Here are the picks of tonight's TV...
Empire State of Mind (C4, 9pm)
THE British empire left a highly contentious legacy, and in this two-part documentary, writer Sathnam Sanghera explores the ways in which it has shaped modern Britain.
He begins by looking at the way empire informed attitudes towards race as he travels back to his home town of Wolverhampton and the house where his parents lived after arriving from India in 1967 – one year before local MP Enoch Powell delivered his notorious “Rivers of Blood” speech.
The presenter speaks to the writer Alex Renton, who recently discovered that his ancestors were involved in slavery, and Sathnam also uses his own Sikh heritage as a starting point to discover whether Britain has always repaid the loyalty of the soldiers from other countries who have served in the UK military.
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.35pm)
WAY back in Movie Week, we had dances to songs from Chicago and Hairspray, as well as Avatar and Back to the Future. But tonight, it’s going to be all showtunes as the remaining couples take to the floor for Musicals Week. So, we should expect plenty of jazz hands and a lot of talk about getting into character as the celebs try to impress the judges as well as the viewers at home.
Paul McCartney at the BBC (BBC2, 7.55pm)
FOR many Beatles fans, the week’s biggest TV event is Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary Get Back, which comes to Disney on Thursday and will reportedly challenge the received wisdom that the making of Let It Be was a joyless experience for all involved.
However, for a reminder that there was life after the Fab Four, BBC2 is dedicating an evening to the solo career of Paul McCartney. It begins with this show, which rounds up five-decades’ worth of clips of Britain’s most successful singer-songwriter, ranging from appearances on Top of the Pops to the Electric Proms and featuring songs including Band on the Run, Jet, Coming Up and Live and Let Die. There’s also backstage footage, interviews and a recent encounter with Bob Mortimer.
Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber (Sky Arts, 9pm)
CLASSIC FM has joined with Sky Arts to champion some of today’s most exciting young classical artists. Recorded as live with an audience, the programme follows Lloyd Webber as he introduces each in turn to perform music from composers such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Antonio Vivaldi and Steve Reich.
Among those featured are violinist and influencer Esther Abrami, French trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary, American violinist Randall Goosby, Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe and pianist and cellist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.
The Jonathan Ross Show (STV, 9.30pm)
IT’S a typically eclectic line-up this week, as Jonathan welcomes bestselling children’s author and comedian David Walliams into the studio. There are also appearances from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who won the nation’s hearts on The Great British Bake Off and more recently have been appearing in the sitcom Hitmen.
Documentary-maker Louis Theroux also drops by, and Hollywood superstar Kevin Hart takes part in a Zoom chat. Meanwhile, the music comes from chart-toppers Westlife, who also find time for a natter.
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