Monday, December 23, 2024

TV tonight: breathtaking, Oscar-nominated documentary Flee

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Storyville: Flee

10pm, BBC Four
The breathtaking, Sundance-winning and Oscar-nominated animated documentary about a gay Afghan man’s remarkable story of escaping persecution hits the small screen. The man, “Amin”, is based on the director Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s friend, who in the 1980s made his way from war-torn Kabul to Denmark and revealed his tale through interviews, which are brought beautifully to life. Hollie Richardson

Bake Off: The Professionals

8pm, Channel 4
Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles host another round of competitive pastry-wrangling, with six new teams looking to impress the judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden. The challenges: a classic coffee eclair and a tarte tatin that must be big enough to serve 40 people, yet be hidden inside a trompe l’oeil sculpture. Jack Seale

Painting Birds With Jim and Nancy Moir: Kids Special

8pm, Sky Arts
This charming series draws much of its appeal from showing a couple sliding contentedly into middle-aged bliss. But this week there is an injection of youth as Jim and Nancy are joined by a group of enthusiastic children from various schools in Kent, who will hunt for portrait subjects in hedges, gardens and playgrounds. Phil Harrison

Code Blue: One Punch Killers

9pm, ITV1

Daniel Pickering was found guilty of the murder of Matthew Thomas, whom he attacked in a pub in Neath in 2022. Photograph: ITV

Across the UK, there have been a reported 82 one-punch killings over the past five years. How can a single blow kill someone? Is the punishment meted out to the culprits fitting? And how do the grieving families of the victims deal with the aftermath? This alarming documentary speaks to such relatives, as well as detectives, to hear their stories. HR

Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life

9pm, Channel 4
A second season of the series that follows the intricate work of cancer surgeons at the Royal Marsden. Prof David Nicol offers 43-year-old Cameron a radical procedure to treat the reappearance of his aggressive testicular cancer. HR

A League of Their Own: Mexican Road Trip

9pm, Sky Max
Jamie Redknapp and Jill Scott might have completed their tour of Mexico, but the football-related shenanigans aren’t ending yet. Here is an episode of bloopers, or as Sky puts it: “All the things you weren’t meant to see.” Even though it’s devoting an hour of television to them … Alexi Duggins

Live sport

Racing: Royal Ascot 1.30pm, ITV1. Day one features the St James’s Palace Stakes at 4.25pm. The headline race, the Gold Cup, is on ITV1 on Thursday at 4.25pm.

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