On TV tonight, Sing For The King: The Search for the Coronation Choir follows some talented groups hoping to perform for King Charles III, new comedy Black Ops starts, and Wrexham: Hollywood or Bust! follows the popular Welsh football team. 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
Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir, 8 pm, BBC One
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is on a quest to put together a 300-strong ‘super-choir’ which will perform at the King’s Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle. He’s teamed up with fellow mentors Amanda Holden, Motsi Mabuse and Rose Ayling-Ellis to gather the performers from some of the existing choirs around the UK.
They include a deaf signing performance group, singing London cabbies, a RNLI troupe who specialise in sea shanties and a refugee choir. The celebrities then coach the singers to give the performance of a lifetime on Sunday 7 May in front of the King, Queen and millions watching around the world.
★★★★ NH
Black Ops, 9:30 pm, BBC One
Line of Duty, Happy Valley, Unforgotten… we all love a crime series, and this new ‘high-concept’ thriller packed with laughs, from the brains behind BBC3’s Famalam, turns the genre on its head. Dom (co-creator Gbemisola Ikumelo) and Kay (Black Mirror’s Hammed Animashaun) are two PCSOs cleaning up their community, who get the responsibility they crave when they’re recruited to infiltrate a local drug-dealing gang, headed by menacing kingpin Tevin (co-creator Akemnji Ndifornyen). With a sharp script brought to life by relatable and funny characters, plus a twist in the tale, this is a show it’s your duty to watch!
★★★★ VW
Wrexham: Hollywood or Bust!, 10 pm, BBC Two
The rebirth of Wrexham AFC – 15 years out of the football league – since being bought by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney is the stuff of fantasy, a Ted Lasso story come to life. This lovely 30 minutes returns to the team’s beginnings, and its triumphs and trials, before coming up to date with the actors’ hopes for the future.
★★★ SM
This intriguing dystopian sci-fi is set in the vast underground silo of the title, where a community of 10,000 people survive, but all history has been erased and anyone who ventures outside collapses and dies within minutes. Episode one follows Sheriff Holston Becker (David Oyelowo) and his wife Allison (Rashida Jones), who have been permitted to try for a baby and have only a limited window in which to conceive.
But when Allison is called out on an IT job, what she discovers makes her start to question everything she’s been told. It’s a fascinating start to this promising retro-futuristic saga which also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Harriet Walter and Tim Robbins and begins with two episodes today.
★★★★ IM
Best box set on TV tonight
The family-friendly fantasy is back for a second series this week, with half-human hybrid Gus and his friends having to gather their strength to figure out what caused the Great Crumble, the chaotic era when 98% of the world’s population was killed off by a virus.
But as Gus begins a dark journey to find a cure for a new wave of the Sick, he also learns more about his own origins, as well as his mother Birdie’s role in the events leading up to the collapse of society. Christian Convery (recently seen in Cocaine Bear) returns as Gus, alongside Nonso Anozie and Adeel Akhtar. James Brolin acts as the narrator.
NC
Best film on TV tonight
Guardians of the Galaxy, 10:40 pm, BBC One
What was seen as a risk for Marvel – having a movie led by an almost entirely unknown bunch of space-hopping superheroes – turned into one of the company’s most astute moves, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 out in cinemas this week. The sci-fi adventure made a star out of Chris Pratt, who calls himself Star-Lord, but is, in fact, Peter Quill, a human leader of a ragtag group of alien mercenaries. Under director James Gunn, this is a wildly entertaining romp, full of humour, but with enough wit and pathos to round things out.
★★★★ NP
Soaps
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
- Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star
Live Sport
- WSL: Arsenal v Leicester City (Kick-off 7:30 pm), Sky Sports Main Event
- Athletics: Diamond League Doha, 5 pm, BBC Two
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Sing For The King: The Search for the Coronation Choir on TV tonight.
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