PICK OF THE DAY

Bancroft

9PM, ITV

Sarah Parish is the new cop on the block in this dark and compelling four-part drama, showing over consecutive nights. The Broadchurch and W1A star plays respected DCI Elizabeth Bancroft, one of those women whose calm exterior masks a world of dark secrets. She’s a complex figure: a caring single mum, and also a courageous officer not afraid to get her hands dirty or bend the rules to get results. But Bancroft’s worlds are about to collide when, while working a cold case, ghosts from the past emerge to haunt her again.

Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

5PM, CH4

New, ten-part weekday series in which Kirstie Allsopp delivers her own particular brand of Christmas cheer. Featuring food, drink and all manner of festive things to make and do, each episode revolves around a competition between top British creatives at Kirstie’s Christmas HQ, starting with a cake-decorating contest.

Nigella’s Christmas Table

8PM, BBC2

Nigella Lawson ladles on the seasonal sauce, showing us how to throw a festive party to remember. Menu highlights include chocolate pistachio meringue cookies, devilled eggs, roast duck with orange, garlic and Parmesan potato gratin, sour-sweet red cabbage with cranberries and Moroccan vegetable hotpot.

The Real Marigold On Tour

9PM, BBC1

Part two of four sees Wayne Sleep, Miriam Margolyes, Bobby George and Jan Leeming enjoying a visit to the vibrant and steamy city of Havana, Cuba, where, though food is rationed, life expectancy is high, and everyone knows how to dance. And for at least one of the quartet, the trip is soon brimming with possibility.