What's On the Box this week?

Reunited (BBC 1, Wednesday, 9pm) - 'Reunited' is a one-off pilot of a brand-new comedy drama from Mike Bullen, writer of 'Cold Feet' and 'Life Begins'. It follows a group of six people who once shared a house together in London during their early 20s. Martin and Hannah were a couple who seemed destined to end up together until Hannah, in a moment of madness, slept with Martin's best friend, Rob. The other occupants, Belinda, Danny and Sarah, watched in dismay as acrimony and recrimination tore the close-knit group apart. Eight years on, following another failed relationship, Hannah discovers her old flame, Martin, is engaged to be married and returns to London. With differing degrees of enthusiasm, the friends gather again and realise the distant past may not be as distant as they had imagined. _____________________________________________________________ Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up (BBC 4, Friday, 9.30pm) - Who could have predicted The Who, in their 60s, singing 'Hope I Die Before I Get Old' to enthusiastic audiences spanning generations; Mick Jagger, with seven years already on his bus pass, snaking across the stage singing 'Let's Spend The Night Together', or a topless, leathery Iggy Pop growling 'Last Year I Was 21', before climbing the speaker stacks for a bit of mock fornication. Scenes that are at once incredibly odd, but undeniably powerful and inspiring. 'Forever Young' takes a closer look at how rock 'n' roll has had to deal with the unthinkable - namely growing up and growing old. From its roots in the 1950s as a music made by young people for young people, to the 21st-century phenomena of the 'revival' and the 'comeback', the programme investigates what happens when the music refuses to die and its performers refuse to leave the stage. Moving seamlessly through the decades, the programme shows how the genre attempted to grow up but how it was held back and only allowed to age with events such as Live Aid in 1985, which made it possible for older acts to return to the stage. Suddenly it wasn't 'uncool' to be 40 any more. _____________________________________________________________ Gazza's Tears: The Night That Changed Football (ITV, Sunday, 7pm) - Twenty years on from one of football's most iconic matches, this documentary revisits England's 1990 World Cup semi-final match against Germany. The one-hour documentary - which features Paul Gascoigne speaking candidly about the match and his relationship with manager Bobby Robson - tells the story of that dramatic night in Turin as Robson's team took on their old foes in the Stadio delle Alpi for a chance to make their first World Cup final since 1966; revisiting the moment that a teary-eyed Gazza received a yellow card, and the penalty shoot-out that would haunt the national team for years to come. The programme features new interviews with other members of the team, including Terry Butcher, Paul Parker, Peter Shilton and David Platt as well as Bobby Robson's son, Mark. _____________________________________________________________ Roddy Doyle, 20 Years On (RTE 1, Tuesday, 11.10pm) - Roddy Doyle has just completed his Henry Smart trilogy, after 15 years of work, with the publication this year of 'The Dead Republic'. 'The Commitments', the first of his much-loved Barrytown trilogy, is 20 years-old and many of the issues of identity and what it means to be Irish are ongoing themes in Doyle's writing. In this edition of 'The View Presents', Doyle tells John Kelly about his life and work. "I grew up in a place where I never heard the Dublin accent on the airwaves. The only time you ever heard a Dublin accent was as a parody." He remembers criticism of 'The Commitments' on the grounds that "it wouldn't entice anyone to come and visit Dublin, as if the point to living in Ireland was to entice people to visit it". In the interview, Doyle also talks about critics. "One part of me is very thick-skinned and one part of me is very thin-skinned. It can really depend on the day of the week, what way I am feeling." And he talks about his next plans, as he leaves behind Henry Smart for good. _____________________________________________________________ Imagine: Tom Jones (BBC 1, Tuesday, 9pm) - During an intimate and revealing encounter, Sir Tom Jones looks back on a remarkable singing career, reflecting on his highs, lows, achievements and regrets. A pop legend often referred to as The Voice, he possessed the dynamic stagecraft and supercharged vocal power that won the admiration of Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra - and millions of fans all over the world. Such illustrious endorsements should come as no surprise in a career spanning almost five decades. Jones has sung almost every idiom in popular music - including pop, rock, show tunes, country, dance and techno. He has also sold more than 100 million albums, hosted a successful TV variety programme, and has headlined at some of the biggest venues in Las Vegas. Featuring exclusive contributions from an outstanding line-up of fellow musicians and former collaborators, including Jools Holland, Sandie Shaw, Robbie Williams, Cerys Matthews and Kelly Jones, this film attempts to get a glimpse of the real man behind the showman - and to show how this septuagenarian is still striving to be as relevant today as he ever was. _____________________________________________________________ Movie Of The Week: Something's Gotta Give (RTE 1, Wednesday, 9.35pm) - Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton prove that age is no barrier to love's dilemmas in this delightful rom-com perfect for summer. Swinging sixtysomething entertainment executive Harry Langer is surrounded by plenty of young girlfriends. His latest romance is young petite sophisticate Marin, who takes him to her mother's beach house in The Hamptons for a weekend fling. However, Marin's successful Broadway playwright mother, Erica Barry, is already vacationing at the house with her sister, Zoe, and chemistry starts to happen.