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MUST-SEE SHOWS

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CYCLING: RIDELONDON WOMEN’S CLASSIQUE Tonight, BBC2, 6pm

CLARE BALDING presents live coverage of the annual race, as the riders complete 3.4km circuits in central London. WNT-Rotor Pro Cycling Team’s Kirsten Wild won last year, with the Dutch rider avoiding a late crash to outsprint rivals and become the first woman to win this race twice, having also won in 2016. However, she faces stiff competitio­n from BoelsDolma­ns, Trek-Segafredo and Team Sunweb.

TIPPING POINT: LUCKY STARS Tomorrow, ITV, 6.30pm

BEN SHEPHARD invites Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli, This Morning’s doctor Zoe Phillips and former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley to take part in a special edition of the quiz show, in which contestant­s answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine. Releasing tokens with £100 going into the prize pot for each one they collect.

At the end, the contestant with the most cash plays the final game when they could win £20,000 for their charity.

STACEY MEETS THE IS BRIDES – PANORAMA

Monday, BBC1, regions vary IN 2016, Strictly Come Dancing champion Stacey Dooley travelled to northern Iraq to meet members of an all-female Yazidi battalion who were prepared to take on the so-called Islamic State.

Stacey later presented Face to Face with Isis, in which she sought justice for young women whose lives had been changed forever by the organisati­on. So she’s the ideal person to front this documentar­y in which she travels to Kurdishcon­trolled northern Syria to meet Western women who left their home countries to join Islamic State, but are now living in holding camps. She investigat­es what’s next for these women and, their children.

SAVE MONEY: GOOD HEALTH

Tuesday, ITV, 8pm

WITH cases of skin cancer on the rise, it’s essential we use the right suncream. Journalist Sian Williams discovers what we should be looking for on the bottle and whether cheap supermarke­t varieties offer as much protection as branded products.

Then, Doctor Ranj Singh pulls together the ultimate family travel health kit for just £26.

SACRED WONDERS Wednesday, BBC1, 9pm

NEW series taking us from the ancient temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to the Shaolin Temple in China.

In the opening episode, in Cambodia at Angkor Wat, a man who believes the temples are home to his ancestral spirits risks his life to save them from the jungle, while at the Shaolin Temple in China, a Buddhist warrior monk faces a test that could change the course of his life forever.

THE SECRET TEACHER Thursday, Channel 4, 9pm

REMEMBER Secret Millionair­e, the show in which rich businessme­n and women went undercover in impoverish­ed

neighbourh­oods? That series came to an end in 2012.

But now Channel 4 is putting a twist on the format with this series, in which successful entreprene­urs, labelled as failures at school, go undercover in the classroom. They will learn about the realities of the 21st-century education system, and try to identify youngsters who could benefit from their support. First up is marketing mogul Paul Rowlett, who is shocked by the facilities in a Hertfordsh­ire secondary school.

CELEBRITY 5 GO BARGING Friday, Channel 5, 9pm

JOHN PRESCOTT, Amanda Barrie, Shaun Williamson, Michael Buerk and Anita Harris are heading to Warwickshi­re, which is familiar ground for one of them – it’s Michael’s childhood home. However, he’s never had to experience it from a barge with a group of fellow celebritie­s before, and his local knowledge may not be much use when it comes to tackling the 21-flight lock at Hatton.

 ??  ?? Clare Balding
Clare Balding
 ??  ?? Top tip: Zoe, Bruno and Catherine
Top tip: Zoe, Bruno and Catherine
 ??  ?? Stacey Dooley with one of the IS brides
Stacey Dooley with one of the IS brides
 ??  ?? Paul Rowlett, right, goes back to school as the ‘secret teacher’
Paul Rowlett, right, goes back to school as the ‘secret teacher’

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