uncategorized
Share icon

Share

20/05 Tonight’s Telly

Published 06:00 20 May 2011 BST

Updated 03:22 1 Jun 2013 BST

JOE
20/05 Tonight’s Telly

Homeuncategorized

Main event: Arena: No Direction Home - Bob Dylan, BBC Four, 9.00pm

Martin Scorsese's two-part profile of the singer, featuring rare interviews and archive footage. The first half examines Dylan's formative years, with contributions by childhood friends and teachers on his earliest musical efforts. It also explores his arrival on New York's thriving early 1960s folk scene and the artists who influenced his work.

Movie pick: Changing Lanes, More4, 9.00pm

Self-absorbed Wall Street lawyer Banek is on his way to file papers in a multi-million dollar case when he collides with alcoholic insurance salesman Gipson, himself en route to an important custody hearing. The accident leaves Gipson stranded and at risk of losing access to his children. Determined to get even, he sets in motion a vindictive cycle of retribution. Thriller, with Samuel L Jackson, Ben Affleck and Toni Collette.

More TV: Are you related to an American President?, BBC Two, 8.00pm

Documentary examining US presidents with Irish roots. The programme follows a former grocery owner from Strabane and a retired teacher from Castleknock as they set out to trace their links to previous occupants of the White House.

20/05 Tonight's Telly