TV Preview: Man on Wire | Perfect Stranger | Blazing Saddles

Our TV critic previews upcoming programmes

Man On Wire

Rating: ****

Tomorrow, BBC2, 10pm

A rare example of a blockbuster documentary, this Bafta and Oscar-winning film tells how Philippe Petit prepared for and carried out his daring 1974 high wire walk between New York’s Twin Towers.

Perfect Stranger

Rating: ***

Tomorrow, Channel 5, 10pm

Tricksy thriller in which reporter Halle Berry tries to find out who murdered her pal after an online blind date. Was it Bruce Willis’s slimy businessman and if she goes undercover to find out, will she end up in danger too?

Blazing Saddles

Rating: *****

Wednesday, ITV4, 9pm

Elvis’s favourite movie, according to the Graceland exhibition: he used to screen it over and over for his buddies and laugh hysterically every time. And why not: Mel Brooks’ best spoof is indeed very funny, even if you don’t care for the Westerns it’s based upon.