PICK OF THE DAY

Best Home Cook

8PM, BBC1 ★★★★ The BBC’S Bake Off replacement is back for a second series, as comforting as a hot shepherd’s pie on a cold winter’s night. Ten talented and thoroughly pleasant cooks head to a specially built house to cook, eat and live together. Claudia Winkleman is back as host, but this time, Mary Berry and produce expert Chris Bavin are joined on the judging panel by Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett, who promises to add a bit of steel to the competition. ‘I think we’re being too nice,’ she says after the first stage before taking off the (oven) gloves.

Last Minute Holiday Secrets Unpacked

8PM, CH4 ★★★ The turkey is barely digested and already, thoughts have turned to the summer. Here, presenter Scarlette Douglas teams up with travel experts to discover the latest insider tips that will help you to save money when booking your holidays, and maximise your spending potential abroad.

Big Fat Quiz Of The Decade

9PM, CH4 ★★★ Jimmy Carr is the question master as Claudia Winkleman, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett, Alan Carr, Stacey Solomon and Jonathan Ross compete for the Big Fat Quiz crown. Jon Snow and Charles Dance are among the famous question setters in a quiz that can be hilarious, but at times walks a very fine line...

Imagine

11PM, BBC1 ★★★★ As Lenny Henry releases his first autobiography, which charts his early years in show business, Alan Yentob sits down for a revealing chat with a comedian who has been making us laugh ever since he first appeared on our screens as a 16-year-old impressionist on TV talent show New Faces in 1975.