This week’s best TV
FRIDAY THE BRIDGE (BBC Two, 9pm)
THE fourth and final series of the Scandinavian crime drama picks up two years later after Swedish homicide detective Saga Noren (Sofia Helin) has been released from prison. She had been accused of murdering her mother, but a lack of evidence has led to her acquittal.
As she struggles to come to terms with the consequences of the accusation, a macabre crime takes place – seemingly linked to migration.
Meanwhile, Saga’s partner Henrik Sabroe (Thure Lindhart) continues his desperate search for his children.
SATURDAY EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2018 (BBC One, 8pm)
THIS year’s song contest comes from Lisbon, where singer-songwriter SuRie (real name Susanna Marie Cork) is representing the UK with the song Storm.
SuRie has performed in the contest before, as a backing dancer and vocalist for Belgium’s Loic Nottet in 2015. Now she’s taking centre stage, with her country backing her all the way. Despite the UK’s disappointing results since Katrina and Waves won 21 years ago, SuRie has high hopes for Storm, which she describes as an anthemic track with an instantly catchy hook.
SUNDAY BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS (BBC One, 8pm)
SUE Perkins hosts the proceedings live from the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank.
The BBC’s flagship crime drama Line of Duty has nominations in the Drama Series category, as well as Leading Actress (Thandie Newton) and Supporting Actor (Adrian Dunbar). It will have strong competition from The Crown, whose outgoing star Claire Foy goes up against Newton. Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror and Three Girls are all expected to do well on the night too.
MONDAY INNOCENT (ITV, 9pm)
THIS new four-part drama, showing on consecutive evenings across the week, stars Lee Ingleby as David, who, after serving seven years of a life sentence for the murder of his wife Tara, is unexpectedly freed on a technicality.
The verdict is good news for his brother Phil (Daniel Ryan), who has campaigned on David’s behalf – but it comes as a terrible blow to Tara’s sister Alice (Hermione Norris) and her husband Rob (Adrian Rawlins). Unable to conceive, they have been raising David’s children as their own – using the proceeds of Tara and David’s estate – and now face losing custody.
TUESDAY THE WINDSORS ROYAL WEDDING SPECIAL (C4, 9pm)
THIS special edition of Channel 4’s royal sitcom finds Harry and his bride Meghan (Kathryn Drysdale) dealing with their wedding preparations, which in this version of events includes introducing Charles (Harry Enfield) to his new in-laws and an alcoholfree stag night.
Meanwhile, Pippa (Morgana Robinson) has a violent reaction to the impending marriage, Camilla (Haydn Gwynne) is stirring up trouble, and Wills (Hugh Skinner) takes time out from dealing with his new arrival to protect his subjects from Windsor’s evil Trampcatcher (Paul Kaye).
WEDNESDAY WHAT MAKES A WOMAN (C4, 10pm)
IN THIS special documentary, part of Channel 4’s Genderquake season, cameras follow transgender model and social activist Munroe Bergdorf as she undergoes dramatic facial feminisation surgery.
It’s an immersive, personal journey that takes Munroe from the runway at New York Fashion Week, to having her brain scanned in a cutting-edge gender experiment, all the while exploring her own identity.
THURSDAY HUMANS (C4, 9pm)
THE third season of the sci-fi drama picks up the action a year after the events of the last run, when Mattie uploaded the consciousness code to all synths.
While Mia (Gemma Chan) struggles to come to terms with the events of series two, the human Hawkins family are wrestling with their own problems as Laura (Katherine Parkinson) campaigns for synth rights, Mattie (Lucy Carless) is racked with guilt over her actions and Joe (Tom Goodman) opts for a technology-free life.