Channel 4’s new Apocalypse puts ordinary people in abandoned ghost town
Tonight's television offers a mix of new reality drama and lighter entertainment, headlined by Channel 4's "Apocalypse", a survival show that places two teams of ordinary people in a real ghost town without knowledge of each other's presence. As they scavenge for food and shelter, tensions rise between contrasting personalities, offering the kind of social experiment dynamics that tend to draw viewers into reality television. Elsewhere, Channel 4 also launches "The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down", with host Liza Tarbuck welcoming five famous faces including Fatiha El-Ghorri and Lucy Beaumont.
Other highlights include a BBC Four Proms roundup featuring Marvin Gaye tributes and Ladysmith Black Mambazo marking 40 years of "Graceland", a celebrity dog-training show with contestants such as Rhod Gilbert and Vicky Pattison, and the continuation of BBC One's Arctic-set thriller starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie. ITV1's explosives-unit drama starring Vicky McClure builds towards its series finale, concluding Monday, while Sky Cinema premieres the folk horror film "Rabbit Trap" starring Dev Patel. Sporting coverage includes the Great North Run, Women's Super League football between Arsenal and Crystal Palace, and Premier League action featuring Manchester United against Manchester City.
- Channel 4 launches "Apocalypse", a ghost-town survival reality show
- Celebrity pottery competition and Proms highlights also feature tonight
- Sport includes Great North Run and Man Utd v Man City
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Originally published by The Guardian as “TV tonight: a jaw-dropping new end-of-the-world reality show”.