Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures (BBC2, 9pm)
HE was the most beloved sports hero of the 20th century, battling fearsome opponents in ring, political adversaries out of it, and later in life, the cruel effects of Parkinson’s disease.
The latest edition of this series uses 10 photographs to reveal the defining moments in iconic boxer Muhammad Ali’s remarkable life which transcended sport to race, politics and foreign policy.
Interspersed with the images are interviews with those who knew Ali (main picture) best – including Olympic swimmer Janet Evans, who passed the Olympic torch to him in Atlanta in 1996, as well as his daughter Jamillah Ali, and journalist Gary Younge.
Throughout his remarkable life and since his death in 2016, many things have been written and said about Muhammad Ali. Here, the pictures do the talking, as we get a visual story of the man simply known as “The Greatest”.
The Great Garden Revolution (C4, 8pm)
ECOLOGICAL gardener Poppy Okotcha (pictured below with designer Joel Bird and craftsman Bruce Kenneth) takes inspiration from the countryside to create a wild planting design that brings nature into our backyards in a low-maintenance way.
Bird shows us how to make a living tipi for the kids to play in (and for adults too), while Kenneth adds a stunning table with its own herb patch and inbuilt bar, as well as showing us how to bring bird life into the garden.
The team also visits the Barnes family; beginner gardeners looking for an outside space that goes with their stunning view of the Saddleworth countryside in the Pennine hills.
Blinded: Those Who Kill (BBC4, 9pm)
THE sequel to the gritty Danish series Darkness: Those Who Kill follows criminal profiler Louise Bergstein (Natalie Madueno), who becomes personally involved in an investigation into three unsolved murders of young men on the island of Funen.
Despite being killed at intervals of a few months under similar, horrific circumstances, the police failed to solve the murders, and five years later, the perpetrators are still at large. One of the victims was Markus, 18, whose mother, Alice, is close friends with Louise’s mother.
When Alice is diagnosed with cancer, she asks Louise for help in finding her son’s killer, and when another young man is found murdered in a manner similar to the first three victims, Louise and Odense police chief Karina Horup (Helle Fagralid), embark on a race against the clock to find the culprit.
The Jonathan Ross Show (STV, 9.35pm)
ROSS (right) joined by 81-year-old Thespian Sir Ian McKellen, who is playing a boyish Hamlet, thought to be “30 years old, or a little younger”, in a production at Theatre Royal Windsor this summer.
Also dropping by is former Strictly judge and the most famous British ballerina of her generation, Dame Darcey Bussell, and comedian and presenter Romesh Ranganathan. Singer-songwriter Rag ’n’ Bone Man will look forward to his performance alongside P!nk at Tuesday’s Brit Awards, as well as performing in the studio.
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