BBC Proms 2011: Film Music Night | Sex, Lies and Parkinson's | The Path To 9/11 | Chilean Miners: 17 Days Buried Alive | Dexter | How Hip-Hop Changed the World
BBC Proms 2011: Film Music Night
7.30pm, BBC4
It's film music night at the Proms, an act of arrant populist bone-throwing which is nonetheless terrific fun. Keith Lockhart leads the BBC Concert Orchestra through a riotously varied programme including the lament of Cinema Paradiso, the stately anthem from Star Wars and the chilling screech of the shower scene from Psycho ? guest solo violinist Chlo� Hanslip must be looking forward to this one, especially. Quite rightly there is also a tribute to prolific Bond theme composer John Barry, who died in January.
Andrew Mueller
Sex, Lies and Parkinson's
7.35pm, Channel 4
On Valentine's Day, 2007, paediatric nurse Vicki discovered that she had young-onset Parkinson's disease. It's a cruel condition: not only is it degenerative, but the drugs that control Parkinson's in its early stages have profound side-effects. In Vicki's case, this leaves her battling addictions to Facebook and shopping. "Flooziness" is also a problem. Family life inevitably suffers. At times, Oliver Cheetham's First Cut documentary, which follows Vicki as she turns 40, seems overly intrusive, particularly when the camera falls on her two children. Then again, how else to convey the enormity of such a diagnosis? Jonathan Wright
The Path to 9/11
9pm, FX
Disney-owned network ABC sunk $40m into making two-part mini series The Path To 9/11, dramatising the events leading up to the World Trade Center attacks. It aired only once in 2006 and was mired in controversy. Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Madeleine Albright both demanded changes were made before broadcast, as did the former national security advisor Sandy Berger, all disputing its factual accuracy. Now the UK audience can have its say. Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg star. Ben Arnold
Chilean Miners: 17 Days Buried Alive
9pm, BBC2
A year ago this month, the world was gripped by the plight of a group of Chilean miners, buried alive by a subterranean rockfall. For the first 17 days of their accidental incarceration, nobody knew whether they were alive or dead. Once contact was established, they remained in their tomb for another 52 days, before being exhumed in front of an audience of misty-eyed television viewers. Angus MacQueen's film revisits an incredible tale that no hack matinee writer would dare invent. AM
Dexter
10pm, FX
With only a few episodes to go before this season ends, tonight's is
a bit infuriating in the way it just seems to tread water. Dexter tries to juggle so many story threads that often the writers seem to get gridlocked in trying to give them all the time they need. There are some nice character moments here, particularly when Rita's daughter returns to Dexter's life briefly, but it's hard to shake the feeling that we should be concentrating on something a little more important, such as Jonny Lee Miller's villain (pictured), who seems to recognise Dexter as a kindred spirit. Phelim O'Neill
How Hip-Hop Changed the World
10.25pm, Channel 4
Bombastic as the title sounds, hip-hop has indeed changed the world, both culturally and sonically, something its host Idris Elba seems immensely proud of, judging by the outlandish arm gestures he employs. Charting 50 of the most pivotal events in the genre's history, there are venerable talking heads including Snoop Dogg, Rakim, Nas and Debbie Harry, while a slew of UK talent also provides its two cents, from Tinchy Stryder to Tim Westwood. BA
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/aug/11/sex-lies-and-parkinsons-highlights
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