Queen Victoria & the Groomsman: The Scandal That Nearly Brought Down the Empire<\/p>\n
9.15pm, Channel 5
\u201cEven Queen Victoria\u2019s own children start to call him mother\u2019s lover.\u201d A juicy history documentary that investigates the sovereign\u2019s much rumoured romance with her servant John Brown. Experts including archaeologist Raksha Dave and Dr Amy Boyington share everything they know about the scandal that could have seen the end of the monarchy. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n
Gladiators<\/p>\n
7.15pm, BBC One
Foam fingers at the ready, as the reboot reaches this year\u2019s semi-finals. As well as classics such as Hang Tough \u2013 a more painful version of the playground monkey bars \u2013 newer challenges such as Everest, a battle to push your opponent off a tilting 21ft platform, add a dash of jeopardy. Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n
The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour<\/p>\n
7.15pm, Channel 4 <\/p>\n
For the record \u2026 The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour on Channel 4. Photograph: Channel 4<\/p>\n
In between the world wars, Egypt experienced political upheaval as British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun and triggered a global obsession. Rare footage contextualises the finds amid rising Egyptian nationalism and western influence. HR<\/p>\n
The Walsh Sisters<\/p>\n
9.10pm, BBC One<\/p>\n
\u201cI shaved my legs for you \u2026 both of them!\u201d The Irish family saga continues, with Maggie doing her best to make indifferent husband Garv excited about trying for a baby. Meanwhile, Luke visits the clinic to share his thoughts about Rachel in the group session and Anna makes a friend who understands her grief. HR<\/p>\n
Bill Bailey\u2019s Vietnam<\/p>\n
9.15pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
The comedian\u2019s exploration of Vietnam now takes him to the mountain resort of Da Lat, a hotspot for honeymooners. As he meditates with monks at the Truc Lam monastery and picks tea at the Cau Dat plantation \u2013 both of them popular tourist destinations \u2013 he serves us his usual mix of wry travelogue kitsch and sudden, offbeat profundity. Jack Seale<\/p>\n
11.30pm, BBC One
Part sporting chat, part personal deep dive, presenter Kelly Somers\u2019s interview series spends its first half talking about matters on the pitch and its second tackling the more intimate questions that players of the beautiful game rarely get asked. Its latest series begins by talking to Brentford and Republic of Ireland defender Nathan Collins. Alexi Duggins<\/p>\n
Film choice<\/p>\n
Sketch (Seth Worley, 2025), 9am, 6.20pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n
Kid-friendly horror \u2026 Sketch on Sky Cinema Premiere. Photograph: The Movie Partnership\/\u00a9 2025 KOVA International<\/p>\n
Grief is a thing with orange skin, no eyes and a massive mouth. In Seth Worley\u2019s imaginative, kid-friendly horror, crayon pictures of scary monsters \u2013 drawn compulsively by Amber (Bianca Belle) as she deals with her mother\u2019s death \u2013 come magically, perilously to life. Dad Taylor (Tony Hale) and brother Jack (Kue Lawrence) have their own, less deadly, avoidance strategies but must also face up to their loss. In great Goonies fashion, it\u2019s the children who have the solution to the often comic threats springing from Amber\u2019s morbid mind. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n
A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964), 9pm, Sky Arts
An unauthorised adaptation of Akira Kurosawa\u2019s samurai classic Yojimbo (whose Japanese studio sued), Sergio Leone\u2019s 1964 film popularised the \u201cspaghetti western\u201d and so revitalised this hitherto all-American genre. It also made a star of stubbly young Clint Eastwood, whose taciturn, poncho-clad gunslinger rides into a frontier town and cunningly sets its two warring criminal families against each other. It\u2019s a wilfully stylish film, with sweaty closeups, gunshots that sound like cannon fire and tension so ramped up you could cut it with a bowie knife. SW<\/p>\n
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (Bruce David Klein, 2024), 9.15pm, BBC Two
With her candid memoir out now, here\u2019s a complimentary evening in the company of showbiz great Liza Minnelli. Before a double bill of her films \u2013 the peerless Cabaret and the flawed but ambitious New York, New York \u2013 Bruce David Klein\u2019s documentary gives a detailed lowdown on her career and the mentors who helped her emerge from the shadow of her famous mother, Judy Garland. From performers Kay Thompson and Charles Aznavour to theatre giants Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, plus fashion designer Halston, it\u2019s a fascinating star-is-born tale. SW<\/p>\n
Live sport<\/p>\n
Winter Paralympics, 7.50am, Channel 4 Day eight, with the women\u2019s vision impaired alpine skiing slalom.<\/p>\n
Six Nations Rugby Union: Ireland v Scotland, 1pm, ITV1 Sione Tuipulotu takes his title chasers to Dublin. Wales v Italy is at 4pm on BBC One; France v England at 7.20pm on ITV1.<\/p>\n
Premier League Football: Arsenal v Everton, 5pm, Sky Sports Main Event Chelsea v Newcastle is on Sky Sports Premier League, also at 5pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Victoria & the Groomsman: The Scandal That Nearly Brought Down the Empire 9.15pm, Channel 5 \u201cEven Queen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-474951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}