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The Guardian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
TV tonight: invaluable VJ Day accounts by surviving veterans
9pm, BBC Two 'We used to be called the forgotten army – and it was. They hardly mentioned Burma.' In Europe, the second world war may have ended in May 1945, but Japan wouldn't surrender until August (celebrated in London, above). This invaluable documentary hears first-hand accounts from surviving veterans – most of them more than 100 years old – including former prisoners of war, soldiers who fought in Europe and were deployed to India and east Asia, and a woman who worked at Bletchley Park. Hollie Richardson 8pm, Channel 4 This slightly baffling series from the Amazing Spaces host features homeowners choosing to overhaul the inside or the outside of their properties (but, er, Channel 4 will revamp both anyway). First up are Gemma and Scott, who have £90,000 to spend, but differing ideas of how to spend it. Hannah J Davies 8pm, BBC Four The Mayuyama family are expert antique restorers who piece together shattered ceramics – and rarely share their secrets. But in the final episode of this peek into the world of Koji Mayuyama, AKA the 'God Hand', we see his small team travel to London to help fix one piece. HR 9pm, BBC One It may not have the same grip on the country as The Traitors – and can often feel like watching a bunch of headless chickens shouting out names of cities (despite them claiming to be 'really smart, honestly!') – but this travel game is still good fun. New contestants have shaken things up; now, Rob Brydon is making them get to know each other a little better to identify the group's biggest threats. HR 9pm, ITV1 Tensions rise and tempers fray as the guests continue to search for the hidden £250,000 without drawing suspicion. As one highly quotable couple (no spoilers) reasonably surmise: 'If we keep the case too long, they're going to know we're real bad buggers …' Ali Catterall 9pm, Sky Documentaries 'The police were more worried about knocking somebody off a bicycle than they [were] about selling drugs.' A colourful three-part documentary series that speaks to those who were inside Amsterdam's rise to becoming the drug capital of Europe between the 70s and early 00s, including 'the Godmother', Thea Moear. HR Uefa Super Cup football: PSG v Tottenham Hotspur 7pm (8pm kick-off), TNT Sports 1. The Champions League winners play the Europa League winners in Udine, Italy.
The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Iconic Teletubbies set looks unrecognisable 24 years after show as landowner makes huge change to stop tourists
TELETUBBIES' iconic looks unrecognisable 24 years after the beloved show ended - as the landowner made a huge change. The popular kids show originally aired on BBC Two from 1997 until 2001. 4 4 During this time, filming for the series took place in Wimpstone, Warwickshire. Over two decades later, the site looks much different since Teletubbies last filmed there. A clip shared on Instagram revealed by 2007 - six years after the show ended - the landowner created a pond in a bid to deter trespassers. It continued to explain how no remnants of the set remained as all were destroyed after filming ended. As of 2025, the land remains empty, although the owners run a farm an aquatics shop located close by. One fan commented: "Sad. It was a big deal back in the day. "Could have been a tourist destination. Many kids, now adults, were raised on it." Another wrote: "The fact it was all filmed on that tiny piece of land is crazy." A third shared: "People don't get they're farmers and they don't care about the money they would make selling tickets for nostalgic visitors – they just want peace." While a fourth penned: "Imagine someone who loved the Teletubbies bought that piece of land and drained the pond and resurrected the entire set and turned it into a museum?" Teletubbies baby appears on This Morning with her own child Last year, one of the show's stars appeared on This Morning with their own child. Jess Smith, now in her 30s, is famous for being the baby in the sun on the kids' show. She, along with co-stars Nikki Smedley (Laa-Laa) and John Simmit (Dispy), looked back on their time in Teletubbies. Jess was joined by her own bundle of joy, then-five-month-old daughter Poppy. She addressed whether she tells her friends about her childhood claim to fame. Jess said: 'I don't, but everyone I'm with knows so everyone else tells everybody. 'So, my partner Ricky tells everybody and so does his family, so does my family. "Everybody tells everybody so it doesn't matter where I go, everybody knows.'
