Six highlights for whatever mood you’re in

IF YOU WANT PRIVATE EYES... SHAKESPEARE &HATHAWAY MONDAY-FRIDAY, 2.15PM, BBC1

Mark Benton and Jo Joyner are back as private detectives Frank Hathaway and Lu Shakespeare (right) for a new series of comical daytime mysteries. In the first episode, Frank is surprised to come face to face with an old nemesis, brilliantly played by Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves).

IF YOU WANT ART HISTORY... MARY BEARD’S SHOCK OF THE NUDE MONDAY, 9PM, BBC2

In a fascinating new two-part documentary, the historian Mary Beard (right) gives her personal view on the nude in Western art, from ancient Greece to the present day. Playful and provocative in equal measure, this is Beard at her witty, insightful best.

IF YOU WANT BLACK COMEDY... INSIDE NO 9 MONDAY, 10PM, BBC2

Back for a new series come Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for more blackly comic little gems. Ralf Little and David Morrissey (right, with Shearsmith and Pemberton) guest star in the first episode, which is set inside the referees’ changing room just before the biggest game of the season.

IF YOU WANT A MYSTERY... MIDSOMER MURDERS TUESDAY, 8PM, ITV

When prolific real estate agent Alexander Beauvoisin (Roger Barclay) is murdered in front of a crowd, it seems there’s a long list of people who wanted him dead. And so, it’s time for pathologist Fleur and DCI John Barnaby (Annette Badland and Neil Dudgeon, right) to get on their bike and solve the case.

IF YOU WANT A NEW ARRIVAL... DEATH IN PARADISE THURSDAY, 9PM, BBC1

Never has a fish been more out of water than Ralf Little’s Detective Inspector Neville Parker (right), who arrives this week to replace Jack Mooney. The poor man has a variety of ailments, and comes out in a rash at the mere sight of sun or sand. He’s going to feel right at home on Saint Marie!

IF YOU WANT COASTAL VIEWS... OUR COAST FRIDAY, 8.30PM, BBC2

In a new, four-part series, Adrian Chiles and Mehreen Baig (right) explore life at the edges of our wonderful coastlines. Anglesey island in Wales, the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland and Dumfries and Galloway on the west coast of Scotland follow, but first, they take a tour of Merseyside’s shoreline.