{"id":621724,"date":"2026-10-05T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621724\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:18:10","slug":"tv-tonight-an-essential-film-about-the-story-of-damilola-taylor-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621724\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: an essential film about the story of Damilola Taylor | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damilola: The Untold Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, BBC Two<br \/>It\u2019s been 26 years since 10-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/damilola-taylor\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damilola Taylor<\/a> was killed by teenagers. For the first time, the last people to see him alive create this essential account: from the actor John Boyega and Boyega\u2019s sister Grace (Damilola\u2019s mates who were at the library with him) to Guillermo Casal (the North Peckham Estate caretaker who found Damilola and cradled him as he died). His brother Tunde and the former Met officer Leroy Logan also revisit events, which eventually led to the conviction of two brothers, and take a wider look at why there were so many similar killings. The trauma and sadness remain palpable, but there is also a lot of love and even hope to be found in Damilola\u2019s legacy. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Panorama: Cancer Before 50 \u2013 Why Is It Rising?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8pm, BBC One<br \/>According to NHS data, rates of bowel and breast cancers are rapidly rising among much younger demographics. The reporter Hayley Hassall investigates the root causes, from ultraprocessed food to micro-chemicals, while speaking to patients and looking at the latest scientific research. She also asks if the government is doing enough to protect vulnerable people. Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>Clickbait Clinic With Stacey Dooley<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8.30pm, BBC One<br \/>NAD+ drips are the next viral \u201cwellness claim\u201d investigated by Dooley. Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and the Kardashians are fans \u2013 and people who use them claim to be \u201cageing backwards\u201d. But do they actually do anything? Dooley crashes a brunch where women are hooked up to the drips while sipping prosecco, before asking the health experts. HR<\/p>\n<p>Pierre<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p>Cutting a suave figure \u2026 David Harewood in Pierre. Photograph: Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">This superb legal drama somehow pulls off being very funny and devastatingly compelling. David Harewood cuts a suave, wry figure as Pierre, a duty solicitor in London \u2013 but does his need to be a hero confuse integrity with vanity? It\u2019s put to the test when a teenager he helps at the police station is later found killed and he swears to solve the mystery around what happened. HR<\/p>\n<p>Michael Palin in the Philippines<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Channel 5<br \/>Palin heads deeper into the Philippines, from Palawan\u2019s natural landscape to Moalboal\u2019s extraordinary sardine shoals. Yet, as he observes, \u201cthere is darkness here\u201d: the nickel mine threatening Indigenous communities; the fact that divorce is illegal. \u201cI\u2019m starting to wonder if there\u2019s a price to pay for living in paradise,\u201d he says. Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<p>Pete Wicks: For Dogs\u2019 Sake<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, U&amp;W<br \/>There\u2019s a suspicious lump on a Maltese in this week\u2019s reality star-hosted profile of the Dogs Trust\u2019s work. Will it be bad news? It certainly doesn\u2019t look good for the cane corso who continues to be investigated for a neurological condition, but things are on the up for a family of spitzes who are struggling in a new environment. Wicks is going to help \u201cbuild their confidence\u201d. Lucky them. Alexi Duggins<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia, 2024), 10.20pm, Film4<br \/>This exceptional Cannes-winning drama explores life in Mumbai through the eyes of three women. Senior nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti) is married, but her husband is absent working in Germany. Her young colleague and flatmate Anu (Divya Prabha) is a Hindu secretly in love with a Muslim boy. And hospital cook Parvathy (Chhaya Kadam) is facing the demolition of her home by developers. As their intimate, involving stories unfold, Kapadia reveals a bustling, rain-soaked, ever-changing city \u2013 a place that draws migrants such as them but never truly feels like home. SW<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Uefa Nations League football: Northern Ireland v Georgia 7.30pm, BBC Three. At Windsor Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damilola: The Untold Story 9pm, BBC TwoIt\u2019s been 26 years since 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was killed by teenagers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-621724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621724","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=621724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}