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TV tonight: the royal life of Grace Kelly

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An archive-laden documentary charts the screen icon’s transformation into the Princess of Monaco before her untimely death. Plus: The Last Wave continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

Grace of Monaco: Hollywood Princess

9pm, Channel 5

Despite acting for only six years, Grace Kelly left a formidable mark on screen by starring as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s alluring female leads in Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, as well as winning an Oscar for her performance in 1954’s The Country Girl. Her promising career was cut short, however, by her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco at the age of 26. This archive-laden doc explores her life as Monaco’s princess before her tragic death from a car crash in 1982 at only 52. Ammar Kalia

Most Ridiculous

8am, Comedy Central

Katherine Ryan is back with an embarrassment of embarrassments dredged from the internet: from everyday antics to the internet’s most bonkers vacation virals. You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, you’ll look at your phone. You’ve Been Framed for the Covid generation. Ali Catterall

The Voice Kids

7.25pm, ITV

The Voice Kids. Photograph: ITV/Rachel Joseph

It is the final day of blind auditions and Paloma Faith, Danny Jones, Pixie Lott and Will.i.am are preparing their teams for the intensity of the battle stages. Twelve-year-old Dara has already stunned the panel with his powerful rendition of Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing but who else will rival his formidable pipes? AK

Casualty

8.40pm, BBC One

A freak accident at a funeral and a pair of warring siblings set the scene for another dramatic day in A&E. Jacob’s worried when Nate, the wheelchair-using patient he’s been looking after, is brought in with breathing difficulties, and Faith becomes desperate for solutions when there’s bad news about her son. Hannah Verdier

The Last Wave

9pm, BBC Four

The waterborne French thriller continues as the coastal community of Brizan is placed on high alert. Soon, a tidal wave causes the island to be split into two by the sea, and Lena begins to draw together the connections between her dreams and this nightmarish reality. Only Ben thinks he has the solution. AK

Hot Property

11.50pm, BBC One

Slightly dubious dating show in which singletons try to evaluate potential partners on the basis of their possessions. Tonight, fashionable Ellie is in search of a sharply dressed man. What will she make of the contents of three contrasting wardrobes as she snoops around their owners’ respective houses? Phil Harrison

Film choice

The spectre of Kurtz... Apocalypse Now. Photograph: Zoetrope/United Artists

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, 9.30pm, BBC Two

Francis Ford Coppola’s extraordinary vision of America’s Vietnam experience, filtered through Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, has Martin Sheen as a burnt-out army assassin sent upriver to terminate renegade Colonel Kurtz. A mind-bending portrait, with Marlon Brando’s Kurtz looming over all. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Snooker: World Championship, 10am, BBC Two. Second day’s play from Sheffield.

FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Chelsea, 4.30pm, BBC One. The cup final live from Wembley Stadium.

Boxing: Ted Cheeseman v Sam Eggington, 9.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. IBF international super welterweight bout.

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Larita Shotwell

Update: 2024-04-30