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PICK OF THE DAY
Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats
9PM, BBC2 One of the world’s most elusive animals, the jaguar is South America’s leading predator – but the inexorable spread of agriculture means its numbers are in sharp decline. Narrated by David Attenborough, this stunning Natural World film follows a pioneering team of conservationists in Brazil as they observe wild jaguars in order to gain remarkable new insights into the lives of these majestic big cats. When a pair of cubs are tragically orphaned, the team must pull out all the stops to ensure they are able to survive in their natural habitat.
The Great British Bake Off
After youngest baker Michael became the third to make his farewells last week, just nine remain to face Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood’s fourth batch of challenges – and, in a first for the series, this episode has a theme of batter. Who will rise to the occasion, and who will find their ambitions falling flat as a pancake?
Our Girl
9PM, BBC1 Episode two of the Girl’s Own drama finds Elvis joining a trio of special forces operatives tasked with rescuing Georgie from Al-Shabaab – but first, they must work out where she’s being held. Feisty Georgie, meanwhile, is keeping busy getting to know the people she has found herself sharing a space with – both hostages and kidnappers.
DCI Banks
9PM, ITV A new two-part story finds Banks and the team called in when a philanthropic Chinese businessman is kidnapped while heading home after attending a charity rally. Has he been abducted by one of the protection gangs he’s been threatening to expose for targeting Chinese migrants? And, if so, do they want revenge as well as the ransom?