{"id":615036,"date":"2026-04-18T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615036\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:33:09","slug":"tv-tonight-minnie-driver-makes-crime-look-good-in-a-juicy-new-drama-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615036\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Minnie Driver makes crime look good in a juicy new drama | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Murder Line<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Minnie Driver is a gun-toting criminal with an impeccable bob in this Canadian thriller (previously titled The Borderline). In his riverside town, cop Henry Roland (Stephen Amell) discovers that a childhood friend is linked to a drugs operation, which leads him to cross paths with crime family matriarch May Ferguson (Driver). Throw in a double murder and we have a juicy drama. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Secret Africa: Into the Wild<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">7pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This immersive travelogue sees up-for-it explorer Lucy Shepherd embark on a six-week trek through Tanzania. An affable group of nomadic tribesmen will accompany her on the route, and she ingratiates herself by mucking in with shelter-building and plunging her arm into a hive to harvest honey. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II: The Unseen Photos<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">7pm, Channel 5<\/p>\n<p>Monarch in waiting \u2026 Queen Elizabeth II: The Unseen Photos.  Photograph: Royal Collection Trust<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ever the stoic figurehead, this show uncovers another side to the \u201cmost photographed woman in the world\u201d. Friends, curators and experts including Diana biographer Andrew Morton look through unseen shots that reveal her vulnerable and carefree sides \u2013 not the image she was expected to project. Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>Inside Britain\u2019s National Parks<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">7.50pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Following the New Forest and the Pembrokeshire Coast, this episode covers the wilderness of the Dartmoor uplands. Expect Attenborough-esque shots of leaping wild salmon, a carnivorous sundew plant swallowing a bug, plus a spot of sheepdog training. PE<\/p>\n<p>World\u2019s Most Secret Hotels<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Gird your loins for sweeping drone shots, plush interiors and an overwhelming urge to buy a lottery ticket as the aspirational snoopfest returns. Among the hotels to drool over this week are a luxury lodge on the edge of the world\u2019s largest salt flats and a set of Norwegian cabins on stilts whose pre-assembled parts had to be helicoptered on to their mountain site. Lucinda Everett<\/p>\n<p>Black British Music at the BBC: Volume 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8.30pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The BBC\u2019s growing struggle to fill schedule space does have some upsides: this archive music trawl is allowed to go on for two and a half glorious hours. Trevor Nelson curates a festival of Black artists, from Winifred Atwell through to Olivia Dean, also tipping a hat to the likes of Soul II Soul, Neneh Cherry, Sade and So Solid Crew. Jack Seale<\/p>\n<p>Film choices<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, 11.50am, 6pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n<p>When one door closes \u2026 Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Photograph: CTMG\/PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Kogonada\u2019s beguiling fable pushes two damaged people together through a fantastical meet-cute, then traces their fraught quest for peace of mind. After being introduced at a wedding, David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) end up in the same mysterious rental car. Nudged by a matchmaking GPS, they stop off at a series of magical doors and revisit scenes from their pasts to work out how they got to be the sad singletons they are now. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Howl\u2019s Moving Castle, Before Sunrise \u2013 pick your own filmic reference \u2013 come to mind as the pair reassess memories of heartbreak, loss, betrayal and, occasionally, love. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sabrina, 12.50pm, Sky Arts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Not a biopic of the Espresso hitmaker, sadly, but an old-school romance from Billy Wilder about love across the class divide. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/audrey-hepburn\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Hepburn<\/a>, the epitome of stylish joie de vivre, plays the titular chauffeur\u2019s daughter, who has a crush on David (William Holden), playboy brother of stuffy industrialist Linus (Humphrey Bogart). David barely notices her, until she returns from two years in Paris with a swish wardrobe and air of confidence. But he is promised to another as part of a business deal, so Linus plots to seduce Sabrina away from him, then dump her. SW<\/p>\n<p>Sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Snooker: The World Championship, 10am, BBC Two <br \/>Day one from the Crucible theatre, Sheffield, as Zhao Xintong returns to defend his title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Premier League Football: Brentford v Fulham, 11am, TNT Sports 1<br \/>Chelsea v Man Utd follows at 7pm. Tottenham v Brighton is at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Horse Racing: Scottish Grand National, 12.45pm, ITV1<br \/>All the action from Ayr. Plus, flat racing from Newbury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Women\u2019s Six Nations Rugby: Scotland v England, 1pm, BBC Two<br \/>Wales v France follows at 3.20pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Prem Rugby Union: Exeter v Northampton, 2.30pm, TNT Sports 2<br \/>Followed by Bath v Harlequins at 5.15pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Women\u2019s International Football: Iceland v England, 4.45pm, ITV4<br \/>The World Cup Group A3 qualifier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Murder Line 10pm, ITV1 Minnie Driver is a gun-toting criminal with an impeccable bob in this Canadian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-615036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615036","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=615036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}