3 April 2022 47THE BEST TV FROM SKY AND BEYOND... THURSDAY 7 APRIL
You Heard It Here First
(Today, Radio 4, 6.30pm) is
a new pilot show in
which blind comic Chris
McCausland asks a panel
of comedians a selection of
sound-based questions.
RNIB Connect Radio is the
charity’s own radio station,
available online and on
Freeview, with content for
blind and partially sighted
people; their audio book
recommendations are good
for all listeners, however.
Glaucoma Traveller is a
new podcast about visiting
UK tourist attractions that is
aimed specifically at those
with a visual impairment.
On Tech and Vision With
Dr Cal Roberts (podcast)
features interviews with
inventors and developers
of new technology aimed
at improving the lives of
people with vision loss.
Clair WoodwardBaby Done (Sky Cinema
Comedy, 10.40am/11.45pm)
Rose Matafeo, the creator
and star of the good-natured
sitcom Starstruck, provides
further cheeriness with
her performance in this
New Zealand film. Playing a
pregnant woman desperate to
have a few adventures before
her due date, she propels
Curtis Vowell’s movie through
a tale of emotional growth.
It has no surprises, but its
friendly spirit and mildly
eccentric characters make it
likable in a way we have come
to associate with its country’s
comic output. Tellingly, one
of the executive producers
was Taika Waititi. (2020)The Blue Dahlia (Film4, 11am)
Starring Alan Ladd as a
betrayed husband, George
Marshall’s thriller would have
had an even darker tone if its
writer, Raymond Chandler,
had not been told to revise its
ending, but it still ranks as a
classic noir. The dialogue is
sharp, and Veronica Lake has
a slinky role. (1946) B/W
Edward PorterBen Fogle remembers (ITV, 9pm) Ladd and Lake (Film4, 11am)FILM CHOICE
ON DEMAND
The Distant Barking Of Dogs
(BBC iPlayer)
As the news from Kyiv grows
ever more distressing by the
day, not everyone will choose
to watch Simon Lereng
Wilmont’s 2017 documentary,
but those who do will be
rewarded with a powerful,
intimate film about the horror
The Great Robbery Of
Brazil’s Central Bank (Netflix)
On August 6, 2005, criminals
tunnelled into the vault of the
Banco Central in Fortaleza,
Brazil, and stole 160m reais (the
equivalent of £26m). This three-
part documentary devotes too
much time to technicalities
but at its heart this is a real-life
version of Money Heist, one
where the grim aftermath is
more thrilling than the theft.
Andrew MaleChernobyl —
The New Evidence (All 4)
Well, certainly a lot of evidence.
With access to hundreds of
declassified KGB documents,
this timely two-part series tells
you things you already knew
from HBO’s 2019 mini-series
— the bravery, the cover-ups,
the duplicity, the deaths — but
with a scope and detail that is
quite staggering. Not the most
reassuring film to watch right
now, admittedly.L’Atalante (Mubi)
A pioneer in bringing visual
poetry to cinema, the French
director Jean Vigo made only
one feature film: this 1934 tale
of a bargee ( Jean Dasté) joined
on his boat by his new wife
(Dita Parlo). It has dream-like
moments, but even its
prevailing realism supplies
bewitching images. Mubi also
has Vigo’s 1933 film Zéro De
Conduite, a short story of
rebel schoolboys. B/W EPand mundanity of conflict.
Filmed in Hnutove, near
Mariupol, during the war in
Donbas, this is a vision of
conflict as seen through
the eyes of a ten-year-old
Ukrainian boy, Oleg. It is a
film about family, but an
unsentimental and profoundly
haunting one, moving from
the noise of community and
battle to the dead spaces
and eerie soundscapes that
war creates.An Angel of the Dark Ages in the making? Antony Gormley gets to grips (BBC2, 9pm)Art That Made Us
(BBC2, 9pm)
Nothing less than “an
alternative history of the
British Isles”, BBC2’s chronicle
devotes each episode to the
cultural products of one
“turning point” — though
these “moments” can be
entire eras, judging by a first
part covering the centuries
between Romans and
Normans. In its approach,
the eight-part series firmly
rejects the method of the
last “landmark” arts series,
Civilisations, with presentation
by an army of creative figures
instead of solo professors.
Richard Coles, Antony
Gormley and Michael Sheen
are the best-known in a bitty
but enthralling opener that
features the Staffordshire
hoard, the Lindisfarne
gospels, Beowulf, the Bayeux
Tapestry and much else.
John DugdaleSecrets Of The Museum
(BBC2, 8pm)
The jewel in the BBC’s arts and
education remit is back for a
third series, with cameras
watching over the hunched
shoulders of conservators as
they repair obscure items
from the collections of the
V&A. Planning a Beatrix Potter
exhibition involves a Lake
District yomp in search of
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle’s front door
(the Victorian author was
known to draw from life),
while diaries mention copying
an embroidered court
waistcoat in the old South
Kensington Museum for use
in The Tailor of Gloucester.
It is brought up from the
stores and repaired mouse-
like, “using thread so thin
you can barely see it”.
Helen Stewart
Falklands War — The
Forgotten Battle (ITV, 9pm)
Ben Fogle presents this film
about the first engagement of
the 1982 conflict, when Naval
Party 8901, a small garrison
of Royal Marines, met
invading Argentinian forces.
Remarkable archive footage
and eyewitness interviews help
establish the truth behind a
controversial encounter.Nikki Grahame —
Who Is She? (C4, 9pm)
Former Big Brother contestant
Nikki Grahame died last April
from complications of the
anorexia that had affected
her since childhood. With
contributions from friends and
family, this poignant film traces
her wavering path through
celebrity and offers a vivid
picture of a vicious illness.My £2 Dream Home
(C4, 11.05pm)
To disrupt an unfair property
market, brothers Daniel, Will
and Jason Twenefour organise
property raffles where hopeful
homeowners can win a house
for the price of a £2 ticket. This
follows the trio’s latest scheme,
a fierce mix of altruism and
entrepreneurship.
Victoria SegalCRITICS’ CHOICE
It all sounds
fantastic