8.30PM, TV3
THURSDAY DOCO: 7/7 BOMBERS
Showing one day short of the first anniversary of the suicide bombings which struck London's public transport system last year, killing 56 people, this documentary attempts to examine the psychological state of mind of the bombers and how Britain produced these home-grown terrorists.
8.30PM,
TV2
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS
Aussie actress Zoe Naylor is pulling double duty tonight on two channels - as Regan McLeod she returns to Drovers Run desperate to talk to Tess about a devastating secret. Only Tess has gone off to Argentinia, so Regan clams up but asks to stay - but the other Drovettes are in two minds about letting her stay around.
9.30PM, TV ONE
ORANGE ROUGHIES
And Naylor is also skipping about Auckland as Customs Officer Jane Durant. In this episode she's trying to help Danny's ex-girlfriend - who has turned up on the run from corrupt Melbourne police - escape a hitman.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
TOUCH OF PINK
Herald rating: * * *
Alim (Jimi Mistri) is a gay Indian, raised in Canada and now living a free-wheeling London lifestyle. He is forced to confront homophobia from his own family when his mother, a devout Muslim, pays a visit. Kyle MacLachlan also stars as Alim's make-believe friend, Cary Grant. The premise may sound cliched, but there are enough twists to keep it interesting. (2004)
10PM, SKY MOVIES 1
THE MISSING
Herald rating: * * *
Cate Blanchett plays a rancher living in 19th-century New Mexico with her two daughters. Her father (Tommy Lee Jones), absent since her childhood, comes to make amends just as one of the daughters is kidnapped by rogue Apaches. She turns to him for help in tracking the captives. All the dressings of a blockbuster: great locations, cinematography, epic soundtrack, top-notch actors but director Ron Howard somehow misses the mark. (2003)
SPORT
SKY SPORT 1 LIVE MIDNIGHT
TENNIS: WIMBLEDON
This grass court grand slam event, if running to schedule, is down to the semis: the women's tonight and the men's tomorrow. The women's final is on Sunday morning (Sky Sport 1 live 1.30am) and the men's on Monday (Sky Sport 1 live 1am). Five sets might take you through to the World Cup final on the same channel at 5.30am. For free-to-air viewers, Prime has nightly highlights.
