Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1, 6.45pm
IT was recently revealed that Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor Alfonso Ribeiro could be in line to front the BBC’s new game show Money Tree. And tonight the actor, who appeared on I’m a Celeb in 2013 and won Dancing With The Stars in the US a year later, appears as a guest judge alongside Darcey Bussell ,Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood to assess how the partnerships are progressing. The remaining 12 couples are sure to be kept on their toes as the competition intensifies and the quartet look for any minor imperfections. But which of the duos will face the dreaded dance-off?
Blue Peter: Big 60th Birthday, BBC2, 4.30pm
FOR 60 years Blue Peter has been the king of all kids’ magazine shows. It turned the likes of John Noakes, Peter Purves and Janet Ellis into household names, and made stars of studio pets such as Shep and Goldie. Now there’s a chance to look back at some of those unforgettable moments which caught the imaginations of millions. There are contributions from famous fans such as Ed Sheeran, and music from Jonas Blue, HRVY, The Vamps and Ellis’s daughter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis, BBC4, 9pm
TWO-part drama based on the true story of a hostage crisis that shocked Germany in the summer of 1988. As life slows down on a hot summer’s day, an armed bank robbery goes awry, and while fleeing from the police, two gangsters take an entire busload of people hostage. The ensuing manhunt, however, turns into a disaster as the police make fools of themselves with their amateurish operations and, above all, they are obstructed by the nation’s media who swoop down on the events in an effort to get the juiciest pictures and live interviews with the kidnappers.
Black Hollywood: They’ve Gotta Have Us, BBC2, 9pm
THE second episode focuses on how a new generation of black filmmakers emerged in the 1990s, following the success of Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, as well as the development of a new genre, the Hood movie, exploring contemporary black working-class life. The programme also explores how movie stars such as Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Denzel Washington became marquee names, even as black stories were increasingly told by white filmmakers. Featuring contributions from David Oyelowo, Laurence Fishburne and John Boyega.
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