CRITICS' CHOICE

SIX NATIONS RUGBY

Wales v France, 7.30pm, BBC1

WALES haven’t lost to France since the 2011 World Cup semi-final, a proud record that captain Sam Warburton will be fighting to keep up as the teams meet in Cardiff for what is a pivotal match for both sides’ chances of claiming the title this year.

SCENIC ROUTE Best Walks With A View With Julia Bradbury, 8pm, ITV

JULIA BRADBURY (pictured) embarks on an ‘absolute dream’ of a walk this week — a gentle, four-mile ascension to the peak of Castle Crag, one of the Lake District’s ‘best-kept secrets’. Crossing the River Derwent en route, it’s easy to see why William Wordsworth called it ‘the fairest of all rivers’.

BACK TO THE EIGHTIES

That’s So 1981, 8pm, Ch5

MEMORIES of the year when the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer inspired millions to flock to celebratory street parties. But in Brixton, Birmingham and Toxteth, crowds gathered in a very different mood, as riots — along with the Yorkshire Ripper, Bobby Sands and the Rubik’s cube — gripped the headlines.

RETAIL GURU

Mr Selfridge, 9pm, ITV

APPREHENSIVE and excited, Harry, Gordon and Jimmy prepare to announce the purchase of Whiteley. It’s a move that could make or break Harry’s reputation — so the discovery of some major debts threatens to throw a rather large spanner in the works.

FILM CHOICES

Philomena, 9pm, BBC2

FACT-BASED drama about journalist Martin Sixsmith and Philomena Lee (Steve Coogan and Judi Dench), who together traced the son Philomena was forced to give up for adoption when she was a girl. It’s moving without being

sickly, thanks in no small part to the strength of the two leads (ppictured below).)

The Disappearance Of Alice Creed, 11.35pm, BBC2

THIS well-executed British thriller boasts a plot that takes numerous twists and turns, but never loses its way. Gemma Arterton is Alice, a rich girl who is kidnapped by two men seeking a ransom from her father. But all is not as it seems . . .