BEST OF THE REST
DEVS BBC2, 9pm
AS this creepy tech thriller concludes, it’s time for Lily to face Forest and Katie for the last time, knowing that her life is in danger.
Forest, the weird egotistical head of Amaya (played by Nick Offerman) and his terrifying sidekick Katie (played by Alison Pill) already know exactly what will happen.
They have already witnessed how everything plays out many times before. But now, with painful inevitability, Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) needs to experience it herself.
“I don’t know what I am anymore,” she says. “I’m not even choosing the words that I speak now.”
But she has Forest absolutely nailed, describing him as having a Messiah complex.
With her death already predetermined and a gun in her pocket, can she defy him and prevent what is about to happen? And is everyone at Devs crackers?
“Don’t worry, it will be ok,” says Forest, underplaying the situation.
It’s all very melodramatic, deep, chilling and insane.
SPRING AT JIMMY’S FARM Channel 4, 8.05pm
JIMMY DOHERTY is a busy man. The ambitious Essex lad first appeared on our screens in 2004 as a fresh-faced 28-year-old, having bought the leasehold on a Suffolk dairy farm and with the plan to create a thriving business selling sausages and bacon direct to the public from his own butchery.
Despite having no qualifications in pig farming, he reared several rare breeds of them, including his flagship brand, the almost-extinct Essex pig.
Jimmy’s Farm was the first of many TV appearances, he even joined his childhood pal Jamie Oliver – who gave him a business loan to buy the farm – on a couple of shows.
The business grew to include an award-winning restaurant, a nature trail, a butterfly house and numerous science and food festivals and there is now an animal park full of exotic creatures across 280 acres.
Now Channel 4 is back on the farm for a four-part documentary to find out how he and his team are managing in these difficult times, giving families cooped up indoors the chance to see spring in the countryside unfold week by week.
FIRST DATES HOTEL Channel 4, 9pm
SOMEWHERE in a backroom in a TV production office sit the unsung heroes in casting who have mostly excellent matchmaking skills.
The number of times couples seem to be absolutely perfect for each other on this show is just astonishing.
Take Alex and Georgia for example. Alex is an eccentric 24-year-old antiques dealer with impeccable manners, hoping to find someone who appreciates him – tweed jacket, straw boater and all. “I want someone who gets me,” he says, “which is difficult because I’m not sure if I get me.”
Meanwhile, 26-year-old opera singer Hannah is after a man who is the perfect gentleman, someone intelligent and quirky.
She’s not had the best luck so far. “I connect with the more tragic operas because my love life is tragic,” she says. But could the Channel 4 casting magic change her fortune?
Elsewhere, the magic is slightly off-kilter. Georgia and Rachael are on dates with men – but fancy each other more. Who will be left broken hearted?