Britain’s Favourite 90s TV Comedy (C5, 10.25pm)
IT was the era of Britpop and Tony Blair, but it wasn’t just music and politics that got a makeover in the 1990s – the humble sketch show was given, a new lease of life too.
The Fast Show lived up to its name by cutting to the jokes in record time, while Goodness Gracious Me and The Real McCoy brought more diversity to our screens. Jo Brand roots around the archives for some of her favourite sketches from the decade, and chats to some of the directors, writers and performers behind them.
Charlie Higson reveals which Fast Show moment became a hit even though his co-star Paul Whitehouse hated it, Jennifer Saunders discusses the clip which made her fall about laughing, and the cast of Goodness Gracious Me reflect on their famous “Going for an English” sketch.
The Great British Spitfire Restoration (C4, 8pm)
AL Murray provides the narration for this documentary, which follows a team of restorers who are taking on a very ambitious project – rebuilding an unusual 1943 Mark IX Spitfire so it can get back in the air.
Filmed over the course of a year and based on the More4 series Inside the Spitfire Factory, the programme doesn’t just explore the hard work involved in giving the iconic plane a new lease of life.
It also introduces viewers to a cast of colourful characters, including one of the original 1940s pilots, and pays tribute to the people who sacrificed so much during the Second World War.
I Can See Your Voice (BBC1, 7.25pm)
SOME of the reviews for the first episode of this singing game show were more than a little sniffy, but let’s be honest, a lot of people also took a while to cotton on to the appeal of The Masked Singer (which, like this show, began life in South Korea).
So, if you haven’t checked it out yet, then tonight is your chance as Paddy McGuinness invites a father and son from Crawley to try to identify the talented singers in a line-up of performers without actually hearing them.
If that sounds tricky, help is on hand in the form of regular celebrity investigators Jimmy Carr, Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden.
Keeping Faith (BBC1, 9pm)
AFTER finally spending a night together, Steve and Faith are both feeling positive, unaware that Rose has been watching her daughter’s house and has seen him leaving at dawn.
Rose realises this means she’s lost Steve’s loyalty, but she spots another way for him to become part of her revenge plan.
Meanwhile, Mike informs Osian that the Court of Appeal has decided his surgery can go ahead, only for Professor Rhys to deliver some disappointing news, and Faith’s latest mediation sessions is anything but amicable.
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