{"id":634168,"date":"2026-10-18T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/634168\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:18:08","slug":"tv-tonight-a-very-moreish-drama-about-a-hellish-birthday-party-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/634168\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: a very moreish drama about a hellish birthday party | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Party<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">So far, this Luke Evans and Sarah Solemani-starring drama has been ticking all the right boxes for an entertaining autumn thriller. Now that we know the true messed-up history behind journalist Martin (Evans) and Tory politician Ben\u2019s (Tom Cullen) friendship, the nasty, destructive repercussions are about to unravel at the party \u2013 which is terrible for the guests, but very enjoyable for us. Concludes on Monday. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>The Reluctant Vampire<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">6.40pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">This macabre comedy \u2013 adapted by the Gibbons brothers from Eric Morecambe\u2019s books \u2013 can\u2019t quite figure out whether it\u2019s a Ghosts-a-like series for adults, or something better suited to CBBC. Still, it\u2019s rather fun: this week, Val (Lenny Rush) hatches a plan to sneak out to a school prom. Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n<p>Kevin McCloud\u2019s Classic Car Road Trips<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Plummy-voiced smoothie McCloud parachutes out of Grand Designs to careen around Europe in a rotating circus wheel of classic cars. There\u2019s something comfortingly old-fashioned about this genre of telly: posh boys playing at being petrolheads. This week\u2019s old banger is a Citroen DS from the 60s which he takes to Cannes and Monaco. Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>Wilderness With Simon Reeve<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p>Eagle-eyed \u2026 Wilderness With Simon Reeve on BBC Two.  Photograph: BBC\/The Garden\/Rocio Lira Salas<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Mongolia is the last leg on the adventurer\u2019s tough tour, which he says is six times bigger than the UK but the world\u2019s least populated country. He starts in the Gobi desert before searching for the snow leopard in the Margaz mountains and meeting an ancient community that hunts with eagles. HR<\/p>\n<p>Apocalypse<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The reality series where two tribes tussle to survive in a deserted US town reaches its penultimate instalment. With the factions at peace, posh influencer Freddie and psychologist Kiera find flirty common ground. But drama-loving chef Dean is keen to stir things up with something he calls \u201cOperation Badger\u201d. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>Later \u2026 With Jools Holland<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">10pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Two greats are remembered at Ally Pally this week: Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi chats about Ozzy Osbourne, as well as his first solo LP in 21 years; and Jools celebrates Amy Winehouse on the 20th anniversary of Back to Black. Music comes from rock duo Royal Blood, contemporary cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, drummer Moses Boyd and experimental popper Shygirl. HR<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Premier League Football: Leeds v Man United, 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event Nottingham Forest play Arsenal at 4pm. On Mon, Tottenham play Coventry at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Women\u2019s Super League Football: Man City v Brighton, 1.15pm, BBC Two At Joie Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Party 9pm, ITV1 So far, this Luke Evans and Sarah Solemani-starring drama has been ticking all the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-634168","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\/634168","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=634168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}