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SHERLOCK ALIBI, 4pm

DO I really need to give you a reason to watch Benedict Cumberbatch on TV?

Here he is on glorious form as the marvellous Sherlock Holmes, alongside Martin Freeman as his beleaguered sidekick John Watson.

Cancel your plans as you can watch all of series one today, then series two tomorrow and the third on Wednesday.

The thrilling drama sees the pair fighting devilish crimes in 21st-century London, with some astonishing powers of deduction on show.

ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES CHRISTMAS GOLD, 6.15pm

DEL BOY and Rodders (David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst) stand out enough as it is in Peckham, so how will America feel about them?

This special featurelength story, originally broadcast in 1991, was watched by more than 15 million. Del and Rodney take a trip to Miami but with Del handling everything, naturally the pair end up staying in a dodgy camper van.

And there’s a run-in with the Miami mafia.

DEATH IN PARADISE

DRAMA, 8pm IF YOU’VE never seen this hugely popular crime series, now’s your chance to watch it from the beginning with a double bill to start you off.

Ben Miller is DI Richard Poole, who arrives on the tropical island of Saint Marie to investigate the death of a fellow British detective. And as we now know, with the Caribbean island apparently seeing a grisly murder approximately every 10 minutes, Poole finds plenty more reasons to stay.

PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS

YESTERDAY, 9pm FINISHING the series with a bang, this finale delves into the life of perhaps England’s most famous monarch – Henry VIII.

We all know the rhyme about his six wives but here we find out more about Henry’s turbulent romances and marriages.

So where did it all go wrong for the handsome, athletic prince, who eventually became a tyrant king and spiralled downhill into obesity? Historian Tracy Borman leaves no stone unturned in her portrait.