{"id":595782,"date":"2026-04-09T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/595782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:58:36","slug":"tv-tonight-david-attenboroughs-sparkling-new-series-before-he-turns-100-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/595782\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: David Attenborough\u2019s sparkling new series before he turns 100 | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Garden<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">6pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While David Attenborough made his name hanging out with gorillas in Rwanda, amazing wildlife is all around us. In this sparkling new series, the great man shows us a few of the wonders living under our noses. He begins in Oxfordshire where, in the grounds of a beautiful mill house, he discovers scampering voles (careful with your robotic lawnmowers, people!), talking duck eggs and the surprisingly brutal world of the mallard. Inevitably, a delight. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n<p>The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">7.40pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The charity wing of the baking behemoth rolls on, this time challenging celebrities including Ambika Mod, Rose Ayling-Ellis and Alex Brooker to conjure up mini rolls and syrup sponge puddings. Even more scarily, their showstopper involves recreating their best ever looks in choux pastry form. PH<\/p>\n<p>The Other Bennet Sister<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cMiss Bennet, I have a mind to go to Italy. And I cannot imagine going without you.\u201d Mr Ryder\u2019s \u201cmodern\u201d proposal of unmarried bliss gives Mary pause for thought, as mother pressures her to accept \u2013 and Lizzy attempts to talk her out of it. Meanwhile, there\u2019s another invitation: this one to the Lake District. Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<p>The Capture<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Season three of a superb conspiracy thriller has consistently wrong-footed us, slowly shifting the new character of Noah Pierson (Killian Scott) from a creepy supervillain to a wronged potential hero. While he and Carey (Holliday Grainger) flee through an underground tunnel network, it\u2019s time for Carey\u2019s allies on the surface to take the initiative and help out. Jack Seale<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrimage: The Road to Holy Island<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p>Leap of faith \u2026 Pilgrimage: The Road to Holy Island on BBC Two. Photograph: BBC\/CTVC<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Another celebrity travelogue but this one is also a spiritual journey \u2013 undertaken by a seven-strong group including Hermione Norris, Ashley Banjo and Patsy Kensit \u2013 through Northumberland towards Lindisfarne. There\u2019s a mixture of faiths (and non-faiths) within the septet, so what can they learn from each other? Wholesome and gentle, arguably to a fault. PH<\/p>\n<p>The Hunt: Prey vs Predator<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">More mindlessly enjoyable forest-based intrigue as this super-size game of traitorous TV tag continues. We\u2019ve reached the sixth hunt but one contender is competing as a Predator for the first time \u2013 and they\u2019re determined to make the most of it. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, expect a momentous plot twist. PH<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Being There, 11.50pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p>Sharp but sweet \u2026 Being There on BBC Two. Photograph: 15\/Lorimar\/Allstar<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When his Washington DC employer dies, live-in gardener Chance (Peter Sellers) \u2013 who has never set foot outside the grounds and gets his limited knowledge of the world entirely from TV \u2013 is thrown out on to the streets. But in Hal Ashby\u2019s sly satire, this innocent abroad is taken in by Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine), the wife of rich, dying businessman Benjamin (Melvyn Douglas). They mistake his simple talk of plants and seasons for brilliant economic metaphors, and Chance\u2019s public profile and undeserved reputation rocket. Sharp but sweet, the film is centred on a fantastically restrained performance by Sellers. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Women\u2019s FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Brighton, 12.30pm, TNT Sports 1 Charlton v Liverpool is at 2pm on TNT Sports 2. Chelsea v Tottenham is on Mon at 1pm on Channel 4, followed by Birmingham v Man City at 4.30pm on TNT Sports 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Secret Garden 6pm, BBC One While David Attenborough made his name hanging out with gorillas in Rwanda, amazing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-595782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}