CRITICS' CHOICE
HORTICULTURE HOUR Gardeners’ World, 8pm, BBC2
SNOOP around the experts’ gardens as Adam Frost invites us into his home, and Frances Tophill shows us her allotment in Kent. Arit Anderson sees what natural wonders an old German industrial site can hold, and Rachel de Thame visits the beautiful Kiftsgate Court, the creation of three generations of women gardeners.
PLAYING GAMES Celebrity Crystal Maze, 8pm, Ch4
STRICTLY favourite Oti Mabuse, Love Island’s Jack Fincham, presenter Anna Richardson and comedian Russell Kane take on the maze this week, with writer and actor Steve Pemberton leading the team. Can they win some cash for Stand Up To Cancer?
LOS ANGELES COPS Lethal Weapon, 9pm, STV
THE U.S. police drama based on the hit films returns for a third series. Seann William Scott (pictured) — whom you may recognise as Stifler from American Pie — joins the cast as Wesley Cole, the new partner of Murtaugh (Damon Wayans), who is still struggling with the death of Riggs. Will this alliance help the troubled cop to move on?
CANAL TRIP Celebrity 5 Go Barging, 9pm, Ch5
ON THE second leg of their cruise, our crewmates — John Prescott, Amanda Barrie, Shaun Williamson, Michael Buerk and Anita Harris — trade countryside for cityscapes as they drift towards Stoke-on-Trent.
FILM CHOICES The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, 11.05pm, BBC2
THE idea of Mark Herman’s Holocaust tale is contentious — telling the story of Nazi
concentration camps in a way that children can understand — and there’s an element of simplification that can feel inappropriate. But the juvenile actors (including Amber Beattie and Asa Butterfield, pictured with Vera Farmiga) do good work and, in the end, the horror remains.
Dracula Untold, 12.05am, Ch4
BRAM STOKER’S vampire gets a warrior makeover in this action-led origin story. Luke Evans is valiant and tortured as Vlad, a Transylvanian prince making a dark pact in order to gain an advantage over invading forces. DON’T MISS TOMORROW’S WEEKEND MAGAZINE — WITH ITS 52-PAGE GUIDE TO NEXT WEEK’S TV