PICK OF THE DAY

THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES

9PM, CH5 ★★★ There’s murder under the sun in Sally Lindsay’s new mystery series, which the Corrie veteran created, as well as stars in. As Jean White (right), Lindsay is an antiques dealer who makes a sombre return to the south of France when her husband, Rory, dies. Arriving in the antiques-rich region of Sainte Victoire, where Jean and Rory have a cottage, Jean befriends ex-pat cab driver Dom (Steve Edge), who stays at her side as she investigates Rory’s death. There are yet more shocks in store for

Jean, who discovers she has quite the knack for sleuthing.

ARCTIC DRIFT: A YEAR IN THE ICE

6.30PM, CH4 ★★★ This film charts the MOSAIC expedition, a mission to collect data on climate change before it is too late. An international team of

300 scientists are on board an icebreaker ship that is frozen in an ice floe. This is their base of operations as they brave the Arctic winter in search of planet-saving answers.

ROBSON GREEN: COASTAL FISHING

7.05PM, CH5 ★★★ Fond of extreme fishing, the Grantchester actor ventures deep into British waters for this new series. He starts in the southwest of England, where, in Weymouth, he goes in search of the gigantic conger eel, which can grow up to seven feet long. He continues along the Devon coast for fish, chips and much, much more.

BRITAIN’S FORGOTTEN WARS WITH TONY ROBINSON 8PM, CH4

★★★★

Tony hears from people caught up in the bloodshed in Malaya, where, for ten years from 1948, a guerilla war was fought between a communist insurgency and the British Empire. The outcome of this conflict was the birth of a new country, Malaysia, but the price was high. SIMONE ANDREWS