Friday, November 22, 2024

TV tonight: get ready for Little Simz’ Pyramid stage debut

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Little Simz: My Glastonbury

10pm, BBC Two
Glastonbury 2024 headliners Dua Lipa and Coldplay have already been profiled in this pre-festival hype strand. Now the spotlight falls on Little Simz, the 2022 Mercury prizewinner poised to make her Pyramid stage debut on Saturday night. It has been a fascinating journey for the rapper and Top Boy star, who first played Glasto in 2016. Here, she reflects on her previous experiences in deepest Somerset and shouts out some of her favourite festival sets. Graeme Virtue

BBC Prime Ministerial Debate

8.15pm, BBC One
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak enter the home straight and although these debates are more about questioning the probable incoming Starmer government than deciding the election, this showdown might still provide some telling moments. Mishal Husain chairs. Jack Seale

Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

9pm, Channel 5
More fly-on-the-wall hospital drama, with Jim, 97, being treated for suspected multiple organ failure, and a man rushed in to the emergency room with a leg sliced open as he did up his bathroom. Hollie Richardson

Alaska Daily

9pm, Alibi
Hilary Swank’s Eileen continues to shake up the small town with her big-city journalism. Strutting in late, she misses a briefing on the Alaska State Fair, complete with pig-racing, cream puffs and Hootie and the Blowfish headlining. But she is suddenly interested when rookie reporter Gabriel’s giant vegetable feature leads him to a more sinister story. Hannah Verdier

Big fish in a small pond … Hilary Swank in Alaska Daily. Photograph: Darko Sikman/ABC

Fire Country

9pm, Sky Witness
As a new season of the California fire-fighting procedural kicks off, it’s not good news for Bode, whose future hinged on his parole hearing at the end of the last instalment. Despite seeking redemption through saving lives, he’s back behind bars while the rest of the team spring into action after a massive earthquake. HV

After the Debate

9.30pm, BBC One
If an hour and a quarter of Starmer and Sunak debating isn’t enough electoral politics for you, the night’s showpiece is followed by a further 30 minutes of analysis and reaction. Laura Kuenssberg and Clive Myrie ask pundits and politicians for their verdicts. Jack Seale

Live sport

Women’s International One-Day cricket: England v New Zealand, 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event
The first ODI in the three-match series from Chester-le-Street.

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