Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach & Gershwin: BBC Biggest Weekend, BBC4, 7pm
NIGEL Kennedy, one of the world’s leading violin virtuosos, performs a concert against the backdrop of the stunning Scone Palace near Perth, accompanied by members of the Kennedy Band and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Bake Off: The Professionals, Channel 4, 8pm
FI teams of pastry chefs battle for a place in the semi-final. Tonight the theme is childhood and the first challenge is to create a tiered macaron cake and two types of lollipops. Then they attempt to impress judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden by combining sugar and chocolate-work in a spectacular fairy-tale showpiece.
Reporting Trump’s First Year: The Fourth Estate, BBC2, 9pm
US President Donald Trump hates the New York Times. He’s accused it of publishing so-called fake news, despite the fact it is highly respected across the globe, having won a record 125 Pulitzer Prizes. Liz Garbus explores the newspaper’s coverage of events including the selective barring of the press from official briefings, high-profile resignations and, of course, those rumours of links with Russia that won’t go away.
The Handmaid’s Tale, C4, 9pm
THE second season of a series that surely can’t get much darker without leaving its viewers feeling as if there’s no point in going on. Offred is up to her neck in intrigue. She’s desperate to protect Hannah, but at least she has help from an unexpected source. The Commander prepares for the dedication of a new Red Centre.
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