TV Times top picks for today
What’s on telly tonight? Here the TV Times team of expert reviewers highlight the best shows on Wednesday 4th April
Commonwealth Games, from 10.30am, BBC1, BBC2 & BBC4
Hazel Irvine is at the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (10.30am). Day one events include the triathlons; look out for Yorkshire champion Alistair Brownlee and his brother Jonny. At the Opus Aquatic Centre, Scotland swimmer Hannah Miley will be hoping for a third gold in the 400m individual medley final, while England’s Adam Peaty and Scotland’s Ross Murdoch will also be defending the titles they won four years ago in Glasgow. Live coverage continues daily from 12.15am tonight, with highlights on BBC2, BBC4 and BBC Sport online. Rating: ****
Benidorm, 9pm, ITV
While Robert frets about Cyd’s dad arriving, Loretta’s still convinced that it’s all part of a ploy to rob and trick the family. But then her dad Franco arrives – in his private jet – wearing a very smart suit and expensive watch, and you can imagine what he thinks of the Dawsons! Vlad is still chasing Kenneth, filling Blow and Go with balloons and flowers. Kenneth comes up with a cunning plan to rid himself of the love-struck giant for good – but it means a drastic personality change. Rating: ***
Assassination of Gianni Versace, 9pm, BBC2
This creepy but totally gripping US drama makes the heart race, and it’s not always the main characters causing it. Cody Fern and Finn Wittrock are mesmerising as David Madson and Jeff Trail, the first two victims of serial killer Andrew Cunanan. As the series doesn’t follow a chronological timeline, we’ve already seen both men dispatched by Cunanan. Yet this week’s episode reveals how David and Jeff met for the first time at Cunanan’s weird birthday party in a San Diego mansion, which also happens to be attended by the killer’s third victim, Lee Miglin. Knowing what their fate is a year later makes these scenes even more chilling… Rating: *****
More previews tomorrow.
