A Little Bit TV: Derek Davis (8.00pm RTÉ One) looks at the colourful career of the broadcaster who died on May 13 last. Meanwhile, Kate Bush at the BBC airs again some of her scintillating performances. That's at 11.00pm on BBC 4. Churchill: When Britain Said No can be seen at 9.00pm on BBC Two.
A Little Bit TV: Derek Davis, 8.00pm RTÉ One
The late lamented Derek Davis had one of the most varied and colourful careers in Irish broadcasting. He started his career at the BBC in Belfast in the early 1970s, followed by a stint as a Big Tom impersonator on the RTÉ satirical show Hall's Pictorial Weekly. He joined RTÉ as a television news reporter in 1975. Ten years later Derek was hosting a prime time TV entertainment show, simply entitled Davis. In 1986 he joined former continuity announcer, Thelma Mansfield to host the daytime programme Live at Three. In the genial Out of the Blue series he explored stories drawn from coastal, maritime and river life and found himself well and truly at home meeting people in small harbour towns and villages. This review of his career was originally screened as part of RTÉ's TV 50 series.
Thelma and Derek
Kate Bush at the BBC, 11.00pm BBC Four
Between 1978 and 1994 Kate Bush appeared on a variety of BBC programmes including Saturday Night at the Mill, Ask Aspel, The Leo Sayer Show, Wogan and Top of the Pops. This compilation showcases her performances of hit songs such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Running up That Hill and Hounds of Love alongside other lesser-known material in the BBC studios.
This woman's work
Churchill: When Britain Said No, 9.00pm BBC Two
Just weeks after VE day, Britain's great war leader Winston Churchill found himself in another battle: to be elected Prime Minister. He was confident of victory, given his leadership of the country through WWII. But what happened next is still a mystery to many people. In one of the greatest election defeats of all time, Churchill was humiliated at the polls and his Conservative party almost annihilated. Why did his countrymen turn so vehemently on their Great British Bulldog? Guest historians include Max Hastings, Juliet Gardiner, Anthony Beevor and writer Dave Douglas.
That bulldog breed
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