Glastonbury 2016
From 4pm, BBC2
Once again, the biggest music festival in the calendar receives wall-to-wall coverage on BBC2 and BBC4, with an eclectic bill including Senegal’s Baaba Maal (making his debut on the Pyramid Stage), New Order and, in tribute to Bowie, a performance of Philip Glass’s Heroes Symphony including Bristol’s Paraorchestra – an orchestra entirely made up of musicians with disabilities. Plus Squeeze, Madness and Adele. Continues Sunday.
Euro 2016
From 1pm, ITV, BBC1
At the time of going to press many of the match-ups for the round of 16 games were still to be confirmed. What we do know is that today Switzerland, who finished as runners-up in Group A, will take on the second-place team from Group C, while Wales, whose terrific victory against Russia saw them top Group B, will face a third-place side from either Group A, C or D. England will face the runners-up in Group F on Monday, potentially old enemies Portugal.
The Musketeers
8.30pm, BBC1
Leaving no swashes unbuckled, this week the Musketeers are charged with investigating a jewel theft. Their investigation turns up the rogueish Emile Bonnaire (the oily James Callis), thought to be dead but soon discovered to be the man behind the robbery. Under duress, he resolves to assist our heroes in the recovery of said jewels. But he’s a slimy bugger and not to be trusted. In the event of BBC1 showing a Euro 2016 fixture, this episode will be screened tomorrow night.
Casualty
9.25pm, BBC1
The 1,000th episode has a gift for fans: a beloved old face returns, albeit in a moment slightly dulled by the advance publicity and their previous surprise return last year. Among the regular toilers, Elle is trying to reconcile with nurses who despise her, while Dylan is again confronted by his cruelly indifferent father. Everyone’s under strain, so a lot of those awkward pauses are deliberate. In the event of BBC1 showing a Euro 2016 fixture, this episode will be screened tomorrow night.
Big Brother
10pm, Channel 5
What a delightful bunch this year’s Big Brother contestants are shaping up to be. In the olden days you’d have to wait weeks for them to start humping each other, but this series has already seen nudity and that golden goose of the ratings battle, “graphic scenes”. Outside the house, Emma Willis presents highlights with a hint of shocked detachment while all hell breaks loose within. With another housemate evicted on Friday, watch the fallout.
Stonewall Uprising
10pm, Yesterday
On 28 June 1969, the police raided Greenwich Village gay bar the Stonewall Inn. In an era when gay sex was illegal across most of the US, such raids weren’t unusual. But what happened next was extraordinary. Members of New York’s LGBT community resisted arrest and the situation escalated, sparking further protests. A fine documentary, featuring first-hand witnesses to this key moment in the struggle for civil rights.
Download Festival 2016
9pm, Sky Arts
If you’re the kind of music lover who feels that Glastonbury would be vastly improved by the presence of more black-clad men screaming melodramatically about demons, Sky Arts has you covered. Donington Park is no Worthy Farm – and that’s exactly the way Download-lovers like it. This year’s headliners are industrial metallers Rammstein, elderly Satan-summoners Black Sabbath and theatrical perennials Iron Maiden. Horns up!
Film choice
Life of Pi
(Ang Lee, 2012) 8pm, Channel 4
Ang Lee’s screen version of Yann Martel’s Booker prize-winning novel is an exquisite exercise in magical realism. Suraj Sharma is teenage Indian Pi, whose spiritual quest takes him to a life raft on a storm-tossed ocean with a zebra, hyena, orangutan and the Bengal tiger Richard Parker for company: it’s an epic tale, awash with stunning special effects.
LA Confidential
(Curtis Hanson, 1997) 11.20pm, BBC1
Superb, dense and dark thriller with Russell Crowe as a hardnut cop teaming up with colleagues Guy Pearce and Kevin Spacey to root out crime and corruption. Hanson and Brian Helgeland richly deserved their Oscars for adapting James Ellroy’s long, intricate novel, and the murky underworld of 50s LA is brilliantly realised, from shining chrome car bumpers to dead bodies in a diner. Kim Basinger impresses as a nearly fatal femme.
Today’s best live sport
International Rugby Union: Australia v England, 10.30am, Sky Sports 1
The third Test from Sydney’s Allianz Stadium. Can England pull off a memorable whitewash?
Cricket: Natwest T20 Blast, 1pm, Sky Sports 2
Smacking, biffing and bashing as Hampshire play Gloucestershire.
Challenge Cup Rugby League: Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers, 5.15pm, BBC2
A quarter final tie.
