On TV tonight, there's a frank and moving documentary on C4, Vicky Pattison: Alcohol, Dad and Me, new drama Irma Vep arrives on Sky Atlantic/NOW and Darcey continues her travels in Darcey Bussell's Royal Road Trip on More4. Ben meets a family mad about cheese in Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Country on Channel 5 and the property makeover show Worst House On The Street begins on C4. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight...
Best TV shows on TV tonight
Vicky Pattison: Alcohol, Dad and Me, 10pm, C4
One in five UK children are affected by their parents’ addiction to alcohol. In this frank documentary, reality star Vicky, a regular on Loose Women and a former I’m
a Celebrity… winner, confronts her father John’s alcoholism and the impact it had on her growing up. Vicky examines her own relationship with alcohol and shares her worst fears of ending up like John. "Throughout my life I’ve had a complicated relationship with alcohol and been troubled by how much of a hold it has on me," she says. You can’t help feeling for her as she opens up to a psychologist and begs her much-loved dad to seek professional help.
★★★★ TL
Irma Vep, 9pm, Sky Atlantic/NOW
French director Olivier Assayas adapts his cult 1996 film of the same name into an eight-part series starring Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander. Hollywood star Mira Harberg (Vikander) heads to Paris to take on the iconic role of cat-suited evil muse Irma Vep in a remake of 1915 French noir Les Vampires. But with director René Vidal helming a manic shoot and Mira’s ex-girlfriend, Laurie, causing much distraction, Mira soon finds herself retreating into the role. A smart, seductive TV remake of a film about a remake – it doesn’t get more meta than this!
★★★★★ RM
Darcey Bussell's Royal Road Trip, 9pm, More4
Darcey’s regal roaming continues to the towns and beaches of Norfolk – the place the Queen traditionally spends Christmas. The Sandringham Estate is her winter retreat, based in the north of the county close to the stunning coastline. And that’s where Darcey begins, revealing a secret royal entrance to a beautiful beach. She also meets locals of the village and joins in the party at the Sandringham Women’s Institute, who chat about their many interactions with Her Majesty. She visits a 93-year-old superfan who’s knitted an adorable replica of Sandringham and discovers how the Queen trains her winning racehorses at Newmarket.
★★★ JL
Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Country, 9pm, Channel 5
After decades as hard-working city vets, John and Heather sold their successful veterinary practice and bought a huge derelict farm in the Derbyshire Dales. The plan is to make sheep’s cheese on an industrial scale and bring the whole family together to turn this big dream into a reality. The project is soon devastated by Brexit, the pandemic and bad weather, but with lashings of laid-back optimism, this inspiring family just keep on going, looking after their livestock and one another throughout it all. And Ben even gets to tuck in to some delicious sheep’s cheese on his final visit.
★★★ JL
Worst House on the Street, 8pm, C4
Following their Flipping Fast collaboration, siblings and property experts Stuart and Scarlette Douglas join forces for a new six-part series. They have the hacks to help transform run-down houses into coveted homes and they are committed to making sure there is no going over budget or time. That’s the kind of makeover advice we’re on board for.
★★★ NT
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Under the Banner of Heaven, Disney Plus
Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Brenda Wright Lafferty, a 24-year-old woman found murdered in her Utah home in 1984, along with her infant daughter, Erica, in this true-crime drama. Devout Mormon detective Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield) initially suspects Brenda’s husband Allen (The Serpent’s Billy Howle) of the crime, but suffers a crisis of faith when he learns that a fundamentalist religious sect may have played a part. With a carefully balanced portrayal of belief in many forms, and uniformly excellent performances, this gripping miniseries doesn’t shy away from the big questions about the power of faith.
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Young Adult, 11.15pm, BBC Two (not NI)
This deliciously sour movie gives Charlize Theron a terrific role as a former prom queen-turned-teen fiction writer who returns to her drab small home town in a bid to win back ex-boyfriend Patrick Wilson, even though he's now a happily married new dad. Pursuing her delusional scheme, she finds an unlikely confidant in another ex-classmate, bitter school outcast Patton Oswalt. A painful, sad and very, very funny comedy.
Live Sport
- Commonwealth Games 2022, from 9.15am, BBC One/Two/iPlayer/Red Button
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30pm, BBC Two
- Emmerdale, 7.30pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30pm, C4
- Home and Away, 6pm & 6.30pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Vicky Pattison: Alcohol, Dad and Me on TV tonight — the reality star opens up about her troubled relationship with alcohol.
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Happy viewing!
