There's a Cure night on the Beeb, Baz Ashmawy is back with The Money List, there’s new series Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening, and there’s the first ever Icons Week on Strictly . . .
Pick of the Day
The Cure at the BBC, 8.10pm, BBC Two
Opening a night dedicated to The Cure, here’s a celebration of Robert Smith (below) and his band and the unique song-writing talents they possess, with a collection of archive performances on BBC programmes.
The song list features the likes of A Forest, Lovecats, Friday I'm In Love, Close to Me and Boys Don't Cry.
Followed at 9.10pm by The Cure: Radio 2 in Concert, where the band perform at the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, featuring a selection of classics, fan favourites and songs from the album Songs of a Lost World.
Then at 11.10pm there’s That Was Then...This Is Now: The Cure, a programme first aired in 1988, where Robert Smith talks about the band's rise to fame.
At 11.45pm there’s The Cure at Glastonbury 2019, featuring the band's headline set on the Pyramid Stage.
Finally at 1.45am Rock Around the Clock: The Cure is a 1984 concert at Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom.
That’s enough Cure for anyone, I’d imagine.
New or Returning Shows
Season Two of the quiz show hosted by Baz Ashmawy (below) in which two teams of strangers are challenged to fill in missing answers on a list for the chance to win €15,000.
In this opening show of the latest run, Bill from Kerry and Sandra from Dublin take on Caroline from Kilkenny and Mark from Dublin.
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening, 9.10pm, UTV
This brand-new comedy game show sees celebrities team up with family members, with the parents choosing which questions their grown-up children will answer and gambling on how many they can get right.
Alison Hammond (above) sees her son Aidan comes close to damaging the family brand, and Carol Vorderman makes life difficult for her son Cameron.
Meanwhile, Romesh's mum Shanthi has her head turned by the sight of Iain Stirling in long johns, with the Love Island narrator being in a team with his mother.
Dispatches Special, 8.10pm, Channel 4
For years, the British royals have tried to keep details of some of their massive wealth a secret.
Now Dispatches has found what they've not wanted you – or the British public - to know.
With exclusive analysis of documents not seen in public before, the programme reveals who is paying them, and for what.
Don’t Miss
Strictly Come Dancing, 6.30pm, BBC One
It's Week 7 of the season and the introduction of a new theme in the show's 22nd run.
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman (above) present the first ever Icons Week, with the couples - minus last week's losing pair Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez - performing routines that honour some of the most influential music artists of all time.
One thing that's not new is that judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke will offer their opinions before the public vote opens ahead of tomorrow's dance-off.
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, 8.10pm, BBC One
Michael Sheen, Josh Widdicombe, Ellie Simmonds, Anita Rani, Ellie Taylor, Joe Marler and Tom Skinner are this week’s guest stars.
They join Michael McIntyre (above) in the fun on the game show in which contestants answer questions with the aid of celebrity experts - aware that one wrong answer means someone else gets a chance.
Later... with Jools Holland, 10.25pm, BBC Two
In between all the Cure-related programming, Jools welcomes David Gilmour (below) of Pink Floyd, who performs a couple of songs from his latest album, including Between Two Points, which features vocals from his daughter Romany.
Also appearing are Melbourne punk band Amyl & the Sniffers, post-punk veterans The The, and singer-songwriters Dhruv and Moonchild Sanelly.
New to Stream
Ordinary Angels, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
Based on a remarkable true story, Ordinary Angels centres on Sharon Steves (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky.
She discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt (Alan Ritchson), a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters.
With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it.
What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels.
Saturday Cinema
The Bodyguard, 9.30pm, TG4
Romantic thriller directed by Mick Jackson, starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp and Bill Cobbs.
Houston plays Rachel Marron, a famous singer and actress who is subjected to death threats by an obsessive fan and persuaded to hire a former secret service agent (Costner) as her bodyguard.
Naturally, neither the singer nor her new minder realise the effect they are about to have on each other's lives.
Features Whitney singing her cover of Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You.
21 Bridges, 11.45pm, BBC One
Here’s an entertaining thriller, starring Chadwick Boseman (below), Sienna Miller and JK Simmons.
Thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers, NYPD detective Andre Davis begins to uncover a massive conspiracy that links his fellow police officers to a criminal empire.
During the manhunt, Manhattan is completely locked down for the first time in its history, with no exit or entry to the island, including the closure of all 21 bridges.
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