MUST-SEE SHOWS
CELEBRITY CATCHPOINT Tonight, BBC1, 5.30pm
STRICTLY champions Ore Oduba and Kelvin Fletcher will be hoping their nifty footwork can help them triumph over the Reverends Kate Bottley and Richard Coles as the quartet attempts to win cash for charity.
Paddy Mcguinness hosts, as 10 LED screens display the answers to each question the players face. Suspended above are trapdoors – each containing a ball. The players stand in front of the screen they think displays the correct answer and try to catch the ball when it drops.
RHOD GILBERT: STAND UP TO INFERTILITY
Tomorrow, BBC2, regions vary
THE comedian and his wife Sian
have been trying for a baby, but while she deals with the complications of endometriosis, he’s discovered his sperm is lazy and languid “like their owner”.
In this heartfelt documentary, the Gilberts share the emotional turmoil surrounding the issue of infertility.
Rhod also meets others who have suffered similar
experiences, including poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who speaks openly about the pain felt by childless men.
LONG LOST FAMILY Monday, ITV, 9pm
TONIGHT’S first story follows the journey of Yasika Fernando, separated from her Sri Lankan birth mother when she was adopted, by a British couple, at a few months old.
Though Yasika has always known her birthplace to be Sri Lanka, she only discovered the truth about her start in life at the age of 18.
Ever since, she has yearned to find her birth mother.
Meanwhile, Richard Standen has never forgotten his son Darren, who he last saw more
than 50 years ago, after he and his then girlfriend unwittingly agreed to have him adopted.
Now 71, Richard has found Darren’s half-sister, Kim, who it turns out has also been searching for Darren.
MARCELLA Tuesday, ITV, 9pm
ANNA FRIEL is as impressive as ever as troubled cop Marcella Backland, whose fragile grip on reality could slip altogether after she realises that somebody has worked out that the identity she has adopted while trying to infiltrate the Maguire family, is false.
Ray, meanwhile, also learns she’s gone undercover, and Jack is released from prison, ready to return to his life of crime.
GRAND DESIGNS
Wednesday, Channel 4, 9pm
KEVIN MCCLOUD heads to Cornwall, where ex-skydivers Leigh and Richard have fallen head over heels in love with a derelict 17th-century flour mill.
Taking a huge leap of faith, they put their business on hold and sell their house to move 250 miles to live in a caravan on site. With no experience of building or restoration, and £250k to play with, Richard and Leigh plan to restore the outside and retain as much of the history inside as possible.
ADRIAN DUNBAR’S COASTAL IRELAND
Thursday, Channel 5, 8pm
ACTOR Adrian Dunbar is probably best known for playing
Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, but while fans wait for that acclaimed drama to return, there’s a chance to see him going back to his roots in a two-part travelogue.
He’s travelling along the wild and rugged west and north coasts of Ireland, making a stop at the Mizen bridge, suspended 45 metres above sea level. He
also joins an old friend, who also happens to be one of Ireland’s finest chefs, for lunch.
HIP HOP: THE SONGS THAT SHOOK AMERICA
Friday, BBC Four, 10pm & 10.40pm EACH episode of this new documentary series focuses on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture.
Tonight’s double bill begins with a look at Rock Box by RUN-DMC and explains how one song tore down barriers between rock and rap, race and class in America.
Then, the focus shifts to Queen Latifah’s Ladies First, which showed how the culture could also bow down to queens of rap.