Olympics: Paris 2024
BBC One & Two & Eurosport, all day
The final lap approaches, which means we’re at the business end of plenty of events today. Headlining for Britain will be Katarina Johnson-Thompson, beginning the final day of the heptathlon with the long jump from 9.05am. Can she finally bag a medal at the fourth time of asking, or will Belgium’s Nafi Thiam complete an unprecedented treble? Britain may also be in with a chance of a medal in the men’s and women’s 4×100 m relay finals from 6.30pm, with the women in especially encouraging form. In the hurdles, the peerless Karsten Warholm should also be worth a look as he goes for a second gold and another world record in the 400 m at 8.45pm.
Away from the track, the men’s football final at 5pm could see Thierry Henry coaching Les Bleus to a home victory, Britain’s Hector Pardoe could pick up an early-morning medal in the marathon swimming at 6.30am, the women’s hockey concludes at 7pm and a succession of boxing finals begin at 8.30pm. At 3pm, however, comes the only new sport of the Paris Olympics: breaking, in which 16 B-Girls will square off in head-to-head battles of eye-(and body-)popping physicality, musicality and invention. GT
Andrew Tate: Icon or Toxic? A Faking It Special
Discovery+
An hour and a half devoted to the internet’s foremost misogynist may be hard to stomach for many, but this in-depth investigation pledges to examine the grim hold that Tate possesses over so many young men, as well as the charges he faces of tax evasion, rape and human trafficking.
Gardeners’ World
BBC Two, 8pm
Sloping gardens, homegrown vegetables, green roofing and test-bed planters are on the agenda for Adam Frost, Joe Swift and Arit Anderson tonight as the temperature continues to rise outside.
A Kanneh-Mason Playlist at the Proms
BBC Four, 8pm
Cellist Sheku and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason join forces with guitarist Plínio Fernandes and the Fantasia Orchestra for an ambitious Prom showcasing a huge variety of music, from Brahms’s Hungarian Dances to Stevie Wonder’s I Wish, by way of Bob Marley, Béla Bartók and Chic.
Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure
BBC Two, 9pm
Bohemian Byron Bay is the next stop of Miriam Margolyes’s trans-Australian trip. Taking no prisoners on her mobility scooter, she has her say on influencers, Botox and farmers markets (she is a fan of just one). She is also impressed by the community’s diversity and commitment to sustainable living, and scrutinises the increasing impact of flooding on a community living on the frontline of climate change. And then she takes a dip in the sea…
Champions: Full Gallop
ITV1, 9pm
Master and apprentice go head-to-head as trainers Paul Nicholls and Dan Skelton enter their various charges at the Cheltenham Festival, with everything on the line at the Gold Cup – but perhaps the biggest threat in the latter is posed by Willie Mullins and Galopin Des Champs, aiming to defend the title.
The Claremont Murders
More4, 9pm
The superior true-crime miniseries comes to a shocking conclusion as the cold case is reopened. DNA technology provides a stunning breakthrough and brings to the police’s attention a man who, superficially at least, seems a most unlikely candidate for the serial killings.
The Instigators (2024) ★★
Apple TV+
Casey Affleck and Matt Damon team up for the sort of buddy action-comedy that would have rocked the box office back in the early Noughties; today, it’s straight to streaming, and seems woefully outdated. Produced by the pair, alongside Ben Affleck, it sees them play two chaotic thieves who go on the run with their therapist (The Whale’s Hong Chau) after an attempt to steal a corrupt politician’s earnings goes badly awry. Doug Liman (Mr & Mrs Smith, Edge of Tomorrow) directs.
Self Reliance (2023) ★★★
Paramount+
New Girl actor Jake Johnson turns director for this comedy thriller. He also plays the lead, Tommy, a down on his luck loser who is offered the chance to win $1 million by taking part in a reality show. The maxim “if it looks too good to be true…” is proven right, again, when it turns out the show involves 30 global assassins being sent to kill him. Think Squid Game crossed with the raucous humour of Game Night. Anna Kendrick co-stars.
Under the Boardwalk (2023) ★★★
Sky Cinema Premiere, 3pm
DreamWorks veteran David Soren directs this fun, flitty animated musical comedy. It follows two crabs (voiced by Nope’s Keke Palmer and Superbad’s Michael Cera) as they try to get home after a storm sweeps them away. Keep an ear out for the tunes: Steven Van Zandt, of Springsteen’s E Street Band, is on the cast list. Looking for something more grown-up? Bryce McGuire’s horror Night Swim premieres at 8pm.
Heat (1995) ★★★★
Great! Movies, 9pm
Thanks in large part to the irresistible pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, Heat is a tautly plotted and superbly acted action thriller from The Last of the Mohicans director Michael Mann. Its premise is very simple: a dedicated cop (Pacino) is on the trail of a ruthlessly efficient thief (De Niro, on scintillating form), who lives by one callous motto: “Never have anything in your life that you can’t walk out on in 30 seconds flat.”
Television previewers
Stephen Kelly (SK), Veronica Lee (VL), Gerard O’Donovan (GO), Poppie Platt (PP) and Gabriel Tate (GT)