CRITIC'S CHOICE
CUTE CREATURES The Secret Life Of TheT Zoo, 8pm, Ch4
AS THIS lovable series continues, Tula the Rothschild giraffe finally gives birth, and this year’s brood of penguin chicks are about to face the ordeal ofo joining the main pool.
GRIPPING THRILLER The Replacement, 9pm, BBC1
FOLLOWING last week’s shocking events, Ellen (Morven Christie, pictured) sets about trying to establish Paula’s involvement in Kay’s death. Cradling newborn Lia, she asks David to allow her to return to work early in order to keep an eye on her nemesis. But when she surreptitiously approaches Paula’s young daughter, Caris, she crosses a dangerous line.
HISTORY LESSON 1066: A Year To Conquer England, 9pm, BBC2
DAN SNOW combines documentary and drama to great effect to bring to life the events that led to the Battle of Hastings. Episode two focuses on King Harold of England and the two warlords plotting invasions in order to ‘rip the crown from his head’ — William of Normandy and Harald Hardrada of Norway.
COUNTRY PILE Secrets Of The National Trust, 9pm, Ch5
the rags-to-riches story of Thomas Legh, a maid’s son who, in 1798, inherited one of Britain’s finest country houses, aged just five.
PITCH-BLACK HUMOUR Inside No 9, 10pm, BBC2
ALAN TITCHMARSH travels to magnificent Lyme Park in Cheshire — backdrop to the 1995 TV series Pride And Prejudice — to tell THIS week’s slowly unfurling story, which revolves around a truly ghastly karaoke
session, being held to celebrate a promotion for Roger (Steve Pemberton, pictured centre right, with Sarah Hadland, Emily Howlett, Reece Shearsmith, Javone Prince and Tamzin Outhwaite).) Within minutesminutes, it becomes clear that this is going to be the evening from hell . . . You’ll be so glad to be watching from your sofa.
FILM CHOICE Deadly Pursuit, 3.15pm, Ch5
VICTORIA PRATT stars as city girl Mia, who follows her boyfriend back to his home in the Alaskan wilderness — where he works with his ex. Meanwhile, a man-eating bear is on the loose, and Mia is soon entangled in a bizarre web of intrigue and danger.