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Jonathan Wright, Hannah J Davies, Jack Seale, Ben Arnold, Mark Gibbing-Jones, John Robinson, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

Friday’s best TV: Shed of the Year; BBC Proms 2016 David Bowie; Lynn Barber Meets John Lydon

Lynn Barber and John Lydon
When Lynn Barber met John Lydon: watch the results on Artsnight on BBC2

Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year
8pm, Channel 4

Celebrating the “splendour of all things shed”, George Clarke and cohorts head off to visit outbuildings shortlisted for Shed of the Year. They begin with the Unique and Historic categories, with the former particularly fun, what with it featuring a rotating room and a road-legal “fastest shed in the world”. In the Historic category, the restored hut where Dylan Thomas wrote much great work is especially evocative. “Sheddie” heaven. Jonathan Wright

Celebrity First Dates
9pm, Channel 4

Celebrities plus First Dates equals laughter, tears and probably a Bafta nomination. Even so, this has an awkwardness that the everyman version does not, including as it does Wikipedia-ing the person in front of you or – as witnessed last week – ringing your mates for a quick humblebrag. This week, weather presenter Sian Lloyd and Corrie’s Daniel Brocklebank are among the well-known faces giving it a go nonetheless. Hannah J Davies

X: The Generation That Changed the World
National Geographic, 9pm

People born in the 60s and 70s don’t get enough press these days; it’s all boomers cashing in and millennials paying the price. A serviceable US nostalgia show - flippantly narrated by Christian Slater, but offering decent talking heads such as Kevin Smith and Courtney Love – restores balance. Events such as Vietnam and Watergate show how a mistrust of marketing and government fuelled alternative culture. Jack Seale

Wynonna Earp
9pm, Spike

This new western horror show stars Melanie Scrofano as the great-great-granddaughter of legendary sheriff Wyatt. Clearly aiming for the gap left by Buffy, and with a whiff of True Blood about it too, there are demons plaguing the small town of Purgatory, both real and those in Wynonna’s past. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but still the mash-up of wild west tropes and the supernatural doesn’t make for particularly comfortable bedfellows. Ben Arnold

Friday Night Dinner 
10pm, Channel 4

It’s an auspicious night at the Goodmans’: Martin’s annual oiling of the hinges is here, marking a decade of squeak-free doors. Unfortunately, his zeal results in disaster when the slimy stuff finds its way on to Mum’s pristine carpet, prompting a guest appearance from John Sessions as a rug restorer, and a hit to Martin’s wallet. If that wasn’t enough action for one Friday, meddlesome neighbour Jim decides to get a cat. Mark Gibbings-Jones

BBC Proms 2016: David Bowie
10.15pm, BBC4

How to turn a David Bowie tribute from an evening of cover versions into something better? The key seems to be the Berlin collective Stargaze, a young group of post-jazz players who will be the backdrop against which a sequence of guest singers (including Marc Almond and John Cale) will perform Bowie classics. Earlier (7.30pm), veteran maestro Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony. John Robinson

Artsnight: Lynn Barber Meets John Lydon
11pm, BBC2

Lynn Barber has won the British press awards’ interviewer of the year gong six times during the course of her career, while John Lydon is one of the most relentlessly opinionated men on the planet. So it’s hard to see how this head-to-head encounter can fail. Lydon continues to offer up both restless post-punk and pungent opinions at an impressive rate – tonight he’ll be reflecting on 40 years of music, writing and general troublemaking. Phil Harrison

Film choice

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (6.55pm, Film4) “Life moves pretty fast …” All the more reason to stop and look again at John Hughes’s deceptively sophisticated comedy of high-school truancy. Paul Howlett

Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011) 12.35am, BBC2

When 10-year-old Laure (Zoé Héran) and her family move to an apartment block, she finds it easier to cope with her new life by pretending to be a boy, Michael. This brings friendship with the local lads, and with the 10-year-old Lisa. As the deception proceeds through a long, hot summer you just know something’s got to give in this charming, sensitive and touching tale. PH

Live sport

Racing: Glorious Goodwood Day four of the flat racing event and it’s the big one: the King George Stakes runs at 3.45pm. 1.35pm, Channel 4

Tennis: The Rogers Cup This ATP event from Toronto reaches the quarter-finals. 4pm, Sky Sports 1

Golf: USPGA Championship More from New Jersey and the major won last year by Australia’s Jason Day. 7pm, Sky Sports 4

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