What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

John Byrne John Byrne | 08-16 08:15

Francis Ford Coppola's legendary 1972 gangster drama, based on the novel by Mario Puzo and starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton.

The patriarch of the Corleone crime family is hospitalised after an attempt on his life and entrusts control of his business to his three sons.

They are the violent and unpredictable Sonny, the weak-willed Fredo, and Michael, the youngest brother, who reluctantly takes up the reins but proves to be the most ruthless of them all.

Modern Movie Soundtracks at the Proms, 8.00pm, BBC Four

Talking of movies, this Proms special sees the London Contemporary Orchestra perform contemporary soundtracks at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Featuring scores from All Quiet on the Western Front, Poor Things and Everything Everywhere All at Once (below). Edith Bowman presents.

Celebrity MasterChef, 8.00pm, BBC One

The remaining three celebrities are back for the ultimate heats showdown of the quarter-final.

At stake is a place in the semi-finals, but for one unlucky star, it will be game over.

The celebrities will each need to cook up a storm as they prepare a two-course menu for some of their peers. John Torode and Gregg Wallace host and pass judgment.

New to Stream

The Union, Netflix

This looks like fun.

Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart Roxanne (Halle Berry) turns up 25 years after prom.

She then recruits him - well, sort of - on a high-stakes US intelligence mission.

Arcadian, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW

In the near future, life on Earth has been decimated.

In such treacherous circumstances, Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas and Joseph, have been living a half-life.

When the sun sets, ferocious creatures of the night awaken and consume all living souls in their path.

When disaster strikes, the twins must devise a desperate plan to survive the coming night.

Ending Today

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, 9.00pm, Channel 4

Jimmy Carr hosts a combination of the comedy panel show and the long-running words and numbers quiz, as Richard Ayoade (below) and Kemah Bob take on Jonathan Ross and Maisie Adam.

Sarah Keyworth joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner while Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon fills in for Rachel Riley taking care of the letters and numbers.

Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure (9.00pm, BBC Two) also ends tonight.

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