Bill bailey's vietnam: a travelogue worth watching

After a deluge of celebrity travelogues, Bill Bailey finally brings excitement to the genre with his new show on Channel 4.

Michael mcintyre's big show

In the series finale, Jade Thirlwall heroically checks her phone in for the Send to All challenge (with a surprise twist); Love Island's Tasha Ghouri helps orchestrate a heartwarming Unexpected Star surprise, which involves Theatre Royal Drury Lane being transformed into a train station; and British-Italian singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti delivers a soulful live performance.

The brit awards 2026

Wolf Alice, Harry Styles and Rosalía are some of the acts performing at this year's big pop night. Olivia Dean (also playing live) and Lola Young have the most nominations, and Pulp are up for group of the year – meaning Jarvis Cocker's return for the first time since interrupting Michael Jackson in 1996.

The roman empire by train with alice roberts

Prof Alice continues her epic Roman journey with the exploration of an underground hotel in Parma. Then it's on to Turin, where Italy's ancient love affair with bread began. The carb-loading should fuel the episode's final leg: a dramatic train ride across the Alps. Is this the route that Hannibal once took on elephant-back?

Classic hits in the piano room

The latest TV gimmick designed to gull artists into doing a different live version of their biggest hits, Radio 2's Piano Room has been in operation long enough to have its own considerable back catalogue. This compendium of performances includes Coldplay doing Paradise, Macy Gray reinterpreting I Try, and 10cc's I'm Not in Love surviving the transition from lush pop to orchestral sweep.

The walsh sisters

The wit and warmth of Marian Keyes's writing shines through this Irish drama about five sisters. Anna and her fiancé Aidan are in hospital after the car accident, forcing Rachel to reconsider life and arrange a place at rehab. But when she arrives at Cloisters, she remains adamant that she's not like the other addicts there.

Film choice: bring her back

Danny and Michael Philippou's grisly follow-up to their hit horror debut Talk to Me features a performance of malign nervous energy from Sally Hawkins that will give you the heebie-jeebies. Not to mention a scene involving teeth that may have you hiding behind your hands. Hawkins plays Laura, a foster parent – and grieving mother – who takes in Billy Barrett's 17-year-old Andy and his partially sighted younger stepsister Piper (Sora Wong).

A clockwork orange

From Anthony Burgess's sharp dystopian novel, Stanley Kubrick crafted a bleakly comic film that is simultaneously prescient and dated. It's centred on Alex (a career-defining role for Malcolm McDowell), a young gang leader who loves