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Guy Martin’s Battle of Britain
9pm, Channel 4
Channel 4’s favourite daredevil concludes his two-part series seeking the answer to that most common of questions: could he have been a second world war fighter pilot? Martin’s training kicks up a gear as he takes to the skies in a two-seater Hawker Hurricane, figuring out how to handle the G-force that comes with flying at 200mph – sometimes upside down. Enlisting the help of instructor Anna Walker, Martin ultimately tries to outrun a Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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7pm, BBC Four
The BBC’s theatre-on-screen season continues with the premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of The Winter’s Tale. Erica Whyman directs this 1950s-set adaptation, starring Joseph Kloska as Leontes and Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Hermione.
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It was the fighter plane that flew in the more famous Spitfire s shadow during the Second World War, even though it downed more Nazi planes.
Armed with cannons and bombs, the Hawker Hurricane was responsible for 55 per cent of the RAF s air victories over Luftwaffe pilots and around 70 per cent of kills during the Battle of Britain.
Now, a new documentary shows the moment the daughter of a World War Two Hurricane pilot takes to the skies in her father s plane.
Eugenie Brooks, the daughter of Flight Sergeant John Brooks, is shown shedding tears as flies in the plane in UKTV channel Yesterday s Warbird Workshop episode, which airs on Thursday evening.
Updated April 19
College roundup: Gonzaga lands top recruit, loses Final Four star Suggs
Chet Holmgren, a projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, will play for the Zags while Jalen Suggs – hero of the Final Four win over UCLA – leaves for the NBA after one season.
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Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 NCAA college basketball recruit in the country, gestures during a press conference where he announced he will be attending Gonzaga University on Monday. Chet is flanked by his father, David Holmgren, left, and mother, Sarah Harris, right.
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Guy Martin: ‘If it goes wrong you’ll be on the ground pretty fast and that will be the end of you’
Learning to be a fighter pilot is the daredevil documentarian s latest project as he tests how he d have fared in the Battle of Britain
16 April 2021 • 7:06pm
Martin’s new show celebrates the unsung hero that won the Battle of Britain – the Hurricane
Credit: North One TV/Ryan Mcnamara
Guy Martin enters our Zoom call on an electric bike, his face obscured by a helmet. It seems an appropriate introduction to the motorbike racer turned television presenter, arguably best known for injuring himself on screen. “That’s very Guy Martin,” laughs the director of his latest “daredevil” documentary, tasked with holding the phone for him as he cycles into shot.