Seven Days

SATURDAY

Pointless Celebrities 6.25PM, BBC1

In a celebrity radio edition of the general knowledge quiz, Alexander Armstrong welcomes teams featuring Mark Steel and Marcus Brigstocke, Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden, Liz Kershaw and Nihal, and Shaun Keaveny and Nemone.

All Together Now

7.15PM, BBC1 See TV feature, page 22.

Village Of The Year

8PM, CH4

All five winners from last week’s daytime heats come under the spotlight in tonight’s semifinal, as the three judges – and host Penelope Keith – decide which of the southeast’s finest villages will go through to next month’s final.

Casualty

8.20PM, BBC1

Ethan orders Dylan to treat a stabbing victim in a case of domestic abuse that isn’t all it seems. But Dylan isn’t really the best person to rely on in the ED – his drinking is out of control.

Holocaust: The Revenge Plot

9PM, CH4

This engrossing documentary tells a littleknown story from the end of the Second World War, when a secret organisation of Holocaust survivors began to plot a terrible revenge against the German people.

Hard Sun

9.30PM, BBC1

The deranged Blackwood has declared that only Father Dennis can stop his killing spree, but the priest has so far refused to reveal what he’s heard in the confessional. Meanwhile, Hicks figures out where Renko has hidden the Hard Sun files – and journalist Will is in danger.

SUNDAY

Countryfile

6.30PM, BBC1

The team head north of the border to visit Perthshire and Kinross. There, Matt Baker visits former world curling champion Gordon Muirhead and his daughter and sons, who have put aside their training for next month’s Winter Olympics to help out during lambing season on the family farm.

Call The Midwife

8PM, BBC1

Racism rears its ugly head on the streets of the East End of London when nurse Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott) arrives to deliver a baby, and gets a less than warm welcome. Things get worse when the new mother has a stroke, and the family unfairly blame Lucille. Shelagh, meanwhile, gets a surprise when she meets her new Hungarian au pair.

Vera

8PM, ITV

In Darkwater, the last in the current series of investigations, the no-nonsense DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) faces a wall of silence in a rural timber community after the dead body of local teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.

Chris Packham: In Search Of The Lost Girl

9PM, BBC2

Chris heads to Sumatra to track down a woman who appeared in a photograph he took of Orang Rimba tribespeople back in 1998. He has no clues to her identity but the picture, and fears that she and her community may have been made homeless through deforestation – or fallen victim to murder.

SAS: Who Dares Wins

9PM, CH4

It’s the penultimate week, and time for the most psychologically demanding phase of the course – resistance to interrogation – where the remaining recruits are captured and then intensely grilled by a team of professionals. If they can survive this, they’ll survive anything.

MONDAY

Great American Railroad Journeys 6.30PM, BBC2

Michael Portillo continues his American rail journey through New England as he heads for the Canadian border. First stop: Vermont.

How To Lose Weight Well

8PM, CH4

In the last of the series, Xand van Tulleken and Hala El-Shafie ask more volunteers to road test some of today’s most popular weight-loss plans, including both a lowcarbohydrate diet and a carb-lover’s diet.

Silent Witness

9PM, BBC1

A woman’s suspicious death in a road accident leads the team to investigate a sinister residential home where her teenage son is being cared for. It’s a case that proves a very personal one for Clarissa (Liz Carr), reviving painful memories from her own childhood.

Next Of Kin

9PM, ITV

In episode four of this complex drama, Mona attempts to make amends for her arrest by playing the good wife to impress husband Guy’s clients, but a phone call from Danny draws her back into the police operation.

The Undateables

9PM, CH4

Tom, from Bridgend, is a male model, and while his looks mean he’s not short of attention, the 28-year-old has Tourette’s and Asperger’s, which can make him shy when speaking to girls. Can he find love in the final episode of this touching dating show?

TUESDAY

Murdered For Love?

9PM, BBC2

This new documentary looks at the death of Samia Shahid, a Bradford woman whose body was found in a cousin’s home in Pakistan. Was she the victim of an ‘honour’ killing?

Her friends and second husband talk about her life, and the ongoing fight for justice.

