The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
MUSIC CELEBRATION
The Brit Awards 2024 – Saturday, ITV1, 8.30pm
The celebration of excellence in music, hosted by Clara Amfo, Maya Jama and Roman Kemp, is something of a celebration of women this year. The big news is that Kylie Minogue will be performing live and receiving the Global Icon Award in recognition of her career spanning five decades. She might also be picking up an award for something else, too, although she has stiff competition. Favourites in the big categories include Raye, Dua Lipa, PinkPantheress, Arlo Parks, Olivia Dean and Little Simz. Also making headlines are Britpop legends Blur, who are up for Album of the Year – for The Ballad Of Darren – and Best Group, proving the music scene isn’t just about the kids these days.
Trigger Point – Sunday, ITV1, 9pm
If you’ve spent the past few Sunday nights biting your nails down to the quick while watching this gripping series, don’t worry, they’re going to get a chance to grow back because the final episode is upon us. Lana is about to face the biggest test of her career after learning that the terrorists who have turned her professional life into a nightmare have one last trick up their dastardly sleeves – they intend to make her an essential part of their plot to hit the top tier of the UK’s law and order system. But it gets even worse – Lana discovers that she has an impossible choice to make, too. Either she complies with her duty to preserve as many lives as possible, or concentrates on saving her nearest and dearest.
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Launch – Monday, ITV1, 9pm
Following the success of the revamped “civilian series”, which returned to ITV in 2023, the celebrity version which brought us Jack Dee’s daring escape, George Galloway’s cat impression and Megan McKenna’s meltdown over mashed potato is back. Tonight, Will Best and AJ Odudu introduce a new cast and send them into the house, to be at the mercy of Big Brother. At the time of writing, the identity of the housemates has not been confirmed, and the hosts are also in the dark. The main programme will be followed by Celebrity Big Brother: Late And Live on ITV2 (10.30pm), and to the delight of hardcore fans, it’s also been confirmed that the 24-7 live stream will be back on ITVX.
Sarah Everard: The Search For Justice – Tuesday, BBC1, 9pm
In March 2021, Sarah Everard was kidnapped by serving police officer Wayne Couzens. He drove her to Kent, where he raped and strangled her. Her body was found a week later. Couzens is now serving a whole life order. Sarah’s murder continues to shock the nation – that she could have been killed by someone in a position of trust is horrifying. To make matters worse, it’s since become clear the idea of Couzens being “one bad apple” is false. This disturbing documentary focuses on the crime, its impact and the investigation. Contributors, including the prosecuting barrister and Sarah’s local MP, speak for the first time to highlight issues such as women’s safety and abuse of power.
The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute By Minute – Wednesday, C5, 9pm
The Titan submersible went missing on June 18 two years ago after setting out on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, and this two-part documentary examines the international rescue mission and race against time to try to save the five people on board. In tonight’s first programme, viewers are shown how the communication link with the sub is lost as it descended two and a half miles down beneath the waves. This led to people around the world being glued to new bulletins for updates on what had happened to the vessel. Then, a deep-sea research team, based 2,000 miles away, are called in to join the search operation. Concludes tomorrow.
Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In – Thursday, BBC2, 9pm
It’s the second of writer, rapper and cultural commentator Darren McGarvey’s (known on stage as Loki) explorations of Britain’s public services, and this week he’s paying attention to the state of UK classrooms. He asks why the privately-educated still dominate Britain’s top jobs, and learns about remarkable state schools working to level the playing field. He travels to Gordonstoun in the north of Scotland, which he learns is a school fit for – literally – a king, as both King Charles and his father Prince Philip were educated there. But, with unprecedented access to the school’s teachers and pupils, will he learn what it is that gives privatelyeducated pupils such a clear advantage?
Here We Go – Friday, BBC1, 8.30pm
And so the second series of Tom Basden’s excellent sitcom draws to a close – and it will be much-missed. The show has somehow managed to simultaneously feel very modern and of-themoment, and at the same time fit the kind of familyfriendly sitcom mould that is somehow comfortingly old-fashioned, like a cosy cardigan. This week is a big one for the Jessops – Cherry and Robin’s wedding day arrives. Unfortunately, it has fallen on the same day as Paul’s police training graduation. And that’s not all that’s going on – Maya is set to move in with Amy, Sam’s GCSE exams are looming large, and Rachel, despite her unusually low threshold for pain tolerance, decides to get a tattoo.