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TV tonight: the life and wild times of John Belushi

An insightful documentary about the Saturday Night Live and Blues Brothers star. Plus: Walking Britain’s Lost Railways in North Devon. Here’s what to watch this evening

Blues Brother and Saturday Night Live stalwart John Belushi coined his own wildly popular form of adrenalised, physical comedy performance before his death from a drug overdose in 1982. This feature-length documentary from filmmakers RJ Cutler and John Battse examines Belushi’s unpredictable nature and massive success, both as an original cast member of SNL and later as a bankable movie star, before his drug abuse problems caused his demise. The film also features insightful and rare testimony from Belushi’s widow Judith. Ammar Kalia

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