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DRAMA The X-Files

MY5

This latest, 11th series will be the last to feature Gillian Anderson as Scully, who starts the first episode in a bad way. As a result, Mulder sets off in hot pursuit of his nemesis, the Cigarette Smoking Man, who has now – after ten seasons – revealed his true name. Those previous 208 episodes can be seen on Amazon.

Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders

ALL 4 This tight Swedish drama has been one of the great surprises of 2018. Ida Engvoll stars as the big-city lawyer who goes home and finds a mystery, as well as plenty of personal trauma.

COMEDY Two Doors Down

BBC iPLAYER

Poor Eric rarely has any luck and, in the second episode of the new run, a medical procedure has left him incapacitated. This means he has even less chance than usual of escaping neighbours Cathy and Colin’s witless prattle.

The Mash Report

BBC iPLAYER

This new series of BBC2’s news satire has been far more sure-footed, partly because of Rachel Parris’s piercingly sharp ‘how-to’ guides to modern life. What exactly constitutes sexual harassment? How can celebrities apologise without apologising? Ms Parris has the answers.

DOCUMENTARY Back In Time For Tea

BBC iPLAYER Over six episodes, the Ellis family experience how life has changed for working families in the north over the past century. Sara Cox and social historian Polly Russell are there to ease them into a bread and lard diet as their journey begins in 1918, in the wake of the First World War.

Elizabeth Our Queen

MY5 Ch5’s eight-part series is an affectionate tribute to our longest-serving monarch, and begins with her early years. This includes the fateful day of Edward VIII’s abdication, when Elizabeth – who was not expected to ascend to the throne – learned she would one day be Queen. After that, Elizabeth’s grandmother, Queen Mary, insisted she be rigorously prepared.

ENTERTAINMENT Room 101

BBC iPLAYER

The comedian Josh Widdicombe, Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure and the always erudite Sandi Toksvig are the most recent guests to nominate their pet hates for oblivion.

LAST CHANCE Britain’s Favourite Dogs

ITV HUB

Ben Fogle and Sara Cox reveal the results of a survey of 10,000 dog-owners, and hear from famous faces – such as Prince Harry and Gok Wan – about their pets. Until Thursday.