Coverage of Glastonbury 2025 kicks off on BBC Two, FX drama The Bear returns for a fourth season, a Dispatches special asks: Will Nigel Farage be Prime Minister? and Marie Antionette comes to a conclusion . . .
Pick of the Day
Glastonbury 2025, 10.00pm, BBC Two
Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne reveal all the stories from the first 48 hours on site at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm.
The duo will be joined by special guests, feature a couple of performances, and look ahead to some of the scheduled appearances by the likes of the 1975, Rod Stewart, Kneecap, Olivia Rodrigo, Raye, Charli xcx and more.
Should be interesting to see if they offer any coverage of Belfast rappers Kneecap's set!
Here's a guide to the various Irish acts performing over the next few days.
New or Returning Shows
Standing Strong: The John and Amy Hunt Interview, 9.00pm, BBC Two
It's a year on from the appalling crossbow attack that killed Louise and Hannah Hunt and their mother Carol.
Here, BBC racing commentator John Hunt and his surviving daughter Amy speak to Victoria Derbyshire about their murder, which was carried out by Louise's ex boyfriend Kyle Clifford at the family home in Hertfordshire.
New to Stream
The Bear, Disney+
Season four of FX’s culinary non-comedy (come on! It's a drama!) finds Carmen 'Carmy’ Berzatto (White), Sydney Adamu (Edebiri) and Richard ‘Richie’ Jerimovich (Moss-Bachrach) pushing forward, determined not only to survive, but also to take The Bear to the next level.
With new challenges around every corner, the team must adapt, adjust and overcome.
This season, the pursuit of excellence isn’t just about getting better - it’s about deciding what’s worth holding on to.
Don’t Miss
Dispatches: Will Nigel Farage be Prime Minister? 8.00pm, Channel 4
The UK has been let down by a series of poor governments and incompetent Prime Ministers – but the downward spiral seems likely to continue.
Political journalist Fraser Nelson goes beyond the headlines to explore the rise in UK politics of Reform, assessing the impact of Nigel Farage and his young party on the existing political infrastructure.
As Reform builds momentum, Nelson examines the deeper forces behind its support - disillusionment, identity and a hunger for disruption - and assesses whether Britain might be on the verge of a political earthquake.
Is Reform merely the nation's biggest ever protest vote to date - or is it the start of a surge that will eventually see Farage become prime minister?
Extraordinary Life: The Ben Dunne Story, 10.15pm, RTÉ One
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Another chance to see this entertaining and informative documentary telling the remarkable and complicated story of Ben Dunne, the larger-than-life businessman who always bounced back from controversy.
Who could forget the ‘Ben there, Dunne that, bought the Taoiseach’ t-shirt?
Amanda Root and Sophie Thompson Remember: Persuasion, 10.00pm, BBC Four
The actresses reflect on their roles in the 1995 BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, a story of missed opportunities and lost love.
The pair discuss how this bold adaptation was filmed in a naturalistic style, with minimal lighting and hardly any make-up, and also explore how the issues around class and a woman's place in society were highlighted in the script by writer Nick Dear.
Followed at 10.15pm, by a screening of that adaptation of Persuasion.
A woman living with her oppressive family is forced to refuse a poor man's hand in marriage, only for him to return much the richer years later - though now he's set his heart on her sister-in-law.
Taskmaster, 9.00pm, Channel 4
There's nostalgia in the air as Patatas the cat returns to the show.
Meanwhile, Fatiha El-Ghorri knocks down an egg-shaped Alex Horne (above), Rosie Ramsey bravely faces her fear of heights, Mathew Baynton waits patiently near a safe and Stevie Martin constructs something special with a fishing line.
As usual, Greg Davies sets the challenges and determines who has triumphed.
The Day the Dinosaurs Died, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Documentary examining whether an asteroid strike 66 million years ago triggered a worldwide catastrophe, killing off the dinosaurs and wiping out 75 per cent of all life on Earth.
Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod joins a multimillion-pound drilling expedition into the exact spot in the Gulf of Mexico that was the point of impact.
Meanwhile palaeopathologist Alice Roberts meets leading scientists to find if the effects could have wiped out dinosaurs across the world almost immediately.
Ending Today
Marie Antionette, 9.00pm, BBC Two
Season 2 of the period drama starring Emilia Schüle and Louis Cunningham ends with an episode entitled The End of the Beginning.
Louis's queen's low standing is a stumbling block as he struggles to salvage economic control. France's fate is at stake.
The Mortician, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries
This giut-wrenching HBO doc about a psycho mortician concludes with a double bill. Make sure to avoid it if you’ve just had your dinner or are in any way squeamish.
When the Lamb Funeral Home's crematorium is destroyed by a fire in 1986, an undeterred David Sconce finds ways to expand the family business.
As allegations of abuse mount, he is eventually arrested and the ensuing police investigation uncovers shocking evidence that points to Sconce being possibly connected to the assault and later death of a rival mortician
Then at 10.10pm, after members of the Lamb family are convicted of fraud and various other crimes, a murder charge is brought against David Sconce for the death of his rival.
With more than 20,000 families affected by the practices at the Lamb Funeral Home, the case brings about reforms and new regulations to the mortuary business.
