Father John Misty and Courtney Barnett at The Biggest Weekend, BBC4, 7.30pm
THE festival, which is taking place over four sites – Belfast, Coventry, Perth and Swansea – across four days, begins. US singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer Joshua Michael Tillman, aka Father John Misty, teams up with the Ulster Orchestra on the Main Stage at Titanic Slipways, Belfast. Also performing is Australian musician Courtney Barnett, who was nominated for International Female Solo Artist at the 2016 Brit Awards and who has just released her new album Tell Me How You Really Feel.
Unreported World, Channel 4, 7.30pm
ADE Adepitan travels to Rio de Janeiro to join a team of young journalists reporting from one of the city’s most violent favelas. For the first time in 30 years, Brazil’s president has ordered the army on to the streets to help the police take on drug gangs that control the slums. Getting caught in the crossfire is a constant danger to the people who live there and Adepitan talks to victims, families, campaigners and politicians about the impact of the crisis on the people who live in the favela.
How to Get Fit Fast, Channel 4, 8pm
It is reckoned that 80% of people fail to continue with their New Year’s resolutions to get fit and lose weight. So here, Anna Richardson and Amar Latif help viewers find out the exercise that’s right for them, bust the exercise myths, and offer shortcuts and hacks based on up-to-date research. In the first of two programmes, Anna finds out how a modern makeover of the callisthenics fitness craze of the 1980s can build muscle without having to spend hours on the weights in the gym, while Amar tests out exercises to fit into even the shortest lunch break.
The Story of Cliff Richard, Channel 5, 9pm
THIS year is a momentous one for Cliff Richard as it marks the 60th anniversary of his debut single Move It. The song reached No 2 in the UK, but Cliff would go on to rack up more No 1s than any other British solo artist. He has also starred in hit films and narrowly missed out on victory in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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