Museums in Quarantine (BBC4, 7.30pm)
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the closure of museums across Britain, but this series is here to help give viewers an idea of what they could have seen. It begins with Alastair Sooke examining Tate Modern’s Andy Warhol retrospective, which was due to run until September and was the museum’s first exhibition of his work in nearly 20 years. It covers the influential artist’s fascination with advertising, pop music and commerce, but while he may be best known for his prints, Sooke also looks at his long-running commitment to experimental film and TV.
Grayson’s Art Club (C4, 8pm)
New series. At this time of crisis, Grayson Perry sets out to bring people together through art. Every week, the Turner Prize-winning artist hosts the show from his studio, where he creates new pieces, leads masterclasses and finds out how other artists, creatives and celebrities have been spending their time in isolation. He also encourages artists and viewers alike to produce visual representations of this unique time, at the end of which he plans to display the art in an exhibition chronicling the changing moods of Britain in isolation.
Normal People (BBC1, 9pm)
At first it was suggested that Irish writer Sally Rooney’s hit romantic novel Normal People would be ideal source material for a lush feature film. However, the book has been adapted in a 12-part TV drama, and over the next few weeks, we will track the tender but complicated relationship of Connell (Paul Mescal) and Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones). Tonight’s opening double-bill begins at a school in the west of Ireland, where Connell is a well-liked and athletic student. Marianne, meanwhile is a proud, intimidating and unpopular loner who actively avoids her classmates. However, an attraction sparks between the pair when Connell comes to collect his mother Lorraine, who works as a cleaner at Marianne’s house.
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