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The Guardian
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
TV tonight: the BBC opens a Billy Joel treasure trove
8.40pm, BBC TwoIt's basically a Billy Joel night for megafans to get lost in on BBC Two, with his 100th show at Madison Square Garden last year and a vintage recording from 1978 airing later in the evening. But first: a warm-up with these archive clips of Joel performing over the years, with the likes of Uptown Girl, Piano Man and Just the Way You Are, along with interviews and appearances. Hollie Richardson 7pm, BBC Three What a series ender – with Ncuti Gatwa saying goodbye to the Tardis and Billie Piper making a grand return. But for Whovians in need of more, the two stars join David Tennant and Karen Gillan in this documentary to celebrate the magic of making the Whoniverse come to life in Wales. HR 8.20pm, ITV1If you thought booking eight famous people for each edition of Pointless Celebrities was a big job, how about this? The charity version of Lee Mack's addictively unpredictable lateral-thinking quiz starts with 100 sports stars competing to see who's the smartest. Can anyone win £100,000 for a good cause? Jack Seale 9pm, BBC Four'In five days, we will go back to being an investigation team. But we will make the most of those five days.' Kramer and her exhausted squad hit day 100 of the Stefanie Berghoff investigation in the final double bill of the German true-crime drama. Then a breakthrough links the murder weapon to a specific truck. Ali Catterall 9.30pm, BBC OneIt's time for creepy Mr Finch to get his comeuppance – that is, if we don't count the breadboard incident. So Sophie and Veronika concoct a plan to prove their theory about Enigma's parentage. The annual family party could provide the perfect cover for this ruse. There's certainly enough underlying tension to keep everyone distracted. Ellen E Jones 10.30pm, ITV1We finally see things from dodgy Joe's perspective in this dating-app-disaster drama. Surprise, surprise: he's been telling a few fibs, including another girlfriend who he's in couples counselling with, and a wife for whom he refuses to sign divorce papers. HR Piggy (Carlota Pereda, 2022), midnight, Film4 Small-town Spanish teenager Sara (Laura Galán) is nicknamed 'Cerdita' (Piggy) by her mocking peers, being overweight and the daughter of the local butcher. Their bullying reaches a peak at the outdoor swimming pool but, fatefully for them, a stranger (Richard Holmes) witnesses it and makes them pay. Carlota Pereda's smart horror thriller teases a common cause – even a twisted desire – between Sara and the malevolent mystery man as kids go missing, the community descends into panic and Sara painfully discovers her inner fighter. Simon Wardell Women's Challenge Cup Rugby League: St Helens v Wigan Warriors, 11.15am, BBC TwoThe final at Wembley. Followed by the men's final, Warrington v Hull KR, at 2pm on BBC One. Racing: The Derby, 12.45pm, ITV1At Epsom, with the Derby at 3.30pm. Tennis: French Open, 2pm, TNT Sports 1The women's singles final. The men's final is on Sun at 2pm. Premiership Rugby Union: Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks, 2.45pm, TNT Sports 2The second semi-final. Men's World Cup Football: Andorra v England, 4.15pm, ITV1Harry Kane captains the visitors in a qualifier in Barcelona, followed by a friendly in Nottingham against Senegal on Tue, 7pm, ITV1. Plus on Monday, Liechtenstein v Scotland is at 4.45pm on BBC Two; Belgium v Wales at 7.30pm on BBC One.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pointless Celebrities star says breaking world record made 'boring TV'
Pointless Celebrities contestant Georgie Barrat has recalled breaking a world record in VR. Speaking to the format's long-running host Alexander Armstrong on Saturday, 19 April, the 35-year-old explained how her 26.5-hour Minecraft marathon didn't make for compelling TV material. Apparently, a producer on The Gadget Show (which Barrat has co-presented since 2017) even went as far as to label it "the most boring bit of television" the programme had ever created. "Fabulous to have you here," Armstrong told Barrat before her first attempt at Pointless. "Now you present The Gadget Show; I would like to know what's the gadget that we should all have?" She replied: "Well I love virtual reality. [VR headsets] are really, really good fun," before opening up about clinching a recognised world record. Read more: Richard Osman reveals he wasn't paid for the first four series of Pointless Richard Osman says Queen was 'very competitive and funny' when she played Pointless Richard Osman reveals Pointless swaps offensive answers for acceptable ones "So you're looking at the person that's been in VR the longest playing one VR game. "I played Minecraft for 26 and a half hours straight! Lucky I don't get sick, some people feel quite nauseous when they're in VR for too long," Barrat continued. "But I did it for The Gadget Show and at the end the producer said to me: 'That's the most boring bit of television we've ever made. I've got 26 and a half hours of footage of you just sort of sat in the corner with the VR headset on...' I'm like, 'I had a good time!' I built a lot of stuff in Minecraft in that time." Launched by Swedish developer Mojang Studios in 2011, Minecraft has gone on to become the bestselling video game of all-time, shipping over 300 million copies as of last year. Players spend their time exploring a "procedurally generated, three-dimensional" landscape, where they're supposed to unearth and extract raw materials, fashion tools, and build structures and machines in voxel form. Minecraft offers gamers two primary modes (survival mode and creative mode), plus three others (spectator mode, adventure mode and hardcore mode). Such is the franchise's behemoth status, Hollywood released a live-action adaptation titled A Minecraft Movie this month, starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Peacemaker's Danielle Brooks. At the time of writing, its box office haul has already soared past $662 million. Pointless Celebrities airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
