TV tonight: Julien Temple turns his lens on Shane MacGowan

The Pogues frontman proves a reluctant interviewee as friends and family look back on his life. Plus: Alan Carr’s interior design hopefuls size up a hotel in Hebden Bridge. Here’s what to watch his evening

Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan

10pm, BBC Four

Director Julien Temple turns his lens towards the London-Irish punk and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan in this revealing documentary. Interviewing his sister and father – who are at turns incredulous and dismissive of the singer’s fame – Temple traces MacGowan’s beginnings on the 70s punk circuit, his stint in a psychiatric unit and his battles with alcohol and substance abuse. MacGowan is a reluctant interviewee but famous fans such as Bobby Gillespie and Johnny Depp help draw out his legend. Ammar Kalia

Interior Design Masters With Alan Carr

8pm, BBC Two

Last week, the usually exacting Michelle Ogundehin decided to skip an elimination, meaning there are still four competing for that luxury hotel design contract. First, they must design a restaurant in Hebden Bridge. Could a colour scheme be nauseating enough to put you off your food? Ellen E Jones


Bear and Jonny Wilkinson’s Wild Adventure

8pm, ITV

He is a fine kicker of a rugby ball. But how is Jonny Wilkinson with heights? Is he willing to eat grubby-looking foraged food? And what personal secrets will he divulge? Another series of Bear Grylls’s Dartmoor expeditions sees him challenging the rugby hero’s physical and emotional limits. Phil Harrison

Revolution in Colour

8.30pm, PBS America

Newly colourised footage of the early 20th-century struggle for Irish independence forms the basis of this film, written by the historian Eunan O’Halpin. Drawing on film from the British Pathé and Irish Film archives, this instalment traces the aftermath of the 1918 general election. AK

The Circle

9pm, Channel 4

Emma Willis
The Circle host Emma Willis. Photograph: Channel 4

Hot on the heels of its Celebrity Stand Up to Cancer special, the strangely addictive social media catfishing show returns for a new series pitting members of the public against each other to become the most popular user of online platform The Circle. Host Emma Willis takes us through the process as our hopefuls settle in. AK

DNA Family Secrets

9pm, BBC Two

When Tink discovered aged 17, and pregnant, that she was conceived from a sperm donor, her relationship with the man she thought was her father changed for good. Just one of the poignant stories featured here, among adoptee triplets and parents searching for sight-saving gene therapy for their three-year-old. Ali Catterall

Film choice

Nosferatu
Fangs for the memories … Nosferatu the Vampyre. Photograph: Snap/Rex Features

Nosferatu the Vampyre, 12.05am, Talking Pictures TV
A homage to FW Murnau’s 1922 horror film from Werner Herzog, replicating its chilling images scene by scene. Bruno Ganz and Isabelle Adjani are the vampire-cursed Harkers, while Klaus Kinski’s Dracula is a terrifying, ghoulish abomination, very much in the Max Schreck mode. Paul Howlett

Today’s sport

Cricket: India v England 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Coverage of the third T20 in the five-match series.

International football: Manchester City v Borussia Mönchengladbach 7pm, BT Sport 2. Champions League tie.

Championship football: Bournemouth v Swansea City 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Live from Vitality Stadium.


Contributors

Ali Catterall, Phil Harrison, Paul Howlett, Ellen E Jones, Ammar Kalia

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