Proms Extra, BBC2, 6.50pm
WITH the 2018 Proms now in full swing, Katie Derham returns with the weekly magazine show looking at what the new season has to offer. In the spotlight for the first edition are Five Telegrams, which debuted at the First Night of the Proms, and Nicola Benedetti on violin last Sunday alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Before They Were Stars, Channel 5, 8pm
COMEDIAN Susan Calman presents a wealth of past gems from across the celebrity spectrum – from movie stars to pop legends, from comedians to politicians to sporting icons and your favourite telly presenters. Among the myriad gems, look out for the Hollywood A-lister wrestling with the tightness of his denim shorts in a terrible teen flick.
Touretteshero: Me, My Mouth and I, BBC2, 10.45pm
THEATRE-MAKER and comedian Jess Thom is best known for her award-winning stage show Backstage in Biscuit Land. She also co-founded Touretteshero, an alter-ego and project aimed at increasing awareness of Tourette’s syndrome, the neurological condition with which she was diagnosed in her early 20s. In this new film, the performer, artist and activist explores neuro-diversity in the arts through the work of Samuel Beckett and her own personal experiences. Jess takes us on a funny and unpredictable journey of discovery into one of Beckett’s most complex plays, the 1972 short dramatic monologue, Not I. She asks us to radically reconsider issues of disability, representation and social exclusion before going on to perform the role of Mouth, a woman who has been largely voiceless, but who suddenly speaks, in front of a live audience.
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