{"id":685588,"date":"2026-07-11T06:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/685588\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:36:08","slug":"tv-tonight-a-wild-french-drama-about-first-world-war-super-soldiers-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/685588\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: a wild French drama about first world war super-soldiers | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sentinels<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, BBC Four<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A riveting first world war drama with a sci-fi twist, based on a French graphic novel series. When Gabriel Ferraud (Louis Peres) is seriously wounded on the front line, he is offered a top-secret treatment in Paris that will either kill him or turn him into a \u201csuper soldier\u201d. But how much do the Germans know about this trial? And what are the Sentinels really being created for? Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Armstrong Across America<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8pm, Channel 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Pointless presenter continues his holiday in the US. He travels from the Hoover Dam to the deserts of Utah, stopping off in Las Vegas en route. Brace yourself for tales of glitz, glam and the gambling hotspot\u2019s underbelly of poverty. Also him goofing around on a massive rope swing. Alexi Duggins<\/p>\n<p>Space man \u2026 Alexander Armstrong Across America on Channel 5. Photograph: Burning Bright ProductionsCasualty<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8.10pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Dylan is back in A&amp;E having succumbed to alcohol \u2013 but can he get through a shift when he\u2019s bilious, laden with self-loathing and suffering disturbing flashbacks? Among the patients, there\u2019s a neat fable about facing mortality and a well-meant but slightly half-baked one about hate speech turning into real harm. Jack Seale<\/p>\n<p>TOTP: Big Hits 2000<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">8.50pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Time for an hour of some very welcome 00s bangers! Global pop icons Britney, Kylie and Destiny\u2019s Child are in attendance, as are shiny Brit poppers S Club, Craig David and Robbie Williams. Club throwbacks come from Sonique\u2019s Feels So Good, Black Legends\u2019 You See the Trouble With Me and Spiller\u2019s Groovejet. HR<\/p>\n<p>TOTP: The Story of 2000<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9.50pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">These enjoyable celebrations of Britain\u2019s pop years take on a melancholic air as the final tranche of shows begins and TOTP approaches the end in 2006. A new millennium has arrived but much has stayed the same \u2013 boybands, specifically Westlife, are everywhere. However, the year is also notable for the arrival of a controversial rapper called Eminem. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n<p>Today at Wimbledon<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">11.50pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">At the time of writing, Karolina Muchova is one of the favourites to win the women\u2019s singles title \u2013 she is set to face Coco Gauff in the semi-final after defeating Naomi Osaka. This highlights reel will cover the women\u2019s final, before the men\u2019s singles final on Sunday. HR<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Redux Redux, 6.15am, 8.25pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In something of a family concern, brothers Kevin and Matthew McManus direct their sister Michaela in a satisfying multiverse thriller that, like all good sci-fi, is really about something else. Grief is the motor that drives Irene (Michaela, channelling the brutal self-sufficiency of Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2) to visit alternative Earths and repeatedly kill the man who murdered her teenage daughter. That is until she saves the serial killer\u2019s next victim, care home runaway Mia (Stella Marcus), and finds her priorities changing. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Lady Eve, 11am, Film4<\/p>\n<p>Seductive criminals \u2026 The Lady Eve on Film4. Photograph: Paramount Pictures\/Allstar<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">There can\u2019t be many more seductive movie criminals than Barbara Stanwyck\u2019s con artist Jean in Preston Sturges\u2019s utterly delightful screwball comedy. Sharp, witty and flirtatious, she wraps Charles (Henry Fonda), the naive, snake-obsessed heir to a brewery empire, round her finger while on a cruise \u2013 then makes the mistake of falling in love with him. How is she to get the man she wants while keeping her grifting past hidden? Maybe another scam will work! It\u2019s a joy to spend time in the company of the roguish Jean in a film of zippy dialogue and zany slapstick. SW<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Women\u2019s Test Cricket: England v India, 10.30am, Sky Sports Cricket The second day of the one-off Test from Lord\u2019s, London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Tennis: Wimbledon, 11am, BBC Two Includes the women\u2019s singles final. The men\u2019s final is on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Cycling: Tour De France, noon, TNT Sports 1 The eighth stage, a 180.4km flat route from Perigueux to Bergerac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Men\u2019s T20 Cricket: England v India, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event The final T20 in Southampton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">World Cup Football: Norway v England, 8.45pm, ITV1 Jude Bellingham stars for England in the third quarter-final match in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sentinels 9pm, BBC Four A riveting first world war drama with a sci-fi twist, based on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-685588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685588","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=685588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}