Meet The Lords

9PM, BBC2

Filmed over the course of a year, this riveting three-part series goes behind the scenes of the House of Lords to meet some of those who walk the corridors of one of Britain’s oldest and most venerable of institutions. At a time when the political rule book is being torn up, does it still have a place? ‘It’s terribly like being at school,’ explains one of 92 hereditary peers, Lord Palmer, showing us his great-grandfather’s coat hook, which dates from 1933 and is used by him today. Baroness King (right) and Lords Blunkett, Tebbit and Lawson are among the contributors.

The Railways That Built Britain With Chris Tarrant 9PM The presenter operates the signals for the Bluebell Railway in Sussex