



Shane Salerno’s film takes a deep dive into the influential writer’s life, and tries to debunk some of the myths that grew up around “the Howard Hughes of his day”, as one of the contributors describes him. J D Salinger died in 2010, after having lived as a recluse for decades after the publication of The Catcher in the Rye. It’s a cautionary tale about coercive control, and the pain of Angel’s loved ones is tough to watch.

This moving documentary uses interviews with family and friends and social media to tell the story of Leicestershire teenager Angel Lynn in 2020 her abusive boyfriend abducted her and she fell from the back of his speeding van, causing life-altering brain injuries. at the Colosseum”, but it has its moments – is the wall art on sale really a Banksy? – and the seller of Tommy Cooper’s fez has an interesting tale to tell. One contributor comically hypes the show as “unscripted drama. VLĪlesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina host the first semi-final live from Liverpool, where among the 15 competing for a place in Saturday’s final is Sweden’s Loreen, who is back after winning the contest in 2012.ĪJ Odudu hosts this new eight-part series set in a specially created auction house, as we see sellers parting with prized possessions and collectors vying to spot the valuables among the tat. But on the eve of Sunday’s general election in Turkey, which comes just weeks after Erdoğan suffered a health scare and months after devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, he faces perhaps his biggest challenge yet. Tomorrow, we learn how Erdoğan survived a coup in 2016. Tonight’s film traces his journey from poverty-stricken childhood to the presidency via his time as a reforming mayor of Istanbul and a spell as a political prisoner. “A genius at reading his country,” says another. With news archive and an impressive roster of talking heads, including journalists, analysts, senior Turkish politicians and Erdoğan supporters, Range provides an even-headed assessment of a man who has held power since 2003. But as an astute politician, Erdoğan knows that as one of the Russian president’s few remaining international allies, he holds the balance of power – and revels in the influence that brings on the global stage. Early in Gabriel Range’s two-part documentary about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he shows footage of when the Turkish president kept an increasingly irritated Vladimir Putin waiting for their meeting about Ukraine.
