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TV tonight: inside the astonishing true story of a casino bomb plot

the Guardian·the Guardian·28 days ago
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This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist 9.45pm, BBC Two This heart-racing, three-part documentary tells the wild story of a casino bomb and the man behind it. In 1980, a ticking timebomb using 1,000lb of dynamite was wheeled through Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino in Lake Tahoe, with a note demanding $3m (£2.2m) attached to it. It was so sophisticated that, as one bomb squad member who was there remembers in the first episode, “all the usual techniques were thrown out of the window”. Hollie Richardson Jamie’s Ultimate BBQ 8pm, Channel 4 Jamie Oliver tries to improve the nation’s barbecue skills for summer in his latest show. Expect the usual mix of step-by-step advice and mouthwatering dishes, which in this opener include a sirloin steak cooked three ways and some luscious lamb lollipops. Graeme Virtue Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales 8pm, Channel 5 Big news in series three of the charming Our Yorkshire Farm spin-off: Reuben has a new favourite tractor. He’s soon putting it to work assembling a sheep pen.…

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