On TV tonight, powerful drama Floodlights is on BBC Two, the penultimate episode of the brilliant Derry Girls is on C4, Jay Blades: No Place Like Home comes to a close on Channel 5, DIY SOS: The Big Build continues on BBC One, Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof ends on BBC One and The Yorkshire Vet continues on Channel 5. 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
Floodlights, 9pm, BBC Two
This sensitively handled but harrowing drama tells the true story of professional footballer Andy ‘Woody’ Woodward, who was sexually abused as a youth player by coach Barry Bennell, and years later waived his anonymity to bravely go public. Shameless’s Gerard Kearns plays the adult Andy, whose life, career and mental health have been hugely affected by the trauma, while The Bay’s Jonas Armstrong is impressive in a challenging role as outwardly charming predator Bennell, who controlled his victims and won over their parents with promises of football stardom. It’s hard to watch at times, but extremely moving and a fitting tribute to the courage of Woodward, whose bravery helped others to come forward.
★★★★★ IM
Derry Girls, season 3, 9pm, C4
You thought it was all over – well, it almost is! This week welcomes a double helping of the Derry Girls (and the wee English fella) as they bow out for good. Tonight, they get tickets for a Halloween Fatboy Slim gig, but the arrival of Da Gerry changes their lives for ever. Tomorrow (9pm), an hour-long finale catches up with the cousins and their friends one year on. As Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and Orla (Louisa Harland) turn 18 and get ready to celebrate with the party of the year, the festivities are overshadowed by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement referendum. While everyone’s wondering what the vote will mean for Northern Ireland, the gang realise they may not be ready for the future…
★★★★ HD
Jay Blades: No Place Like Home, 9pm, Channel 5
This charming series comes to a close as Jay revisits the places that were significant to him when he was becoming a young adult. ‘At 21, I was all over the place; I had no direction, no nothing,’ he remembers while standing outside the flat that became his last-ever London address. Part of the Peabody Estate, a social housing initiative, the flat gave Jay the fresh start he needed to turn his life around. He also learns about the remarkable prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, helps make a pair of bespoke ballet shoes and reflects on his journey in the beautiful Abney Park Cemetery.
★★★★ JL
DIY SOS: The Big Build, 8pm, BBC One
This home makeover show has always transformed people’s lives as well as their houses. And that’s certainly the case tonight, as Nick Knowles and the team meet inspirational teen Jordan Hutchison. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy and epilepsy shortly after birth, Jordan defied medical experts who said he’d never walk and talk. But the stress of unfinished work on their home has taken its toll on parents Jackie and Colin, their son Kyle, daughter Lacey and, of course, Jordan, who’s craving his independence. Enter Nick and the team. Stand back, Corby!
★★★★ VW
Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof, 9pm, BBC One
After six weeks of extreme challenges in subzero temperatures, it’s time to see if the eight celebrities taking part fulfill The Iceman’s promise that "In the end of this experience, you’re going to do what I do." If you thought walking through a blizzard in nothing but swimwear was as bad as it got, think again, as the group face their final fear: a drop from a 500ft bridge. Who will rise (or fall) to the challenge? And the group’s last chat around the campfire proves an emotional exit.
★★★★ NT
The Yorkshire Vet, 8pm, Channel 5
As vet Matt rolls up his sleeves to perform an emergency C-section on a cow having a difficult birth, Peter meets a little French bulldog pup with a large lump on his eye, the biggest the vet has ever seen in his 40-year career. Julian meets a unique sheep called Cliff who needs some delicate surgery to fix his antisocial ways and a cat called Sassy is struggling with a painful condition caused by a slipping kneecap.
★★★ JL
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
The Lincoln Lawyer, season 1, Netflix
The Undoing and Big Little Lies’ creator David E Kelley is behind this drama series starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as attorney Mickey Haller, who runs his Los Angeles law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. It’s based on the novel The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (slightly confusingly, the 2011 movie The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey as Haller was adapted from Connelly’s novel of the same name). The series also stars Scream’s Neve Campbell as Mickey’s first ex-wife, Maggie, who’s the Deputy District Attorney, and Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton as Lorna, Mickey’s second ex-wife, who works as his office manager.
Best film to watch on TV today
The Graduate, 11.15pm, BBC Two
Robert Redford was the original choice to star in this landmark adaptation of Charles Webb’s novel – with Doris Day as Mrs Robinson. Now, it’s impossible to imagine anyone other than Dustin Hoffman (in his star-making role) and Anne Bancroft in the roles. The Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack and the agonising ending are just two perfect things in a film that continues to set the benchmark for any coming-of-age movie.
Live Sport
- Premier League, Southampton vs Liverpool, 7pm (7.45pm), Sky Sports Main Event/NOW
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30pm, C4
- Neighbours, 6pm, Channel 5
- Home and Away, 6pm & 6.30pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Floodlights on TV tonight – a harrowing but brilliant and important drama.
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Happy viewing!
