TV tonight: the true horror of the Salisbury Poisonings laid bare

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TV tonight: the true horror of the Salisbury Poisonings laid bare

The Guardian · 4 hours ago

Tonight's TV picks are led by a Sky Documentaries film revisiting the 2018 Salisbury poisonings of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, alongside a range of other programmes across the schedule.

– The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door (9pm, Sky Documentaries) uses first-hand testimony from journalists, Theresa May, intelligence officials and counterterrorism leaders to revisit the 2018 Novichok attack
– Best Medicine (8pm, Sky One) sees the small-town doctor tackle an elderly patient's strange behaviour and a child's suspected hypochondria
– Survivor Australia (9pm, BBC Three) reaches a "heroes v villains" campfire showdown in its 10th season
– Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour (9pm, U&Gold) begins with the comedy duo visiting Porridge locations and its creators
– The Vampire Lestat: Interview With the Vampire (9.30pm, BBC Two) continues, with Jennifer Ehle guest starring as Lestat's mother
– It Happened to Me: I Was Jailed in Japan for Ketamine (10.15pm, BBC Two) follows Izabel Rose's arrest in Osaka
– Stand By Me (3am, Sky Cinema Greats) airs as the 1986 Stephen King adaptation, with added poignancy following director Rob Reiner's death
– Live sport: The Hundred cricket

  • Sky Documentaries revisits the 2018 Salisbury Novichok poisonings tonight
  • Survivor Australia's 10th season hits a heroes v villains showdown
  • Stand By Me airs, resonant after director Rob Reiner's death

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