Unreported World
7.35pm, Channel 4
One of the difficulties of reporting the global jihad is how dreadfully, drearily repetitive it all is. On dozens of frontlines around the world, Muslim rebels cite various real and imagined oppressions as excuses for hideous mayhem, and the forces of assorted beleaguered states respond with blundering violence. These squabbles are largely disregarded, and tonight Peter Oborne visits one of them – the southern Philippines – where fighting between the army, the Islamists and freelance Christian militias has claimed 100,000 lives.
Friday Night With Streisand and Ross
9pm, BBC1
Barbra Streisand hasn't done a chat show in the UK since being lightly grilled by Des O'Connor way back in the 1980s. The reason isn't that she has something to hide, it's more that she really doesn't need to. She's such a preposterously massive star that Ross might just drop his tiresome "pretending all the female guests fancy me" routine and actually ask her some decent questions. We can but hope.
Benidorm
9pm, ITV1
Nothing disappoints a British holidaymaker quite like a successful trip away; at least that's the comedy premise that's explored in the third season of this comedy. After the chaos surrounding their previous trip, we join our roster of British stereotypes gathering on a non-airconditioned coach in order to enjoy their compensatory free holiday. We then watch as this gift horse is looked in the mouth: it's like the Royle Family, but with sunburn. The amiable Geoff (Johnny Vegas) is an enjoyable feature, the incredibly caustic Madge (Sheila Reid) a riotously unlovable grandma.
True Blood
10pm, FX
It's the last in the series tonight (though it starts all over again on Channel 4 next Monday), so Sookie's about to discover just who has been picking off her friends, family and poor cat Tina. Unless you're packing serious sleuthing skills, the identity of the killer may come as some surprise. Of course, the big reveal lands Sookie in danger in the daytime, which places Bill in a tricky predicament: does he face the deadly sunshine, or leave his love to fight for herself? There's a nice season two set-up for Jason and Tara, too.
