The Great British Weather | The Corrie Years | Botham: The Legend Of '81 | Jamie: Drag Queen At 16 | Regional TV: Life Through A Local Lens | Sons Of Anarchy
The Great British Weather
7.30pm, BBC1
Britain wouldn't be Britain without crap weather, and with that in mind, the peculiarity of our climate is dissected in this second instalment. This week, the impish Chris Hollins goes to the Lake District, the wettest place in the land, to work out why it gets more rain than any other spot. Meanwhile, clouds are on the agenda for both Alexander Armstrong and the impossibly chirpy Carol Kirkwood, who meets some cloudspotters on Britain's only cloud-viewing platform and then handglides into a cloud formation to let us know what they feel, look and even taste like. Candy floss, presumably.
Ben Arnold
The Corrie Years
7.30pm, ITV1
When a TV show has run for 50 years, as Coronation Street has, it will by default track the changes we see in society. This first in a three-part series, narrated deftly by David Morrissey, sees how Corrie storylines have found themselves making headlines. This has largely occurred when a story has titillated the red tops, like the Weatherfield One saga or when Deirdre embarked on a tawdry affair with denim magnate Mike Baldwin. On other occasions, it has been for broaching "issues", such as teenage pregnancy in 2000. BA
Botham: The Legend Of '81
9pm, BBC2
Though the 1981 Ashes series was indeed Sir Ian Botham's finest hour as a cricketer, there was a great deal more to his career than that, and this film celebrates all of it. Botham is simply one of the all-time greats. His 5,200 Test runs at 33.54 and 383 wickets at 28.40 are impressive statistics, but tell a fraction of the story; he was one of those talismanic players capable of turning a game or series by force of will. David Gower and Mick Jagger are among those paying homage.
Andrew Mueller
Jamie: Drag Queen At 16
9pm, BBC3
Jamie Campbell grew up in an ex-mining village in County Durham, and came out to his family when he was just 14. This film, part of BBC3's Extraordinary Me season, follows him as, two years later, he decides to fulfil his ambition to become a drag queen. It's a tough journey for him and for his family, who clearly want to support him but struggle with the prejudice they fear he might face, not least when he decides to attend his school prom in drag.
Rebecca Nicholson
Regional TV: Life Through A Local Lens
9pm, BBC4
Documentary charting the rise of locally targeted broadcasting. Luscious footage of early local TV is intercut with old news hounds, including Parkinson, Rippon and Bell, discussing their early careers in pussy-bow blouses and brown and orange striped ties. And there's a look ahead to the uncertain future of local telly in the digital age. Indulge in a tour of the nation's favourite local formats and drink in the mannered 50s and 60s delivery of the newscasters. Timed, no doubt, to coincide with BBC2's period autocue drama The Hour, this is absolutely what BBC4 does best. Julia Raeside
Sons Of Anarchy
10pm, 5USA
The impressive finale to the previous season not only delivered on winding up the white supremacists storyline, it also signed off with several cliffhangers that we can deal with now it's back for season three. Half-sack is dead, baby Abel is kidnapped and getting further away, crooked agent Stahl has the upper hand and Gemma is on the run after being framed for the one crime she actually didn't commit. There's a lot to deal with and we find the reeling SAMCRO bikers in no fit state to deal with any of it. This episode sees them regroup and get focused on what dangers this new season holds. Phelim O'Neill
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jul/19/botham-legend-of-81-highlights
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