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Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen
8.30pm, BBC One
Today is the eve of the anniversary of D-Day, 80 years since thousands of men waited on English soil for the signal to begin the invasion of Normandy. A ceremony is now being held at the Commonwealth War Graves in Bayeux to honor those who accomplished their mission and to commemorate those who failed. The culmination at nightfall will see the lighting of 4,600 headstones. Jack Seal
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
9pm, BBC Two
Ranganathan’s humor has an edge of misanthropy and these latest travelogues have shown his ability to explore the less savory corners of humanity. He is in Rwanda this week, guided by a survivor of the country’s 1994 genocide, visiting where Britain plans to send asylum seekers. Phil Harrison
Bird painting with Jim and Nancy Moir
21:00, Sky Arts
The pair go to the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands to search for the elusive Crested Tit. These small, twitchy birds won’t be easy to spot, but they’ll be worth it. Jim is set to paint this punk-rock mohawk in Chinese ink with the help of calligrapher Chi Zhang and impressionist Ronnie Ancona. Ellen E Jones
Alaska Daily
21:00, Alibi
Hilary Swank’s Eileen Fitzgerald is a very broad caricature of a high-profile investigative journalist who yells at everyone and runs away in a rage when a story is pulled. She went to a small local newspaper in Alaska, where her rude manner would soon make more of a mess. It’s a decent premise, and despite the initial lack of subtlety, Fitzgerald’s redemption arc is hilarious, if predictable. PH
Inside #9
10pm, BBC Two
This episode is titled The Curse of the Ninth, based on the superstition that composers are doomed to die after completing their ninth symphony. This superstition is at the heart of a delightfully macabre offering starring Eddie Marsan and Natalie Dormer. When Reece Shearsmith’s kaffa composer arrives at a country house to tune a piano, he finds himself in a deadly dance with the manor’s owner. PH
Red flag
10:00 p.m., W
This is the final episode of this dark true crime series telling the stories of women escaping abusive relationships. There’s Jessica, whose relationship with landscape gardener Dylan takes a dangerous turn after she introduces him to her son (who has complex needs). A campaign of manipulation and eventually violence soon began. PH
Movie selection
Let the canary sing (Alison Ellwood, 2023), Paramount+
Before she plays Glastonbury this year, here’s the story of pop singer Cyndi Lauper’s life. Although her chart peak lasted only half a decade in the 1980s, songs like Girls Just Want to Have Fun and True Colors became part of the common musical currency. Alison Ellwood’s documentary highlights the singer’s LGBTQ+ activism and Tony Award for the musical version of Kinky Boots to stake a claim for Lauper as a cultural and feminist figure. She’s certainly a great interviewee, relating her rise to stardom from Brooklyn to Broadway with candor and wit. Simon Wardell
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