PICK OF THE DAY

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?, 9PM, BBC1

IN A first for the series, a father and son join forces to investigate their ancestry. The comedian Jack Whitehall and his dad, Michael, are a very funny double act — they have hosted a BBC3 chat show and a Netflix travel series together — so having them delve into their family tree as a duo is a good choice, especially as what they find is rather dark. Michael and Jack (pictured) start by looking back on their school days, and Whitehall Sr wonders where the money came from to send him to posh boarding school Ampleforth College. The story of the money’s origins is a harrowing one, with stops at a school once chaired by Charles Dickens and an asylum.