What to watch on TV on Friday 5 July, from Glastonbury to The Last Leg
GLASTONBURY is here again and guess what? We didn’t get tickets either! But that’s alright because we can watch a round up of all the best moments from the comfort of our own homes.
Enjoy the likes of Dua Lipa, Coldplay, LCD sound system and Paloma Faith on The Best of Glastonbury 2024, safe in the knowledge that you won’t get a pint of beer chucked over your head.
Here are TV Mag’s six telly picks for Friday 5 July 2024…
Best of Glastonbury 2024 (BBC2 11.20pm)
If you didn’t manage to bag a ticket to Worthy Farm – so that’ll be most of us – catch up with this round-up of Glastonbury’s highlights.
Dua Lipa and Coldplay headline, with perennial favourites like Cyndi Lauper, Paul Heaton and Keane also on the bill alongside newer names.
Sit back and enjoy – and at least you won’t need to queue for the loo…
Sister Boniface Mysteries (9pm Drama)
Having a good singing voice isn’t a prerequisite for becoming a nun, which means an assault on viewers’ eardrums in the latest instalment of this gentle murder-of-the-week drama.
The choir at St. Vincent’s have been asked to perform on Glory Be, a Songs Of Praise-type worship show, and their catawailing is so terrible that Mother Adrian is literally struck to the floor with a violent migraine!
But the screeching is drowned out by the death of the show’s hateful Musical Director Donald Merriweather (Michael Spicer) in the middle of playing a song on the organ.
Sister Boniface concludes he’s been poisoned by cyanide lacing his sheet music, and a vision of a bee (or a man dressed as a bee!) helps her dramatically shorten the long list of suspects…
The Stand Up Sketch Show (10.05pm ITV2)
This amusing series continues to attract some of the best talent on the comedy scene, and this latest episode sees Desiree Burch, Rhys James, Ali Woods, Glenn Moore, Kemah Bob and Catherine Bohart take to the stage in front of a live audience.
As always, the stand-up combined with surreal sketches provides a lot of laughs.
Nikki Glaser: Some day you’ll die (10.15pm Sky Comedy)
If you watched Netflix’s special, The Roast Of Tom Brady, then you’ll know that American stand-up and actress Nikki Glaser does not hold back when it comes to her comedy.
In this record-breaking special, Nikki is at her best as she hilariously deep-dives into a whole host of topics, from the harsh realities of aging to her sexual fantasies, the real reason why she doesn’t want kids and so much more.
Motorway: Hell on the highway (8pm C5)
While accidents on the road are not always the driver’s fault, in this episode the panel of experts witness some baffling bad decisions, like the one made by a man who pulled over in the overtaking lane of the M1 to take a comfort break!
Of course, nature can also have a hand in motoring mishaps, including the torrential rain that caused a motorcyclist to aquaplane uncontrollably as though he was riding a waterslide and the driver in Eastern Europe whose car slips out of control and somersaults towards a forest.
This series certainly serves as a warning for all motorists!
The Last Leg Election Special (10pm C4)
There’ll either be celebrations or commiserations at party HQs today, as results come in following polling day.
And tonight the place to be is surely The Last Leg studio, where Adam, Josh and Alex will be joined by comedians, celebrities and politicians, to analyse results and make sense of the chaos.
But is it OK to laugh at seeing major players toppled from their parliamentary seats? Just try and stop them!