Kabul<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC Four
When Joe Biden decided it was \u201ctime to end America\u2019s longest war\u201d, he set in motion a tragic and shameful train of events, dramatised in this gripping thriller. As Americans withdrew from Kabul the Taliban moved in, which meant hell for women, dissidents and anyone who had collaborated with the occupiers. Through the eyes of the Nazany family \u2013 trying to decide whether to stay or flee \u2013 Kabul illuminates the human dilemmas behind the geopolitics. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n
Celebrating Graceland at the Proms<\/p>\n
7.30pm, BBC Two
A barely believable 40 years have passed since the release of Paul Simon\u2019s remarkable album Graceland. As befitting their prominence on the original record, South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be at the heart of the action at this Royal Albert Hall concert. They\u2019re joined by Laura Mvula and James Bay. PH<\/p>\n
Bettany Hughes\u2019 Lost Worlds: Dawn of Civilisations<\/p>\n
8pm, Channel 4
Historian Hughes concludes her journey across ancient Anatolia with a whistlestop tour of Neolithic sites. Amid the ruins of Karahantepe, she marvels at life-size human statues dating back 12,000 years, before travelling to Gordion to untangle some knotty myths about King Midas. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n
Ghosts US<\/p>\n
8.40pm, BBC Three<\/p>\n
Thrilling scares \u2026 Ghosts US on BBC Three. Photograph: Bertrand Calmeau\/BBC\/CBS \u00a92024 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
Four back-to-back episodes open the fifth series of this American reimagining of the hit comedy \u2013 including a Halloween special involving an Egyptian ghost who is accidentally summoned. It\u2019s zippy enough, with the spoilt Hetty, camp Issac and ditzy Flower being as watchable as their UK counterparts \u2013 even if the main couple are no match for Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe. Priya Elan<\/p>\n
Concorde Crash: Days That Shocked the World<\/p>\n
10pm, Channel 4
The 2000 Concorde crash in Paris wasn\u2019t just a tragedy for the 113 people who lost their lives. It also marked the end of an era in terms of supersonic passenger flight. This fascinating one-off documentary explores the circumstances around the crash and asks if it could have been prevented. PH<\/p>\n
The Staircase<\/p>\n
11pm, ITV1
If you didn\u2019t know it was based on a celebrated true-crime documentary, the revelations in this tense family drama might seem implausible. But after a lengthy trial, novelist Michael Peterson (Colin Firth) has finally been jailed for the death of his wife Kathleen. Will it give his shattered clan closure? (Short answer: no.) Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n
Film choice<\/p>\n
Signal One (Jonathan Sobol, 2026), 3.05pm, 10.20pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
One for fans of Denis Villeneuve\u2019s film Arrival and the Netflix thriller 3 Body Problem, Jonathan Sobol\u2019s science-fiction puzzler also digs into the complexities of first contact with extraterrestrials. Dennis Quaid\u2019s tech billionaire Sam lures computer genius Annika (Isabelle Fuhrman) to his Caribbean island, where David Thewlis\u2019s physicist Perry is on the verge of communicating with aliens. But how do you talk to them? And are they friendly or hostile? A sharp mystery in which scientific hubris vies with humanity. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n
The Batman (Matt Reeves, 2022), 9pm, ITV2<\/p>\n
Brooding \u2026 Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman on ITV2. Photograph: Jonathan Olley\/AP<\/p>\n
Probably the most brooding Batman on record, Robert Pattinson\u2019s masked vigilante barely raises his voice above a whisper or his hopes above the despairing in Matt Reeves\u2019s wonderfully dark take on the urban hero. In a crime-sodden Gotham, the murder of the mayor by a killer with a penchant for riddles plunges Bruce Wayne and his alter ego into a reckoning with widespread corruption and his own legacy. Zo\u00eb Kravitz, as the cat-like Selina Kyle, and Colin Farrell, unrecognisable as the Penguin, provide the zing as our implacable do-gooder battles chaos. SW<\/p>\n
Live sport<\/p>\n
Athletics: European Championships, 10am, BBC One The penultimate day sees Georgia Hunter Bell and Laura Muir in the 1500m heats from the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.<\/p>\n
Championship Football: Sheffield Utd v Birmingham, 5.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event
On Sun, Watford v Southampton is at 12.30pm, followed by Burnley v West Ham at 3.45pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kabul 9pm, BBC FourWhen Joe Biden decided it was \u201ctime to end America\u2019s longest war\u201d, he set in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-585280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}