Call the Midwife is just one of the gems on today.
Special delivery – Call the Midwife 2021 is here, Hastings’ nemesis returns in Line of Duty, and Guy Martin traces the story of the Battle of Britain. Here’s what you shouldn’t be missing on TV tonight.
Our hand-selected recommendations for what’s on TV tonight include three TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set
What’s on TV tonight
Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight…
Best TV shows on TV tonight
Line of Duty, 9pm, BBC1
Hastings’ arch-enemy, DCS Carmichael, is back
On Demand - Stowaway (Netflix, from Thu) If the cast is anything to go by, this sci-fi movie should be a real winner - Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Toni Collette and Shamier Anderson all feature. Directed by Brazilian film-maker Joe Penna, who also co-wrote the script with Ryan Morrison, it focuses on the crew of a spaceship en route to Mars. However, someone has accidentally stowed away, causing severe damage to the craft s life support systems. As their resources begin to dwindle, those on board must find a way to deal with their new circumstances or face certain death. While the ship s commander and biologist favour a solution based on clinical logic, a medical researcher with a very different idea tries to stand up for what she believes in.
On Demand - Stowaway (Netflix, from Thu) If the cast is anything to go by, this sci-fi movie should be a real winner - Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Toni Collette and Shamier Anderson all feature. Directed by Brazilian film-maker Joe Penna, who also co-wrote the script with Ryan Morrison, it focuses on the crew of a spaceship en route to Mars. However, someone has accidentally stowed away, causing severe damage to the craft s life support systems. As their resources begin to dwindle, those on board must find a way to deal with their new circumstances or face certain death. While the ship s commander and biologist favour a solution based on clinical logic, a medical researcher with a very different idea tries to stand up for what she believes in.
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Helen George as Trixie in Call the Midwife
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It came as no surprise to hear Vanessa Redgrave’s voice-over mentioning “dawns” and “new days” as the 10th series of
Call the Midwife (BBC One) got under way. This was 1966, after all, but the nuns of Nonnatus House were neither swinging nor singing; privatisation was in the air.
Facing an uncertain future, ever-pragmatic Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) was considering controversial methods to prop up their work: a private Mayfair maternity hospital could enjoy the cachet of using nuns on the premises while Nonnatus reaped the financial benefits. Mother Mildred was reported as regarding this scheme as “Robin Hood with wimples” (even in absentia, Miriam Margolyes bags the best lines), but Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) was appalled, prompting “the first cross word I’ve had with [Julienne] in almost 20 years”.