-up routines and jokes, along with TV appearances on talk shows from around the world.
★★★ JP
Casualty, 8.50pm and 9.30pm, BBC One
As the aftermath of the deadly school shooting reverberates throughout Holby, loved ones come to terms with loss, grief and lives forever changed. And there aren’t many kind thoughts spared for killer Ollie’s dad – quite the opposite. In the first of two episodes tonight, David, in a state of despair, sacrificially offers himself to a mob and is beaten senseless. At the ED Dylan suspects his inconsolable friend is suicidal and undertakes desperate measures to protect him. Some of Jason Durr and William Beck’s finest and most complex portrayals of mismatched mates David and Dylan. There will be tears, and some of them will be yours.
★★★★★ ER
Lost Treasures of Ancient Rome: Hidden Secrets of Pompeii, 8pm, C4
In this new six-part series an international team of archaeologists embark on a mission to uncover new secrets about life in the Roman Empire. They begin in Pompeii, digging to unearth more details about the people who lived and died there. They discover a sacrificial skull and the mummified body of what they believe to be a freed slave and explore the narrow tunnels beneath the central bathhouse.
★★★ JL
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Disney Plus
Obi-Wan Kenobi has broken Disney Plus viewing records and now all six thrilling episodes are available to watch. The series has wowed critics since it debuted on our screens last month, but while fans have reacted positively to Ewan McGregor’s return, it’s a 10-year-old girl who’s stolen the show. Young Princess Leia, played by breakout star Vivien Lyra Blair, has captivated viewers while becoming the beating heart of this latest chapter in the space saga. With iconic figures such as Darth Vader also added to the mix, this is on course to be Disney’s most popular foray into the Star Wars universe and rumours of a second series are already swirling.
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Borg vs McEnroe, 10.30pm, BBC Two
With Wimbledon about to start, here’s the perfect time to revisit this 2017 drama about the rivalry between tennis legends John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg (played here by Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason.) The players were famously very different in temperament but what makes this film so revealing is the way it goes beneath the surface to uncover the kinship under the skin: one internalises pressure, the other lets it all hang out. And unlike almost every other tennis movie, the action on court in the final (it’s Wimbledon 1980) really is thrilling.
Live Sport
- Test Cricket, England vs New Zealand, 10.15am, Sky Sports Main Event/NOW
- Tennis: Eastbourne, 12.15pm, BBC One
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Glastonbury 2022 on TV tonight — join the crowds dancing along to some of the biggest names in music.
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