Sport Relief: The Choir BBC2, Friday 10pm
BBC1 gets the bulk of tonight’s huge charity telethon, but while the news break in, attention switches to BBC2 to see choirmaster Gareth Malone attempt to train 20 Olympic and Paralympic athletes to sing as a group. Caution: may contain James Corden.
Comedy Exchange Dave, Friday 10pm
Phill Jupitus has moved away from his stand-up heritage in recent times, so it’s nice to see him return here. However, there’s a twist involved — he’s trying his luck in New York, swapping places with Manhattan-based comic Eugene Mirman. Not only do both comics have to contend with being unknowns once more, there are cultural differences to trip them up as well. It’s a great programme that really exposes how hard the art of stand-up is.
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Bruce Forsyth ITV1, Saturday 8.30pm
You spend seven decades in show business, and not only are you not given a knighthood but you have to recite your entire career history while sharing a stage with obsequious upstart Piers Morgan. There’s no justice, is there?
Boyzone: A Tribute to Stephen Gately ITV1, Sunday 8.30pm
Boyzone: Life after Stephen ITV2, Sunday 10pm
Will Jan Moir be watching? The tragic death of Gately last year at the age of 33 is commemorated with a line-up including Bono, Mika, Paul O’Grady, Robbie Williams, Westlife and former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern. It’s followed later by a documentary following Gately’s bandmates in the months after losing their friend and colleague.
Pineapple Dance Studios Sky1, Sunday 6pm
Personally, there’s only so much Louie Spence I can take, and Harry Hill’s TV Burp more than delivers on that front. If your stomach is stronger than mine, you can hear Michael Buerk give possibly the best voiceover performance since Dave Lamb on Come Dine With Me.