24 Hours In A&E

9PM, CH4

This episode demonstrates the strengths of single parenthood, and shows how families unite in tough times. First, 20-year-old Adam’s dad rushes to A&E after his son is involved in a high-speed motorcycle accident, while ten-year-old Pia is brought in by her mum after falling over and hurting her knee.

Inside No 9

10PM, BBC2

‘And The Winner Is’ is another ingenious short from Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, set in a jury room as a panel of experts meet to decide who should win the coveted best actress award at a prestigious ceremony.

Can You Rebuild My Brain? 10PM, CH4

In this engrossing documentary, the brave Lotje Sodderland, whose brain was left permanently damaged by a stroke when she was just 34, sets out to meet pioneers in the world of neuroscience, who are using the latest knowledge to repair ‘broken’ brains.

WEDNESDAY

The Truth About Getting Fit 8PM, BBC1

Just as most of us are ditching our resolutions to get into shape, Michael Mosley comes along to compare various forms of exercise to see which is the most effective, and learns the secrets of sticking to a fitness plan.

Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It 8PM, CH4

Kirstie wants Alex and Danny to stay in their three-bed semi in Preston and transform it into the perfect family home. But Phil thinks they should move into one of the new houses he has found instead. Decisions, decisions.

The New Builds Are Coming: Battle In The Countryside

9PM, BBC2

In this thought-provoking new series, the filmmaker Richard Macer heads into Oxfordshire to see if the contentious plan to build new estates across the British countryside is a solution to the UK’s broken housing market.

Girlfriends

9PM, ITV

Some good may rise out of the ashes when Gail (Zoe Wanamaker) returns home to face the fire damage, and finds ex-husband Dave offering to help with the clean-up. Linda (Phyllis Logan), meanwhile, takes drastic action that spells chaos for friends and family.

Kiri

9PM, CH4

In the final part of Jack Thorne’s compelling drama, the truth about what happened to Kiri starts to unfold, leading Miriam (Sarah Lancashire) to take responsibility for her actions and Tobi (Lucian Msamati) to make a choice about his wayward son, Nate. THURSDAY Animals With Cameras 8PM, BBC1

See Don’t Miss This, page 21.

The Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure

8PM, BBC2

Si King and Dave Myers visit Minorca and Majorca this week, where they explore the British influence on the local cuisine – which, surprisingly, dates back to the 17th century.

George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

8PM, CH4

George meets free-spirited Ellie, who, instead of just dreaming about escaping the rat race, has actually done something about it – she has bought a 1970s double-decker bus, with her heart set on turning it into a luxury mobile home. But will it prove to be her ticket to ride?

Death In Paradise

9PM, BBC1

There’s more murder under the sun when millionaire Finn Anderson receives a voicemail from his wife, Daisy, in which he hears her being attacked. When she turns up dead, Finn becomes the prime suspect – the trouble for DI Mooney (Ardal O’Hanlon), though, is that Finn has an alibi for the time the murder took place.

Death Row 2018 With Trevor McDonald

9PM, ITV

Five years on from his Inside Death Row, Trevor McDonald returns to the maximum-security prison in Indiana where he met some of the men who were scheduled to die there. Since then, a new death chamber has been built – but some familiar faces are still awaiting their fate.

FRIDAY The Wine Show

7PM, CH5

James Purefoy and Matthew Goode are in stunning Burgundy, visiting one of its historic wineries, while Amelia Singer and Joe Fattorini travel to Canada to find out if the country’s wines can really hold their own against those from more established wine-producing nations.

River Monsters

8PM, ITV

Underwater detective Jeremy Wade fishes deeper than he has ever fished before as he sets out on the trail of the elusive Greenland shark, which was always thought to be harmless – but new evidence suggests that it could actually be a deadly predator.

Jamie And Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast

8PM, CH4

This week, Johnny Vegas is at the Southend cafe, learning to cook the perfect steak. Plus, Jamie Oliver makes cannelloni with veal and nettles, and Jimmy Doherty builds a beer pump.

Lethal Weapon

9PM, ITV

Murtaugh and Riggs respond to a robbery that took place 20,000ft in the air, while Murtaugh faces hostility from his daughter, Riana, as he tries to connect with her.