What to watch on TV today: Saturday 29 June, including Glastonbury and the big fight
TURN up the volume for the second day of live coverage from Glasto’s Worthy Farm.
With sets including Cyndi Lauper and Keane, you can rock out on your sofa all weekend.
Here are TV Mag’s picks of the best telly to watch on Saturday 28 June 2024…
Glastonbury 2024 (times below, BBC1, BBC2 & BBC4)
As the second day of the festival‘s music gets underway (and the fear of missing out really sets in), there’s lots to enjoy from the comfort
of your sofas.
From 5pm on BBC2, it’s time to tune in to performances from the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Michael Kiwanuka and Camila Cabello.
While over on BBC4, Corinne Bailey Rae, Keane, Jessie Ware and Disclosure’s sets can be watched in succession from 7pm.
But the real golden ticket comes at 10pm on BBC1 when Coldplay take to Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage and make history, becoming the first act to headline the festival on five separate occasions.
Expect all of the foursome’s classic anthems, from Yellow to The Scientist, as the Worthy Farm crowd soak up the magical music moment.
Ainsley’s National Trust Cook Off (11.40am ITV1)
Ainsley Harriott returns to the stunning kitchen garden at Tyntesfield, Somerset, and challenges this week’s guests, chef Yvonne Cobb and Dr Rupy Aujla, to create a dish using fresh ingredients picked from the garden.
Meanwhile, Ainsley finds out what goes into maintaining the unique outdoor kitchen and shows us how to create his brioche French toast with chargrilled plums.
A Royal Guide To Funerals (8pm C4)
It might sound like sombre viewing, but there’s much to be learnt from this royal documentary.
While many leave their loved ones to organise the details of their final farewell, it’s royal protocol to plan your own funeral – and that’s just the beginning of a long line of traditions.
This hour-long programme lifts the lid on many of them, including who keeps guard over the bodies and how it’s decided where they are buried.
Boxing: Estrada v Rodriguez (streaming on DAZN)
The Footprint Center in Arizona is the venue as Juan Francisco Estrada defends his WBC and The Ring super flyweight titles against Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.
At 33, Estrada is nine years Rodriguez’s senior, but an 18-month break from the sport, combined with all that experience, means he’ll be hungry to prove he’s still a force to be reckoned with.
It won’t be easy – Rodriguez remains unbeaten and is considered by many the best flyweight in the sport right now.
The Chris McCausland Show (8.25am ITV1)
He’s no stranger to being centre stage – but now the comic’s taking over our weekends too.
For 11 weeks, Chris is fronting this brand-new chat show, where he’ll be joined by celebrity guests, including episode one’s Paul Whitehouse and Donna Preston.
But the blind star has promised it won’t be a run-of-the-mill format, as he’s inviting the VIPs to be part of his audio-only world through a series of laugh-out-loud interactive games.
“I am really excited about this,” says Chris, “although I can’t do autocue and I don’t know where the cameras are. What can possibly go wrong?”
Tour De France (10.30am Eurosport 1 & 10.45am ITV4)
Anyone who drives Britain’s country roads at the weekend will know how popular cycling is right now.
Expect the roads to be quieter today because the Tour de France, the world’s most famous – and toughest – race, begins in Florence, with Italy hosting the Grand Départ for the first time.
Can Tadej Pogačar – who’s looking to do the double after winning the Giro D’Italia – get off to a strong start?
The two-wheeled action continues every day this week.