CRITICS' CHOICE

SCIENCE PROJECT ECT Six Robots & Us, 8pm, BBC2 OVER the next two nights, this novel TV experiment follows several families as they welcome robots into their homes to assist with different needs. So, can TutorBot help Amanda to educate her children (pictured),) and will the FitBot keep the Rocket family in shape? The results are fascinating.

BARGAIN HUNTERS Supershoppers Sales Special, 8pm, Ch4

OUR high streets are awash with almost constant sales and promotions from bigname retailers, but are the discounts too good to be true? Are there any genuine bargains to be found? Anna Richardson and Sabrina Grant investigate in this special edition, and also reveal what to look out for when booking a holiday online.

PERIOD DRAMA The Miniaturist, 9pm, BBC1

IN the concluding part of this handsome adaptation of Jessie Burton’s novel (pictured) ) set in 17th-century Amsterdam, A poor Nella (Anya Taylor-Joy) is desperately trying to turn around the fortunes of the Brandt household as shocking secrets come to the surface about the family’s dark past.

FESTIVE FUN Miranda Does Christmas, 9pm, Ch4

CAROL singing, rewarding good deeds and delivering romance are just some of the ways in which Miranda Hart is setting out to make Christmas fun again in this fun one-off entertainment special. Prue Leith and David Tennant are among the guests.

FILM CHOICES The Red Shoes , 12.10pm,p, BBC2

POWELL and Pressburger’s masterpiece is intoxicating, a vibrant, vigorous tale of passion and possession. Moira Shearer (pictured) stars as the young ballerina Vicky Page, who is coaxed by Anton Walbrook’s singularl balletblltiimpresarioi to t sacrifice her body and her soul for her art.

Big Hero 6, 4.10pm, BBC1

THIS animation finds a bereaved boy genius teaming up with his dead brother’s inflatable robot invention to thwart an evil mastermind. The design of the robot, a health assistant called Baymax, is simple and appealing, and the film is funny, touching and thoroughly exhilarating.