The Alien Autopsy Scandal<\/p>\n
9pm, Sky Documentaries
The grainy 1947 footage that purports to show the body of an alien being dissected near a crash site in Roswell, New Mexico, has now been viewed by an estimated 1 billion people. But where did it come from? This hugely entertaining three-part series tracks down the parade of eccentrics behind its release in 1995 and works as a study of obsession and mass delusion. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n
Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad<\/p>\n
7.30pm, ITV1
Father and son tackle the last leg of their Australian road trip, starting by meeting a crocodile before a seaside conversation with a First Nations family. Then, after the hilarity of a nervous Bradley being encouraged to try a giant jungle swing, the odyssey ends at the Great Barrier Reef. Jack Seale<\/p>\n
Dispatches: Hunting the Debt Predators<\/p>\n
8pm, Channel 4
The cost of living crisis has sent millions of people to unregulated loan companies. In this sobering film, Ellie Flynn goes undercover and meets the men who exploit cash-strapped and vulnerable women \u2013 they include sexual predators and organised criminals looking for recruits. PH<\/p>\n
Dolly Parton: America Reunited<\/p>\n
8pm, Sky Arts<\/p>\n
Unifying figure? Dolly Parton. Photograph: Arte France<\/p>\n
Is there a single figure who can bring the US together? Dolly Parton might just be that person. This show examines the life of a woman who has embodied certain conservative American values but has also given money to progressive causes and been vocally supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. PH<\/p>\n
Ponies<\/p>\n
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Ruskie business: the chaotic 70s-set spy caper continues with widows turned wannabe CIA agents Bea and Twila getting into the nitty-gritty of tradecraft on the bleak streets of Moscow. That means recruiting their own assets \u2013 starting with Bea\u2019s grandma \u2013 and infiltrating a poker game for KGB bigwigs. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC Two
Once a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire innovated in cotton production with a machine that spun yarn quicker than a human could. This week\u2019s look into some of the country\u2019s most prized buildings tells the groundbreaking device\u2019s story. Nicole Vassell<\/p>\n
Film choices<\/p>\n
The Choral (Nicholas Hytner, 2025), 9.20am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n
Class, war and Elgar \u2026 Ralph Fiennes in The Choral. Photograph: Sony<\/p>\n
Alan Bennett\u2019s blend of small-town Yorkshire nostalgia, social nosiness and arch wit fits comfortably into this 1916-set drama of class, war and Elgar. The Ramsden choral society, led by Roger Allam\u2019s alderman, are in need of a new choirmaster after the last one went off to fight. The controversial choice is Dr Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) \u2013 who has lived in Germany, is probably gay and is definitely an atheist. Can the love of great music overcome all differences? Bennett and his go-to director, Nicholas Hytner, keep the comedy light despite the shadows of conflict. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n
The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, 2001) 2.20am, Film4<\/p>\n
Feudal cruelty \u2026 The Warrior. Photograph: Allstar Collection\/Film Four\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar<\/p>\n
Before he became the feted chronicler of Senna, Amy, Diego, et al, Asif Kapadia made his fiction feature debut with this stylish fable. Irrfan Khan plays the titular muscle for a cruel feudal lord who has a mystical epiphany and renounces violence. This does not go down well with his master and he flees. As is the way with mythical tales, his journey \u2013 accompanied by a young thief and an old blind woman \u2013 becomes a path to redemption, amid intense closeups and glorious landscapes reminiscent of a spaghetti western or a samurai epic. SW<\/p>\n
Live sport<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s World T20 Cricket, England v Sri Lanka, 5.30pm, Sky One. The first match at Edgbaston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alien Autopsy Scandal 9pm, Sky DocumentariesThe grainy 1947 footage that purports to show the body of an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-634715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634715","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=634715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}