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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Anthony

The week in TV: Wimbledon; Euro 2024; GF Newman Remembers… Law and Order; The Turkish Detective; Spent; Sunny – review

Carlos Alcaraz on court at Wimbledon celebrating winning the men's singles quarter-finals last week.
Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, his name now studiously given its proper Spanish pronunciation by Clare Balding and co, at Wimbledon last week. Photograph: Andrej Isaković/AFP/Getty Images

Wimbledon (BBC One/Two) | iPlayer
Euro 2024 BBC One/ITV1
GF Newman Remembers… Law and Order (BBC Four) | iPlayer
Law and Order (BBC Four) | iPlayer
The Turkish Detective (BBC Two) | iPlayer
Spent (BBC Two) | iPlayer
Sunny AppleTV+

Amid the relentless rain and near permanent closure of the main courts’ roofs, it was the BBC’s pronunciation unit that managed to add a touch of Mediterranean sunshine to Wimbledon’s grey proceedings. Out went last year’s men’s singles winner, Alcaraz, and in his place came Al Carath, a more authentically Castilian rendering of the Spaniard’s name.

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