{"id":434607,"date":"2026-05-19T06:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/434607\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:58:08","slug":"tv-tonight-jack-thornes-new-forbidden-love-drama-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/434607\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Jack Thorne\u2019s new forbidden love drama | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Falling<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Channel 4<br \/>\u201cMay I see your cabbages?\u201d Catholic priest David (Paapa Essiedu) asks devoted nun Anna (Keeley Hawes). \u201cOnly if you get me really drunk,\u201d she chuckles. And with that, a forbidden love story starts to unfold. This is Jack Thorne\u2019s new slow-burn drama about the relationship between two people committed to the church and their communities. In the opening episode, when Anna admits her \u201cimmortal thoughts of lust\u201d to David, she doesn\u2019t get the response she expected \u2013 but it will force her to reconsider her whole life. Does she really want to start again outside the convent? And are her feelings for Hot Priest 2.0 definitely one-sided? Jason Watkins and Niamh Cusack also star. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Murder at the Grand Canal: True Crime Presents<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, ITV1 <br \/>In 2015, two friends living on a houseboat in London\u2019s Little Venice heard a thud. Then they saw a suitcase in the water that contained a body. Police launched a murder investigation, which is replayed here \u2013 with the insight of forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd and detectives who worked on the case \u2013 and led to the identification of Marta Ligman. But who was the perpetrator? HR<\/p>\n<p>Interior Design Masters With Alan Carr<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, BBC One <br \/>Leeds\u2019s financial district may not scream creative freedom \u2013 but it\u2019s where the contestants are let loose. They need to transform studio apartments, with one designer hanging up a very distracting \u201cfroufrou thing\u201d. Will Michelle Ogundehin and former winner Lynsey Ford be impressed? HR<\/p>\n<p>Jamie\u2019s Ultimate BBQSummer ready \u2026 Jamie\u2019s Ultimate BBQ on Channel 4. Photograph: Jamie Oliver<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, Channel 4 <br \/>The final bite of the chef\u2019s summer-ready series is a smoke-kissed sesame chicken burger, served with crunchy slaw and a Korean sauce. Add baba ganoush, minty courgettes and a surf\u2019n\u2019turf mixed grill, and we\u2019re stuffed \u2013 in the very best way. HR<\/p>\n<p>Bear Grylls Is Running Wild<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Sky One <br \/>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to go off this cliff!\u201d Heavily inked US pop-punker Colson Baker, AKA Machine Gun Kelly (or just MGK these days), turns out to be a self-effacing sweetheart as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/bear-grylls\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bear Grylls<\/a> drags him around a remote Norwegian forest. Slippery abseiling, chomping on water beetles and celebrating the Grease soundtrack are all on the menu. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>Half Man<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10.40pm, BBC One<br \/>After that explosively disquieting beginning, Richard Gadd\u2019s story of male trauma and violence has become bogged down in its characters\u2019 unfathomable motivations. Niall, now the adult version played by Jamie Bell, hears that his old nemesis Ruben (Gadd) is out of prison. Against all discernible reason, he becomes obsessed with a reunion. 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