Mission to Space With Francis Bourgeois<\/p>\n
6.50pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
Can a trainspotter become an astronaut? You can\u2019t help but root for train enthusiast Francis Bourgeois as he makes this his mission. Luckily, he has assistance from British astronaut Tim Peake, who happily helps him get to the NASA Space Center in Houston, Texas to follow his childhood dream of launching into orbit. It\u2019s a surprisingly moving two-parter \u2013 and somehow, watching Bourgeois use a sick bag in a simulator is an emotional TV experience. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n
The Great Pottery Throw Down<\/p>\n
7.50pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Raku week in the competition \u2013 a celebration of the medieval Japanese ceramics style, originally used for making tea ceremony bowls. Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney hosts as the potters set to work on animal parent and child structures, before guest judge and master sculptor sets them a sculpting spot test. Who will crack? HR<\/p>\n
Call the Midwife<\/p>\n
8pm, BBC One<\/p>\n
Joyce (Renee Bailey) is seconded to the antenatal clinic in St Cuthbert\u2019s, where she meets a single mother with a rare blood type who has placenta praevia. Rosalind (Natalie Quarry), meanwhile, is curious when she finds a patient\u2019s cousin eating out of a bin. And Blue Peter inspires the Turner kids and the Poplar community to bury a time capsule. HR<\/p>\n
The Night Manager<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC One<\/p>\n
Back from the dead \u2026 The Night Manager on BBC One. Photograph: BBC\/Ink Factory\/Des Willie<\/p>\n
A penultimate episode built around momentous face-to-face conversations, as more than one cast member gets their big Tom Hiddleston moment: a two-hander with the man himself, since maverick spy Jonathan Pine is playing on the emotions of those involved with arms dealer Richard Roper. As the latter, Hugh Laurie moves convincingly into growling-evil mode. Jack Seale<\/p>\n
After the Flood<\/p>\n
9pm, ITV1<\/p>\n
Another dead body has been found on Benson land, but is there any connection between the two victims, besides their unusual post-mortem injuries? DC Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundell) and newly transferred DS Sam Bradley (Jill Halfpenny) are busy looking into it. Meanwhile, rumours about Jo\u2019s private life are spreading faster than the wildfires. Ellen E Jones<\/p>\n
Four Kings
10.05pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
The series tracing the turbulent careers of Frank Bruno, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank Sr and Lennox Lewis reaches the early 1990s, with US promoter Don King ushering in a Faustian era of lucrative highs but punishing lows for UK boxing. The four subjects provide hard-won and often emotional insights. GV<\/p>\n
Film choice<\/p>\n
The Blob, 2.25am, Talking Pictures TV<\/p>\n
Slime ball \u2026 The Blob on Talking Pictures. Photograph: YouTube<\/p>\n
You may feel we have enough extinction-level events to worry about, but have you considered the possibility of a carnivorous amoeba-like alien crash-landing on Earth, then devouring all in its path, as it grows into one giant glob of slime? That\u2019s the plot of this 1958 B movie par excellence, which also has the distinction of featuring Steve McQueen in his very first leading role. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has called the Blob his favourite of all Hollywood-imagined aliens \u2013 \u201cfrom a scientific perspective\u201d. EEJ<\/p>\n
Live sport<\/p>\n
Premier League football: Newcastle v Aston Villa, 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event Followed by Arsenal v Man United at 4pm. Everton play Leeds at 6.30pm on Mon.<\/p>\n
Bowls: World Indoor Championships, 2.30pm, BBC Two The open singles final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mission to Space With Francis Bourgeois 6.50pm, Channel 4 Can a trainspotter become an astronaut? You can\u2019t help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-250824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}