Midsomer Murders, STV, 8pm
MUSICIANS compete for a prestigious award – and Barnaby and Winter are called in when the winner is murdered and his priceless violin is stolen. Suspicion rapidly falls on the maestro organising the festival. He had planned to debut his new composition at the event and has stirred up resentment by turning a community festival into a corporate one. But many suspect the murder is the result of a curse. Appearing as guest-stars will be James Fleet and Simon Callow.
A Very English Scandal,
BBC1, 9pm
THE last time most viewers saw (or at least heard) Ben Whishaw and Hugh Grant together was in Paddington 2. Whishaw provided the voice of the marmalade-loving bear and Grant played the
scene-stealing villain. Now they are being reunited for this – admittedly very different – project. The eagerly awaited three-part drama explores the real-life scandal surrounding former politician Jeremy Thorpe. It begins in the 1960s when homosexuality is still illegal and Thorpe (Grant) embarks on an affair with young stablehand Norman Scott (Whishaw).
Imagine: Rupert Everett (BBC1, 11.15pm)
ACTOR Rupert Everett had long cherished a dream to write, direct and star in a film based on the final years of his hero Oscar Wilde, and bringing the project to the screen has been a decade-long undertaking. Most Wilde biopics – the writer and wit was jailed for loving another man – have tended to focus on the trial but this documentary picks up the story five years in, taking in Everett’s on-stage triumph playing Wilde in the West End.
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