HARRY POTTER: 20 YEARS OF MAGIC, C5, 9PM
IN 1997, a children’s book called Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone hit bookshelves with relatively little fanfare – author JK Rowling had initially struggled to even find a publisher. But that book was the beginning of a literary and cinematic phenomena that would win millions of dedicated fans all over the world.
This documentary charts 20 years of Pottermania, looking at how the novels about the boy wizard became so popular that children and adults would queue overnight outside bookshops to get their hands on the latest instalment.
It also explores the process of bringing the seven-book saga to the screen, including the casting of the three main stars, the then-unknown child actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
PEAKY BLINDERS BBC2, 9PM
IN the final episode of the series, the night of the big fight arrives, and as the bell rings and the crowd goes wild, dangers lurk in the shadows for Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his family, and Tommy soon discovers who he can truly trust.
Meanwhile, as Changretta plays his final ace he sets in motion events that will change the Peaky Blinders forever.
A NIGHT FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES ITV, 9PM
MEMBERS of the emergency services team up with stars to show off their performance skills in a celebration of the heroes behind the uniforms. Hosts Ashley Banjo and Diversity dance alongside aerialist Hayley Wray, a firefighter from Jersey, and Scott Elliott, who works for South Yorkshire Police.
The Cheshire Fire Choir sing with 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe perform a Les Miserable favourite with medic Lewis Quinn, and Britain’s Got Talent winner Tokio Myers teams up with the Cheshire Fire Choir.
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