{"id":601049,"date":"2026-05-24T07:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:15:08","slug":"tv-tonight-joseph-fiennes-is-uncanny-as-gareth-southgate-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601049\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Joseph Fiennes is uncanny as Gareth Southgate | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear England<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sunday, 9pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Casting Joseph Fiennes as Gareth Southgate in James Graham\u2019s award-winning play was a masterstroke, and he\u2019s reprising the role on screen. It follows Gareth in post-Brexit Britain, as he is called upon to take the England squad into a new era and restore hope. \u201cWe are probably not going to win the World Cup,\u201d he tells the team, who are baffled by his approach. \u201cThe good news is, nobody expects us to.\u201d When he brings sports psychologist Pippa Grange (Jodie Whittaker) on board, conversations around men\u2019s mental health start to open \u2013 and penalties start being scored. Based on real interviews, the result is a thoughtful, all-encompassing take on the real people in the beautiful game. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Vengeance: Murder on the Heath<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p>Harrowing events \u2026Vengeance: Murder on the Heath on Channel 4. Photograph: Jack Batchelor\/Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This harrowing two-part drama is based on real events and unpicks the tragic love triangle between student doctor Mundill Mahil, her \u201cgangster friend\u201d Ravi Shoker and TV executive Gagandip Singh, who was accused of sexually assaulting Mahil. How did their feud escalate into brutal violence and, eventually, murder? Phil Harrison<\/p>\n<p>The 1% Club Kids Special<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">With this year\u2019s GCSEs still ongoing, it seems cruel to put 100 children aged nine to 15 in a room to see who\u2019s the cleverest. Then again, they could win a trip to Disneyland, Florida. Our fingers are crossed for Henry who says he\u2019s \u201cnot very clever\u201d but does a great impression of his Welsh teacher. Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>Cruising to the Ends of the Earth<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A couple of excitable gen Z staff are let loose in Tokyo for the first time, as the Diamond Princess docks at Yokohama port and dancers Talisha and Josh head to Shibuya Crossing. Over in Alaska, the Royal Princess is in Juneau, where the head chef looks for fresh Alaskan salmon to cook on board. HR<\/p>\n<p>Death Valley<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8.15pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When a social media-famous chef is found dead in his burned-down seafood shack, the finger is pointed at a jealous pub owner. Retired TV star John (Timothy Spall) is wallowing in self-pity when he arrives in the coastal town after his breakup with Yvonne (Melanie Walters). But he and detective Janie (Gwyneth Keyworth) are soon trying to solve the murder. HR<\/p>\n<p>Later \u2026 With Jools Holland<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Grammy award-winning James Blake will be playing tracks from his seventh studio album, Trying Times. There\u2019s a tribute to BB King from New York blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa, plus performances from Sekou, Ashley McBryde, Jocelyn Brown and French\/English band Mandy, Indiana. Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Tennis<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">French Open, 9.30am, TNT Sports 1 Day one from Roland Garros, Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Premier League Football, 3pm, Sky Sports channels The final day of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear England Sunday, 9pm, BBC One Casting Joseph Fiennes as Gareth Southgate in James Graham\u2019s award-winning play was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-601049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601049","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=601049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}