PickS of the week
YOUR CAN’T-MISS TV SHOWS FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
HOMELAND
TONIGHT, CHANNEL 4, 9PM CARRIE MATHISON’S final mission is about to begin. After screaming, sweating and shaking her way through seven intense seasons, some characters (and viewers) are convinced Claire Danes’s bipolar CIA agent has turned on her country.
Now the National Security Adviser to President Warner, Saul has been dispatched to engage the Taliban in negotiations. But Kabul is teeming with warlords, zealots and spies, and Saul needs Carrie’s expertise.
CONFRONTING HOLOCAUST DENIAL WITH DAVID BADDIEL
TOMORROW, BBC2, 9PM
THE title should give a pretty good idea of what this documentary is about, but it doesn’t reveal how compelling it is.
Members of David’s own family suffered at the hands of the Nazis, and here he confronts some of those who, despite the evidence are convinced the Holocaust is a hoax.
THE BRIT AWARDS 2020
TUESDAY, ITV, 8PM
AS last week’s documentary, The BRITs at 40 reminded us, one of the things that makes this event stand out from all the other awards ceremonies is its air of unpredictability.
So, Jack Whitehall is hopefully prepared for anything as he hosts the show for the third time.
Performers include Lewis
CILLA: THE LOST TAPES
WEDNESDAY, ITV, 9PM
THIS one-off show reveals a previously unseen side to Cilla as it brings us rare footage, which her family found in the loft in the years following her death in 2015, as well as interviews with the ghostwriter of her autobiography.
DEATH IN PARADISE
THURSDAY, BBC1, 9PM
RALF LITTLE is the latest actor to take on the lead detective’s role in this sun-kissed crime drama.
This week, his DI Neville Parker must investifgate after the owner of a salon is killed in front of her family and no one actually saw what happened.
BUMPS
FRIDAY, BBC1, 9.30PM WRITTEN by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas, who also take supporting roles, Amanda Redman stars as 62-yearold divorcee Anita, who, when she hears about an Indian woman who gave birth in her 70s, starts thinking about having another baby.
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY
THE pair return for another series of the light entertainment show, which this year will see Ant v. Dec go global and the biggest prize giveaway in British TV history.