TV Times – 10 August 2019

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Fosse / Verdon

Sandra and Edith

have a coffee break

She’s behind you!

Stanwyck and

MacMurray

Gwen with

her daughter

Nicole

Double Indemnity

● FILM / 6.45pm / TCM

Brilliantly written, cleverly directed and played perfectly

by Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G

Robinson – three reasons why this 1 944 film noir is still

must-watch material 75 years on. Fred’s the wiseguy

insurance agent who isn’t as smart as he thinks he is,

Barbara is the blonde persuading him to kill her husband

for the insurance and Edward G Robinson is the office

fuddy-duddy neither of them reckoned on. ★★★★★ SM

Hold the Sunset

● COMEDY / 9pm / BBC1

Phil and Edith are excited – but trying to play it cool –

because Jack Dugdale (Peter Egan) might be interested

in buying Phil’s house. But will Roger and Bob (James

Cosmo), searching for dry rot in Phil’s loft, put a spanner

in the works? Meanwhile, as Jack and Sandra start to

bond, Wendy struggles to find a theme for the children’s

book she’s writing, until one of Sir David Attenborough’s

wildlife shows provides her with inspiration... ★★★ CC

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In the Heat

of the Night

● FILM / 11.35pm / BBC2

Osca r-winning thriller from

the 1960s, starring Sidney

Poitier as a big-city cop and

Rod Steiger as a small-town

redneck police chief.

BBC Proms

● MUSIC / 7.30pm / BBC4

American mezzo-soprano

Joyce DiDonato and Sir

Antonio Pappano perform

Berlioz’s Les Nuits D’été, and

the National Youth Orchestra

of the USA takes on Strauss’s

An Alpine Symphony.

ALSO ON...

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Bob is riding high
after Cabaret but
Gwen is struggling
● DRAMA / 9pm / BBC2
This compelling drama about
the careers of Bob Fosse and
Gwen Verdon veers into A Star
Is Born territory this week,
with Bob in demand after the
huge success of Cabaret. He
throws himself into rehearsals
for Broadway musical Pippin,
while Gwen is required to
audition for a part in a new
play. She’s desperate for Bob to
use his influence to improve
the shaky production, but he’s
too busy having the time of his
life with drugs and girls. And
there’s an utterly devastating
scene when Gwen’s terminally
ill friend Joan hits a very raw
nerve about Gwen’s parenting.
If you were in any doubt already,
this episode makes it clear
why Michelle Williams is
tipped to win her first Emmy
award for her portrayal of
Gwen. ★★★★^ JP