TV tonight: Michael Portillo hits the streets of Milan

The Guardian

18-04-2025

9pm, Channel 5Next on the travel-hungry former MP's itinerary: Milan. This hour-long, edited version from last year's Michael Portillo's Long Weekends features new material, and so we see him cruise around on a 1960s Lambretta, scale the Duomo, dress up in the fashion capital's finest threads, make an Italian coffee and, of course, merrily eat and drink his way around the city. Hollie Richardson
7.30pm, Channel 4Any hint of normality can be an emotional balm in a war zone. But how do you go about planning a wedding? This documentary follows the efforts of two displaced Gaza couples who are intent on exchanging vows in terrifyingly uncertain times. Should they start a new life in the south or try to return home to the shattered north? Graeme Virtue
8pm, BBC One'So, ladies, you're joint favourites. How do you think the race is going?' Answer: not brilliantly. Minutes later, while neck-and-neck with her rival sailor Francine (Laura Euler Rolle), would-be regatta champ Polly (Madeleine Daly) passes out and falls into the water. And Martha (Sally Bretton), who made the smoothie Polly drank, finds herself under suspicion of spiking her drink. Ali Catterall
9pm, Sky MaxThe relationship between ageing comic Deborah (Jean Smart) and uptight writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) keeps finding new ways to be rewardingly twisted. Will their new collaboration on a late-night talkshow cause them to suddenly achieve sisterly professional harmony? Jack Seale
9pm, BBC Two
Sex and lies are laid on thickly as the atmospheric Australian crime drama gets into the meat of its second season. While Cormack (Travis Fimmel) pursues his own personal investigations, as well as the case of a missing young woman, Sam (Megan Smart) thinks her personal insight will unlock the mystery. Dark discoveries are, however, on their way. JS
9.30pm, BBC OneEpisode three of the gentle Brit-Aussie comedy starring Ben Miller, Sally Phillips and Love on the Spectrum's Michael Theo. Julian (Miller) throws himself into a bonding day with long-lost autistic son Austin (Theo). But with everything caught on camera, is it just a PR stunt for the newly cancelled author? Hannah J Davies
Twisters (Lee Isaac Chung, 2024), 11.50am and 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
There's still a lot of love in this quarter for Jan de Bont's 1996 film Twister, but it was inevitable that advancements in effects would lead to a big-budget reboot. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the action-stuffed thriller stars Daisy Edgar-Jones in the Helen Hunt role as meteorologist Kate, back in the tornado-hunting game in Arkansas after a death caused her to quit. Glen Powell is a mix of Cary Elwes and Bill Paxton as storm-chasing YouTuber Tyler, whose publicity-seeking antics hide a kindred spirit to Kate, as they try to understand and survive the mighty wind. Simon Wardell
Fall (Scott Mann, 2022), 10.30pm, BBC OneIf you've got vertigo, then look away now – because Scott Mann's thriller would give a trapeze artist sweaty palms. Grace Caroline Currey plays Becky, who gave up rock climbing a year prior to the film's events after her husband fell to his death. But risk-taking best mate Hunter (Virginia Gardner) persuades her to team up and scale a decommissioned 2,000ft TV tower in the middle of nowhere. Naturally, rusty bolts give way, the ladder collapses and the friends are stranded on a tiny platform at the top with no phone signal. A what-if story, the restricted setting of which only ramps up the tension. SW