Free Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n
9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had a man who became more than himself; he became the aspiration of a nation.\u201d Dali Tambo (son of South African anti-apartheid activist Oliver) helps to tell this remarkable three-part story about Nelson Mandela and the global fight for his freedom. Along with archive interviews and footage, there is great access to speakers including Mandela\u2019s close adviser Barbara Masekela, his prison guard Christo Brand and Steve Biko\u2019s son Nkosinathi. The first episode rewinds to the horrors of apartheid in the 60s and the events that led to Mandela\u2019s imprisonment. Exiled singer Miriam Makeba then inspired musicians such as Gil Scott-Heron and Bob Marley to join the struggle \u2026 Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n
Outrageous<\/p>\n
10.30pm, BBC One<\/p>\n
This juicy drama about the aristocratic Mitford sisters was seriously underrated when it aired on U&Drama last year. Here\u2019s another chance to catch it, starting in 1931 at the family home of Swinbrook. While Nancy (Bessie Carter) wonders if her boyfriend will propose, younger sister Diana (Joanna Vanderham) meets Oswald Mosley (Joshua Sasse). HR<\/p>\n
Tiger Island<\/p>\n
7.15pm, BBC One<\/p>\n
In the second and final wild trip to this river island in Nepal, the monsoon season is \u201ccompletely changing the behaviour of the tigers\u201d. As they become more active at night, the team use thermal cameras to get close. It is genuinely joyous to see them experience this: \u201cIt is incredible to be stared at by a tiger like that.\u201d HR<\/p>\n
The Mother of All Cons<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n
Following a cancelled funeral, the coroner\u2019s inquest finds that Megan Bhari passed away from fatty liver disease and her brain was deemed \u201cnormal\u201d at the time of her death with no mention of a tumour. Jean\u2019s house of cards is about to come crumbling down in the concluding part of the shocking true story of an online scam. Priya Elan<\/p>\n
Little Disasters<\/p>\n
9pm, Channel 5<\/p>\n
Added star value \u2026 Little Disasters on Channel 5. Photograph: Roughcut\/Paramount Global<\/p>\n
How Hollywood\u2019s Diane Kruger got involved in this ticks-all-the-right-boxes adaptation of Sarah Vaughan\u2019s thriller is a headscratcher, but she stars as infuriatingly \u201cperfect\u201d mum Jess. When doctor friend Liz (Jo Joyner) rings the social services on her, secrets are slowly revealed. HR<\/p>\n
Death Valley<\/p>\n
9.15pm, BBC One<\/p>\n
On the hottest Saturday of the year, Clarke finds his old boss dead in the gents at the police station. The building is now a crime scene but as it\u2019s filled with rule-breaking officers on a rehab course, Janie\u2019s got her work cut out to find the culprit. Might it take an actor to identify a cop-killer cop? \u201cI\u2019ll have this solved by teatime,\u201d swears Chapel. Ali Catterall<\/p>\n
Film choice<\/p>\n
The Big Chill, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema Greats<\/p>\n
Pillow talk \u2026 The Big Chill on Sky Cinema Greats. Photograph: Maximum Film\/Alamy<\/p>\n
A group of longstanding friends who met at college back in the 1960s reunite for a pal\u2019s funeral in Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s penetrating 1983 drama. It\u2019s a wake for Alex, who inexplicably killed himself, but it\u2019s also an elegy for their once radical and idealistic baby boomer generation, as the actor, housewife, journalist, doctor, lawyer et al are forced to reassess where they find themselves now. A bravura cast including Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline and Mary Kay Place run the gamut of confusion, despair, regret and hope. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n
Boiling Point, midnight, Channel 4<\/p>\n
Shooting your film in just one take is an efficient way to ramp up the tension. But it still takes a good script and actors to make it believable. Before they made it a vital part of Adolescence, director Philip Barantini and actor Stephen Graham successfully tried out the single-shot technique in this nerve-shredding restaurant drama. Graham\u2019s head chef Andy is under pressure from minute one after a health inspection, and it doesn\u2019t let up \u2013 from difficult customers and sloppy staff to the unwelcome appearance of his old boss, he\u2019s a man teetering on the brink. SW<\/p>\n
Live sport<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s Prem Rugby Union: Gloucester-Hartpury v Ealing, 1.30pm, TNT Sports 1 The first semi-final. Followed by Saracens v Exeter at 4.15pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Nelson Mandela 9pm, Channel 4 \u201cYou had a man who became more than himself; he became the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-638036","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\/638036","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=638036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}