{"id":568566,"date":"2026-07-26T06:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568566\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T06:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:44:08","slug":"tv-tonight-ruth-madeleys-ambitious-new-drama-about-the-end-of-the-world-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568566\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Ruth Madeley\u2019s ambitious new drama about the end of the world | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rapture<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Climate crisis catastrophes, charismatic religious leaders and a troubled girl who reckons she can predict the end of the world \u2026 there\u2019s a lot going on in this ambitious new five-part drama. Set in Wales during a brutal heatwave, the story follows Dr Gabs Fox (Ruth Madeley), who is dealing with the trauma of an accident that left her paralysed and her husband dead. As she returns to work as a therapist at a psychiatric hospital, her first case is Bethany Krall (India Amarteifio), a mouthy teenager who draws disturbing sketches and claims they come true. Is there truth to any of it? Ruth Jones, Iwan Rheon and Jack Farthing complete the impressive cast. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Force of Nature<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">7pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a wash-out \u2026 Forces of Nature on ITV1. Photograph: Plimsoll Productions\/ITV<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Cats don\u2019t like water at the best of times \u2013 so what happens in Kenya when, for the first time, two cheetahs experience a month\u2019s worth of rain in a single day? Andrew Lincoln shows us, as he narrates this striking new nature series that follows the very real impact of the climate crisis on wildlife globally. Luckily, he says of the cheetah brothers, \u201cthese old boys have learned a few tricks\u201d. HR<\/p>\n<p>John Wilson at the Proms<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8pm, BBC Four<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The in-demand British conductor and his award-winning Sinfonia of London play two nights of the Proms this year. Katie Derham presents the first hot-ticket performance, which features Verdi\u2019s overture to La Forza del Destino and Respighi\u2019s Roman Trilogy. HR<\/p>\n<p>The Dark<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In the penultimate episode of the murky thriller, Monica has been played by the killer \u2013 all while trying to keep her home life together. Can the stones in the victims\u2019 bodies help identify the perpetrator? And will there be another victim before Monday\u2019s finale? HR<\/p>\n<p>The Piano<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">To York railway station, where the concourse ivories are tickled by the oldest publican in Britain, who ropes the crowd into a traditional bar-room singalong, and a songwriter whose original composition stuns regular judge Mika and this week\u2019s guest expert, jazz pianist Hiromi. Plus, a stunningly gifted 12-year-old musician. Jack Seale<\/p>\n<p>The Idaho Murders<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Sky Crime<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Days ahead of a rival Netflix series, this true-crime two-parter covers the horrific stabbing of four young students in an Idaho college town in 2022. Part one paints a vivid, heartbreaking portrait of the victims via their social media updates; part two focuses on the hunt to track down the killer. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>Terror in the Skies: Stopping the Liquid Bomb Plot<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">10.20pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Using AI reconstruction tech and interviews with spies working at the time, this high-energy documentary looks back at a foiled terror plot in 2006 that could have changed the way we travel for ever. Seven British criminals planned a reign of terror, an expert says, which could have resulted in \u201ca death toll higher than 9\/11\u201d. Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Eleanor the Great, 6am, 2pm, 4.10am, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n<p>Twinkly-eyed \u2026 Elenor the Great on Sky Cinema Premiere. Photograph: pr<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Scarlett Johansson\u2019s directorial debut may be not what you\u2019d expect from the Black Widow: a moving comedy revolving round the lies a 94-year-old woman tells about the Holocaust. June Squibb plays the twinkly eyed Eleanor, who relocates from Florida to live with her daughter in New York after her longtime best friend\/housemate Bessie dies. Partly through grief and loneliness \u2013 but also to keep the memories alive \u2013 Eleanor begins to pass off Bessie\u2019s tales of surviving Nazi atrocities as her own. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Hundred Cricket: Manchester Super Giants Women v Birmingham Phoenix Women, 10.45am, Sky Sports Cricket Manchester Super Giants Men v Birmingham Phoenix Men is at 2pm; Trent Rockets Men v London Spirit Men is at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Formula One Racing: The Hungarian Grand Prix, 1.55pm, Sky Sports Main Event At the Hungaroring in Mogyor\u00f3d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Hundred Cricket: Trent Rockets Women v London Spirit Women, 2.15pm, BBC Two Followed by Trent Rocket Men and London Spirit Men at 6pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rapture 9pm, BBC One Climate crisis catastrophes, charismatic religious leaders and a troubled girl who reckons she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-568566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}