{"id":220094,"date":"2025-10-17T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/220094\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:29:07","slug":"tv-tonight-bruce-springsteen-returns-to-graham-nortons-sofa-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/220094\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Bruce Springsteen returns to Graham Norton\u2019s sofa | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Graham Norton Show<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10.40pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He\u2019s already had Taylor Swift and Julia Roberts \u2013 setting a super high bar in the last couple of weeks. But Graham Norton rises to the challenge with Bruce Springsteen on the sofa alongside the man who\u2019s playing him in the new biopic, Jeremy Allen White. They\u2019ll also be joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/jennifer-lawrence\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lawrence<\/a>, who stars in psychological drama Die My Love, and Tessa Thompson, who leads a reimagining of Ibsen\u2019s Hedda Gabler. Florence + the Machine are on live music duties. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Gardeners\u2019 World<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While most of us are savouring the browns, reds and golds of autumn, keen gardeners are already preparing for the seasons ahead. The forward-thinking advice in this episode includes Carol Klein\u2019s planting tips to ensure some colour even once temperatures plummet, and Monty Don on selecting the right bulbs for a spring surprise. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>Borderline<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A second two-part mystery begins in this Irish crime drama built on a pleasing chalk-and-cheese cop duo. A cross-border human trafficking case once again obliges sensitive Northern Irish cop DI Boyd (Eoin Macken) to team up with DI Regan (Amy De Bhr\u00fan), a leather-jacketed wrecking ball from the Republic, on an investigation where the politics of immigration are key. Jack Seale<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Most Scenic Counties: Cheshire<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Channel 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A celebration of Cheshire begins with an appreciation of the north-west county\u2019s heritage, both bucolic and industrial. Near Chester is a horse sanctuary that looks after animals that have always enjoyed the area\u2019s ancient woods and gentle hills. In Crewe, a museum near the town\u2019s famous railway station has an epic restoration project. JS<\/p>\n<p>How Are You? It\u2019s Alan (Partridge)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9.30pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In real life, comedians are facing a backlash for performing at a Saudi Arabian comedy festival in Riyadh. In Alan\u2019s world, he is happily broadcasting the Saudi Radio breakfast show with \u201cbright morning vibes\u201d and \u201cgovernment sanctioned messaging\u201d from a Norwich business park. It\u2019s in this solo studio that he ponders: do we need other people? HR<\/p>\n<p>The Last Leg<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A 33rd series of the satirical magazine show, if you can believe it. Comedians Frank Skinner and Stevie Martin are the first guests and, boy, there is a lot for Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker to catch up on after a summer off. HR<\/p>\n<p>Film Choices<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Substance, Paramount+<\/p>\n<p>Demi Moore in The Substance. Photograph: Christine Tamalet\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Coralie Fargeat\u2019s no-holds-barred satire about the tyranny of female beauty standards \u2013 and the perceived horrors of ageing \u2013 features an inspired bit of casting in Demi Moore, who plays a role with echoes of her own career. More than holding her own amid a splurge of wince-inducing makeup effects, Moore is Elisabeth, a 50-year-old film star reduced to doing an aerobics show on TV. Edged out by her slimy boss, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she seeks to prolong her relevance by undergoing a mysterious \u2013 and very gruesome \u2013 procedure called the Substance. This spawns a younger clone, Sue (Margaret Qualley), and an increasingly vampiric relationship between the two. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Black Bag, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This week\u2019s second offering from Steven Soderbergh is a spy mystery as tight as the polo necks Michael Fassbender\u2019s British agent George wears. He is tasked by his boss with uncovering a traitor in their midst from five suspects \u2013 one of whom is his own wife, Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). Both actors are masters of deadpan cool, so a delicious psychological game of truth or lie unfolds. Tom Burke, Reg\u00e9-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela join in the intelligent intelligence fun as the other potential moles. 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