Scarlett’s Driving School, BBC One, Monday, 8.30pm
Expect drama, tears and plenty of emotionally-fuelled moments as we gear up to see whether Scarlett Moffatt can finally pass her driving test - on the 14th attempt. Viewers will join Scarlett behind the wheel on her own lessons, with cameras capturing every driving disaster or minor scrape in this new 10-part BBC One series. Scarlett first started learning to drive aged 17 but despite countless personal achievements and successes since, getting a driving licence has always evaded her. Now, she has opened the doors to a unique driving school in Teesside to not only bag her own licence, but to help other learner drivers of all ages struggling to pass their tests. In some cases these luckless drivers have been learning for decades, with others even failing their test as many times as Scarlett. Each week, one learner will attend Scarlett’s driving school with a long-suffering family member or friend who has patiently taken on the role of coaching them outside of professional lessons, with little luck ….until now. She won’t be alone, however, and two professional instructors are on hand at the school to feed crucial tips and advice to the loved ones turned amateur teachers via an earpiece during a five-day crash course
Guy Martin’s Great British Power Trip, Channel 4, Sunday, 9pm
Guy Martin investigates how Britain makes its power and why it costs so much, blowing up a power station in the process.The Lincolnshire lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer investigates the past, present and future of British energy. He gets involved with hands-on work at every stage of the energy production process - from inside the boiler at the country’s biggest power station, to the top of the highest pylons, and the most advanced nuclear fusion lab in the world, where he’ll conduct an experiment that brings us one step closer to unlimited, clean energy. This first episode begins with Guy testing every piece of equipment in his workshop to find out which items use the most electricity. Horrified by what he’s now having to pay for power, Guy tries to work out the reasons behind his big bills. He visits his local power station - which also happens to be the country’s biggest. He works deep inside Drax in Yorkshire, operating its mills and boilers, to see how the wood pellets it burns are turned into electricity - and finds out why that process is so controversial. Plus, Guy climbs to the top of a pylon to try his hand at being an electrical grid linesman, one of the riskiest maintenance jobs in the world, before helping an explosives team demolish one of Britain’s oldest coal-burning power stations - moving the country closer to net zero emissions in the most spectacular way possible.The full series will be available to stream or download for free on All 4 after the transmission of this episode.