DRAMA
BBC1, 8pm
CRYING over cake mixture, horror over buttercream and bickering over buns – Bake Off is back with a cherry on top.
It may seem the most incredibly polite contest on TV, in the bunting-draped tent amid china teacups with squirrels chattering outside, but don’t be fooled.
After the Baked Alaska “bin-cident” of 2014 and custard-gate of 2013, you just never know what trouble lurks ahead.
As always, mischievous presenting pair Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are on hand with endless baking puns and innuendo – and of
C4, 9pm Stephen Graham plays a CCTV operator in this chilling one-off drama that will have your heart thumping.
The Boardwalk Empire actor stars as father-of-two Carl, who becomes intoxicated by the power of being the “all-seeing eye” of the town.
He can see everything – he watches what his mate is up to, sees his children as he speaks to them on the phone.
And for most of this film, set in one tiny operating room, we see others only on a grainy camera screen, just as Carl does. On this particular night shift, Carl spots something dodgy going on and is desperate to put a stop to it.
“What are you lot up to, you little scallywags?” he mutters to himself.
They are local drug dealers, and when the police refuse to do anything, Carl decides to intervene.
So he gets his friend to help him catch them, but the whole plan soon goes horribly wrong.
And it’s all punctuated by phone calls from his family as it becomes clear his home life is breaking down too.
This is stellar acting from Stephen, who holds us captive in what is essentially a one-man show.