PickS of the week
YOUR CAN’T-MISS TV SHOWS FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
A PERFECT PLANET Tonight, BBC1, 8pm
WATER is vital for life – and our planet has plenty of it. Even if most of the water on Earth is in the seas and too salty for terrestrial species to use.
Sir David Attenborough looks at the role of weather in distributing water, and why differing amounts of rainfall around the world have given rise to an incredible diversity of species and habitats.
LONG LOST FAMILY
Tomorrow, ITV, 9pm
THE Bafta-winning reunion show, presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, is back for its 10th series.
Tonight’s episode follows Phyllis and Kevin Haran who have been searching for their son for 40 years.
They fell in love as teenagers in Ireland in the 1970s and when Phyllis became pregnant, they ran away to England to bring up their baby. They wound up homeless and jobless, so agreed to place their son in the care of a family, with the possibility of adoption if they couldn’t find their feet.
FIRST DATES
Tuesday, Channel 4, 10pm
FIRST into the new Manchester restaurant is 23-year-old Tory Jessie, a parliamentary assistant, who’s not exactly conservative about talking sex and politics on a date.
Taking her on is 25-yearold journalist Josh, who has been sworn at on dates in the past.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: THE INAUGURATION
Wednesday, BBC1, 4pm
THE race to the White House was a long and rather fraught one, to say the least. But now Joe Biden is about to be sworn in as the 46th US president, alongside his VP, Kamala Harris.
DEATH IN PARADISE
Thursday, BBC1, 9pm STRICTLY’S 2019 champ Kelvin Fletcher and comedian Jason Manford guest star in tonight’s episode.
Kelvin plays Gavin, husband of lottery winner Cherry, who is found dead at her luxurious flat. When the corpse then appears to vanish into thin air, Neville (Ralf Little) is left with an even more complex puzzle to solve.
JAMIE AND JIMMY’S FRIDAY NIGHT FEAST
Friday, Channel 4, 8pm
IN an episode filmed in 2019, Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty are joined by guest Joe Lycett, who reveals that he’s always harboured an ambition to be an Italian nonna with big pasta-making arms. Jamie teaches the comedian to make a traditional wild boar and pappardelle ragu.
THE VOICE UK
Saturday, ITV, 8.30pm
EMMA WILLIS hosts the fourth round of this year’s blind auditions, with singer Anne-Marie joining the coaching panel alongside old hands Olly Murs, Tom Jones and Will.i.am.