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SAVE MONEY: GOOD HEALTH ITV, 7.30PM
HOW fitting – and slightly depressing – that this series concludes to prepare us for the onset of the chilly, dark winter months.
It’s a cold and flu special, sniff, which sees Dr Ranj Singh and journalist Sian Williams guide us through the season that sees many of us running to the medicine cabinet.
Ranj pulls together the treatments that are the best value for money, from pain relief to nasal sprays and more, while Sian investigates chronic pain such as lower back, arthritis and fibromyalgia.
As well as traditional medications, she’ll look at heat and cold treatments and supplements.
Can these long-term conditions be treated without spending a fortune?
Verity Mann from the Good Housekeeping Institute explains how to keep our homes bug free to stop cold and flu viruses spreading.
There’s also a guide to all the vitamins and minerals we need to get through the
LOVE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE BBC2, 9PM
SARA COX has been playing Cupid, but there’s not much to aim at in rural England – unless you’re looking for a cow or sheep.
You’ve got to feel for poor Grace, 23, whose tiny dating pool seemed to be restricted to the lager louts at the young farmers’ club.
In this episode, she takes some rare time off from working on her family’s dairy and sheep farm to chase a chance of romance with hobby farmer Mike.
Elsewhere, 58-year-old sheepdog trainer Katy welcomes three suitors to her home for a long weekend. The weather is bleak, but they spend time herding sheep and mucking out kennels – yep, that will woo them.
Sara also heads to a remote home on the Cumbrian coast to deliver some love letters to 35-year-old dairy farmer David. He picks six guys from across the UK to speed date. But will Cupid’s arrow finally strike?