TV tonight: a striking film about the late musician Beldina Odenyo
Her half-sister pieces together her demos for an album in this moving documentary. Plus: Bake Off lets the fans set the tasks in the tent. Here’s what to watch this evening 10pm, BBC Four In October 2021, a triumphant performance at Usher Hall in Edinburgh set the singer‑songwriter Beldina Odenyo on the path to great success. By November, she had taken her own life. She was 31. In this documentary , her half-sister Leah attempts to gather Odenyo’s demos into an album. It also considers the trauma she lived with, as well as the force of her music. Hollie Richardson Continue reading...
Her half-sister pieces together her demos for an album in this moving documentary. Plus: Bake Off lets the fans set the tasks in the tent. Here’s what to watch this evening
10pm, BBC Four In October 2021, a triumphant performance at Usher Hall in Edinburgh set the singer‑songwriter Beldina Odenyo on the path to great success. By November, she had taken her own life. She was 31. In this documentary , her half-sister Leah attempts to gather Odenyo’s demos into an album. It also considers the trauma she lived with, as well as the force of her music. Hollie Richardson
8pm, Channel 4 Bringing Nigella Lawson on board has proved a hit and now there’s another first for the show: a week of challenges set by fans of the show. Expect things to be even more chaotic than usual, as familiar faces enter the tent for the signature challenge and the bakers need to make wearable treats for the showstopper. HR
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The Belfast cop drama, created by two former investigative journalists, is as riveting as ever in its fourth season, and we get answers to what happened after a gunshot in that cliffhanger opener. Meanwhile, Blackthorn station is marked for closure, poor wee Tommy is struggling with heartbreak and Grace gets (yet another) nasty bit of news. HR
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