Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC2, 8pm)
BOB Mortimer has harboured a childhood dream to catch a salmon, so with friend Paul Whitehouse he sets off for the River Tay full of hope and excitement. A ghillie guides them up the intimidating river in a boat and they fish using various methods. Bob cooks Paul a traditional Scottish breakfast and they enjoy a swift round of golf before resuming their fishing.
Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation (BBC4, 10pm)
FROM August 15 to18, 1969, more than 400,000 people from all walks of life converged on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in upstate New York to hear a concert. However, something far more profound happened and Woodstock became a pivotal moment in popular music history and came to define a cultural revolution. Through the voices of those who were there, the music and imagery, this documentary tells the story of the lead-up to those four historic days of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and mud, and explains how the festival was nearly pulled at the last minute.
Cher: The Greatest Showgirl (C5, 10.15pm)
SHE was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in May 1946, but she’s better known as Cher. She became a star in the 1960s as one half of the pop duo Sonny and Cher, alongside her first husband, Sonny Bono. When their marriage broke down, she reinvented herself as an all-round entertainer, turning to acting as well as singing, winning an Oscar for the movie Moonstruck. Despite all this success, she regards herself as an outsider dogged by dissatisfaction. This docu-drama digs beneath Cher’s public persona in an attempt to figure out why she continues to strive for more.
Fosse/Verdon (BBC2, 9pm)
THE year 1973 finds Bob juggling dealing with the success of Cabaret and grappling with the price of fame, indulging in the high life, with several girlfriends, pills and poppers. He attends the opening night of Gwen’s Broadway play Children! Children! Gwen tells him it is closing after only one performance, since the producers have had word of bad notices and poor box office returns. She implies that if Bob had helped with rewrites, the production might have been saved.
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