April on BBC – highlights include Truelove, Alice & Jack, McDonalds & Dodds, QI, Earth Week, Frozen Planet II, Changing Planets II, Eden: Untamed Planet and Bluey.
Truelove
Australian Premiere
Sundays at 7.30pm from April 7
Also available on Binge and On Demand
Starring: Lindsay Duncan & Clarke Peters
6 x 45′
Britain’s first high-ranking female police officer Philippa Leach is now retired and very, very bored. Old flame and SAS veteran Ken Holding feels similarly lost. When the two reunite at a funeral, their group of 70-something friends imagine what a dignified death might look like. They joke that Ken and Phil would be the perfect team to do the deed. But what starts out as a bit of fun quickly morphs into a shocking reality.
Truelove is a love story mixed with a big moral question starring Lindsay Duncan and Clarke Peters. It explores the theme of assisted dying and centres around a gang of older friends that make a pact that, if and when the time comes, rather than let each other suffer a dreadful decline, they will engineer a more dignified death. From the team behind ‘The End of the F***ing World’, this smart thriller makes us rethink the meaning of love and friendship when we enter our twilight years.
Alice & Jack
Australian Premiere
Fridays at 7.30pm from April 19
Also available on Binge and On Demand
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough & Aimee Lou Wood
6 x 60′
When Alice (played by Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough) and Jack (played by Golden Globe nominee Domhnall Gleeson) first meet they’re bound by a connection so powerful it seems nothing can break it but will their path lead them to a place of happiness and togetherness?
Or will life and their own emotional complexities get in the way? Told over 15 years, Alice and Jack is a honest love story, which flawlessly combines humour and raw emotion examining the question are the bonds that bring us together more powerful than those that tear us apart?
Cast include Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough, Aimee Lou Wood, Aisling Bea, Ella Bruccoleri, Sunil Patel, Thalissa Teixeira and Rachel Adedeji.
McDonald & Dodds
UKTV Premiere
Mondays at 8.30pm from April 1
Also available on Binge and On Demand
Starring: Tala Gouveia & Jason Watkins
2 x 90′
Return to the beautiful city of Bath as mismatched detective duo McDonald and Dodds are presented with more original and inventive crimes to solve. The latest season features three new emotionally engaging feature-length crime stories told with flair and mischief. In the first story, McDonald and Dodds begin to investigate when a middle-aged woman is found shot dead in a rented flat. The killer has removed all clues to her identity, but DNA reveals she went missing over 35 years ago.
Where has she been all those years? And why has she been murdered? Alongside returning cast including Tala Gouveia, Jason Watkins and Claire Skinner, this first film features a star-studded guest line-up including Toby Stephens, singer/songwriter Pixie Lott, Lydia Leonard, Daniel Lapaine, Dipo Ola, John Gordon Sinclair and Ace Bhatti.
Qi – Series 20
UKTV Premiere
Wednesdays at 8.30pm from April 3
Presented by: Sandi Toksvig
14 x 30′
Qi is the Rose d’Or–winning and BAFTA–nominated comedy quiz show full of quirky facts in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are ‘quite interesting’. Hosted by Sandi Toksvig each episode has a different theme in which the celebrity guests have to answer questions, avoiding repeating common misconceptions and urban myths.
It is okay to be wrong but do not be obviously, boringly wrong. Guests include Jimmy Carr, Richard Osman, Ross Noble, Josh Widdicombe and Rose Matafeo.
Earth Week
Each night at 7.30pm from April 22
This April, BBC Earth marks Earth Day with a week of documentaries celebrating the natural world. Admire the masterpiece that is our beautiful home, the science behind some of nature’s fascinating behaviour and the people dedicated to preserving it.
Earth Week features a vast range of programmes including the territory premiere of Changing Planets II and Eden: Untamed Planet, the channel premiere of Frozen Planet II as well as The Green Planet, Planet Earth III, Climate Change The Facts, Wild Scandinavia plus more featuring throughout the week.
Frozen Planet II
BBC Earth Premiere
Mondays at 7.30pm from April 22
Also available on Binge and On Demand
Presented by: Sir David Attenborough
6 x 60′
Eleven years after the phenomenal first series, Frozen Planet returns with a spellbinding journey through magical icy lands. From the makers of Blue Planet II.
The north and south poles. The snow-draped forests and plains of the north. Remote mountain ranges. These are worlds of surprising variety and beauty – seemingly untouched by human presence. It’s this isolation that makes these places so special. Here, the planet’s most enigmatic animals reign supreme.
Wolves hunt huge bison across vast snowy plains. Killer whales use cunning techniques to stalk their prey. And rarely seen Siberian tigers pad quietly through crisp white snow. Frozen Planet II captures these fairy tale animals and lands on the cusp of change.
Changing Planets II
Australian Premiere
Tuesday, April 23 at 7.30pm (Double Episodes)
Also available on Binge and On Demand
2 x 60′
This ambitious environmental series is back to document how Earth’s most vulnerable habitats are responding to increasing environmental threats.
Our expert presenters revisit the six bellwether locations from the last series and learn how the people and animals they met are faring. Joined from their locations by scientists and conservation workers, they discover if the desperate fight to preserve the local ecosystems is beginning to pay off or whether they have suffered any devastating setbacks.
Presented by Steve Backshall, Chris Packham, Liz Bonnin, Ella Al-Shamahi, Ade Adepitan and Gordon Buchanan.
Eden: Untamed Planet
Australian Premiere
Wednesdays at 7.30pm from April 3
Narrated by: Helena Bonham Carter
6 x 60′
Travel to the far corners of the planet and discover the secrets of Earth’s few remaining untouched lands, all brimming with life.
From the Namib Desert to Patagonia, only a handful of places on Earth can claim to be largely unchanged. Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. This series embarks on a breathtaking journey to Earth’s last Edens. It visits incredible landscapes and reveals thrilling new behaviour from the world’s most iconic animals. As the heavy tread of humans falls ever closer to these beautiful and fragile lands, now is the time to reveal their captivating stories.
Bluey – Series 3 (New Episodes)
CBeebies Premiere
Weekdays at 5.15pm from April 1
21 x 7′
The multi-award-winning pre-school animation, loved by children and their families around the world, returns for its third series.
Bluey and her little sister Bingo love coming up with hilarious, elaborate games based on their own interpretation of the world around them. They enjoy nothing more than roping mum Chilli and dad Bandit – and all their family, friends and neighbours –into their daily fun.
Series 3 brings more of the authentic and relatable stories around everyday life that audiences adore. It features fan favourites such as Muffin, Socks, and the Grannies, and introduces some new friends too.
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