Planet Earth: A Celebration (BBC1, 8pm)
SIR David Attenborough turned 94 in May, but there’s no stopping him. Next month will see the cinematic release of his new film A Life on Our Planet, but before that he has teamed up with a gaggle of award-winning musicians for this retrospective. The special programme brings together eight of the most extraordinary sequences from Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II, with a stunning musical performance courtesy of composer Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, the team at Bleeding Fingers and Mercury Award-winning UK rapper Dave.
Ambulance: Code Red (C5, 9pm)
THIS new documentary series follows Critical Care and Air Ambulance Response cars staffed by doctors and consultant paramedics based in the West Midlands. They deal with only the highest-priority cases, often involving car crashes, cardiac arrest and crushing injuries, and are called upon to use cutting-edge trauma techniques and perform roadside surgery. Using body cams, rigged Go-Pros and highly mobile camera crews, the series aims to capture every crucial minute as the teams work to save lives.
African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power (BBC Four, 9pm)
IN the final episode of the series, Afua Hirsch is in Kenya where she explores the extremes of life today, the urban sprawl and untouched outback, and a young population still pushing away the British imperial past. In an epic narrative that takes in railway building, author of Out Of Africa Karen Blixen, President Jomo Kenyatta and the brutal British suppression of the 1950s Mau Mau Uprising, she charts how artists have responded to history happening around them.
The Diagnosis Detectives (BBC2, 9pm)
AFTER tackling lockdown obesity with his dieting show Lose a Stone in 21 Days, Michael Mosley is back on the box as he and a team of medical experts investigate strange and inexplicable illnesses. Tonight, we meet Paul, whose dreams of a happy retirement were ruined since his face started swelling so dramatically he struggles to see. Judy’s problems began when she started being sick and finding swallowing uncomfortable. She now struggles to eat solid food.
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