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TASTY MEMORIES Britain’s Favourite Food, 8pm, Ch4

IN THIS two-part series, Simon Rimmer (pictured with a Smash Martian) takes a nostalgic look back at the food and drink we enjoyed in the Seventies, when our love of convenience food really began. This week, he tells the stories of Angel Delight, Zoom and Fab ice lollies,es Blue Nun and Le Piat d’Or wine, and how chicken Kiev was a game-changer for Marks & Spencer.

ANIMAL FACTS David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities, 8pm, BBC2

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH investigates two shells that have proved to be evolutionary winners: the bird’s eggshell and the tortoise’s shell, which was for a long time an evolutionary mystery.

GROWING TIPS Gardeners’ World, 8.30pm, BBC2

MONTY DON is prepping Longmeadow for summer, sowing annual climbers to brighten up his borders and preparing dahlias and other tender perennials for the growing season. Plus, a man who has packed his Dorset garden with rare exotic plants, and a riot of daylilies on the Isle of Wight.

LONG WALK Pilgrimage: The Road To Santiago, 9pm, BBC2

THREE days in, and episode two of three sees some of the pilgrims struggling. ‘My faith’s taken a knock,’ admits priest Kate Bottley (pictured). ‘I don’t want to talk to anyone, let alone God.’ Luckily, there’s a surprise ahead that seems heaven-sent to lift her spirits — a free, all-you-can-drink wine fountain.

FILM CHOICES The Ones Below, 12.10am, BBC2

DECIDEDLY creepy psychological thriller,

directed by David Farr, who wrote the screenplayss for The Night Manager and Troy: Fall Of A City. Clemence Poesy and Stephen Campbell Moore are the couple tormented by their sinister d owns tairswn stairs neighbours, played by Laura Birn and David Morrissey (pictured).

The Net, 12.10am, Ch4

WHEN the internet was in its infancy, adding a World Wide Web twist to a thriller was edgy. Sandra Bullock is the tech geek caught up in an online conspiracy, and it’s her charm that makes this otherwise run-of-the-mill story more watchable.