On TV tonight, new Channel 4 comedy The Change kicks off, The Repair Shop: Windrush Special marks the 75th anniversary of the liner's arrival to the UK, and David Tennant's series There She Goes returns for a one-off special. 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
The Change, from 10pm, Channel 4
This wonderful gem of a series, written by and starring comedian Bridget Christie, sees a menopausal mum deciding to reclaim her life. Linda (Christie) is not only battling menopause symptoms but she’s sick of being taken for granted by her self-centred husband Steve (Omid Djalili) and having an endless array of ‘invisible’ household chores.
After her 50th birthday and a lightbulb moment with her GP, she dusts off her beloved Triumph motorbike and roars back to her childhood roots in the New Forest. With a star-studded cast including Paul Whitehouse, Jerome Flynn, Liza Tarbuck and Monica Dolan, this is brilliantly observed, joyous and highly relatable!
★★★★★ TL
The Repair Shop: Windrush Special, 8 pm, BBC One
This visit to the barn marks the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush’s arrival to the UK. Bookbinder Chris Shaw is tasked with fixing a British passport that brought a young Jamaican man here to help rebuild the ‘Mother Country’ after World War Two, while electrical whizz Mark Stuckey restores a radiogram for campaigner Patrick Vernon OBE.
Horologist Steve Fletcher tackles a broken chiming clock for Windrush siblings, and leather queen Suzie Fletcher bestows some TLC on a battered suitcase owned by a trailblazing migrant mum.
★★★★ RF
There She Goes, 9 pm, BBC Two
It’s rare that a show genuinely makes you sob and laugh out loud in the same scene, but this beautifully performed comedy drama about a family’s hilarious, heartbreaking struggles to raise their learning disabled daughter always delivers.
As it returns for a one-off, Rosie (Miley Locke) is now 13 and hormones make her behaviour more challenging, leaving parents Emily (Jessica Hynes) and Simon (David Tennant) and brother Ben (Edan Hayhurst) at their wits’ end. Meanwhile, when answers finally arrive concerning Rosie’s condition, there are frank discussions about the future and the hand that life has dealt them.
★★★★★ CC
Portrait Artist of the Year: Celebrities v Kids Special, 8 pm, Sky Arts
Toyah Willcox, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Anita Mangan, the illustrator sister of the show’s co-host Stephen Mangan, are among the celebrity artists trying to capture the likenesses of sitters Konnie Huq, Lee ‘Lost Voice Guy’ Ridley and musician Chi-chi Nwanoku in this one-off special. They’re painting alongside six talented school children, while artist David Shillinglaw is also creating a giant mural.
★★★ RMC
Best box set on TV tonight
Black Mirror season 6, Netflix
It’s four years since we last saw Charlie Brooker’s tech-based anthology series – and now it’s back for series six. There’s a great cast, with Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett starring in an episode called Beyond the Sea set in 1969 about two men on a hi-tech mission, while British stars John Hannah and Monica Dolan’s story sees them in a Scottish town with dark secrets. Other stars include Industry’s Myha’la Herrold, plus Paapa Essiedu, Annie Murphy and Salma Hayek Pinault.
NC
Best film on TV tonight
Fantastic Mr Fox, 4:50 pm, Film4
A rebellious fox decides it is time to grow up and change his chicken-stealing ways for the sake of his wife and children. However, the presence of three wicked farmers near his woodland home proves a challenge he cannot resist. Stop-motion animated adventure based on the novel by Roald Dahl, with the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.
Soaps
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
- Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star
Live Sport
- Tennis: Queen's, from 1 pm, BBC Two
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss `The Change on TV tonight.
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