{"id":588158,"date":"2026-08-18T07:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/588158\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:08:08","slug":"tv-tonight-a-devastating-drama-about-the-mass-removal-of-canadas-indigenous-children-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/588158\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: a devastating drama about the mass removal of Canada\u2019s Indigenous children | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little Bird<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Sky Atlantic<br \/>A devastating drama about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/feb\/14\/canada-sixities-scoop-ruling-first-nations-children\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the \u201cSixties Scoop\u201d <\/a>\u2013 when Canadian authorities enabled a mass removal of Indigenous children from their families and put them into the welfare system. Twentysomething Esther Rosenblum is investigating how she came to be adopted as a five-year-old in Montreal and is looking for her estranged siblings. Flashbacks to 15 years earlier show what happened after the night they were taken from their parents. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Race Against the Tide<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">7.30pm, BBC Two<br \/>The Bake Off-ification of TV continues apace, with this super-gentle sand-sculpting contest based on a Canadian series. Iain Stirling hosts, as pairs of pros and amateurs team up to craft impressive beach-based artworks. But who will be the ace of spades, and who will be all washed up? Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n<p>The Great ADHD Myth?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8pm, Channel 4<br \/>This provocatively titled show has already received a backlash from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) charities. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly not a medical condition as far as I\u2019m concerned,\u201d says one GP, alongside others ready to question the disorder. NHS psychiatrist and writer Max Pemberton investigates and meets a young boy hoping to stop taking ADHD medication. HR<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity MasterChef<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, BBC One<br \/>Love Island\u2019s Shakira Khan, Olympic weightlifter Emily Campbell, ex-boybander Jay McGuiness, comedian Joe Pasquale and presenter Jason Mohammad try their luck in the kitchen. Whose trademark technique is \u201cdash dash, sprinkle sprinkle\u201d, and who\u2019s asking for yet another plaster as they make a Frankenstein-inspired dish? Hannah Verdier<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, U&amp;Gold<\/p>\n<p>Hyena laugh \u2026 David Earl, Ricky Gervais and Joe Wilkinson. Photograph: U&amp;Gold<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The patchiness of Ricky Gervais\u2019s subsequent career doesn\u2019t detract from the lightning-in-a-bottle brilliance of his and Stephen Merchant\u2019s first creation The Office. The final of these sitcom journeys sees Joe Wilkinson and David Earl meet cast members, endure Gervais\u2019s hyena laugh and cheerfully traipse around the filming venues (most of which have been knocked down). Phil Harrison<\/p>\n<p>The Vampire Lestat: Interview with the Vampire<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">11.05pm, BBC Two<br \/>\u201cThat\u2019s right, I\u2019m finally going to talk about \u2026 the queen.\u201d The troubled vampire Lestat (Sam Reid) goes to great lengths to make new music (see: scorching himself in daylight to reach a perfectly pained pitch). More flashbacks explain why he\u2019s so obsessed with music \u2013 and his time with the terrifying Queen Akasha. HR<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Super League Rugby: Hull KR v Warrington 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. <br \/>At Craven Park Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Little Bird 9pm, Sky AtlanticA devastating drama about the \u201cSixties Scoop\u201d \u2013 when Canadian authorities enabled a mass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-588158","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\/588158","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=588158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}