TV tonight: Nick Mohammed has a licence to thrill at the Proms
Tonight’s television highlights include a Proms celebration of James Bond music hosted by Nick Mohammed, alongside documentaries, drama, comedy and films. The selection ranges from Wham!’s landmark 1985 China tour to the final episodes of a bleak Afghanistan-set series, plus thrillers and historical drama.
– Nick Mohammed presents a Proms programme of Bond classics, with Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducting. – A charity edition of a visual quiz features soap actors, radio presenters and pop stars. – Sandi Toksvig visits Hadrian’s Wall and Vindolanda in an archaeology series. – A documentary explores Wham!’s 1985 visit to China in its cold war context. – Films include The Whisper Man, Black Panther and Lee, starring Kate Winslet as war photographer Lee Miller.
- Nick Mohammed hosts a James Bond-themed Proms night.
- Wham!’s China tour is examined in a new documentary.
- Black Panther and Lee feature among tonight’s films.
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The BBC Proms is a summer season of concerts, usually held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Its programmes range from classical music to concerts built around popular themes, and they are broadcast on television and radio.
James Bond is the fictional British spy at the centre of a long-running series of films. Their theme songs and orchestral scores are a familiar part of the films, composed by several musicians over the decades. Nick Mohammed is an actor and comedian presenting the concert, with Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducting the orchestra.