BEST OF THE REST
THE SWEET MAKERS BBC2, 8pm THERE seems to be an appetite for these living history shows – where people get dressed up in period costume while immersing themselves in an era of history.
Perhaps producers think we’ll pay more attention if someone is wearing a brown tunic or bonnet?
In this series, four confectioners step back in time to find out what life was like for their Tudor predecessors – and it looks like a lot of hard graft.
They learn to make sweet treats of the past, with the equipment used 400 years ago – not an electric whisk or spiralizer in sight.
Not to mention the ever-present danger that their flowing Tudor outfits will catch fire in the huge open oven.
Chocolatier Diana Short, sweet consultant Andy Baxendale, chocolatier Paul A Young and wedding cake designer Cynthia Stroud spend four days working from original recipes and ingredients.
The result is sugar-laden dishes that haven’t been tasted for hundreds of years. THE WINDSORS Channel 4, 10pm THIS brilliantly bonkers comedy soap opera continues apace as the royal family head off for a pheasant shoot at Sandringham.
With an eye roll or arched eyebrow every 30 seconds, this show is like a slightly out-of-control panto.
Kate (Louise Ford) confesses to Wills (Hugh Skinner) that she doesn’t agree with shooting, with Wills scolding: “If you’re going to fit into this family you’d better kill something.”
Meanwhile, Harry (Richard Goulding) seeks revenge on evil billionaire Johnny for cheating him out of his nightclub.
Then, in a gorgeously ridiculous plot twist, Wills stumbles across his father’s identical twin brother Chuck (Harry Enfield), who has been imprisoned in the attic for 68 years. As the eldest twin, he’s the rightful heir – so which Charles will the family choose?
But the scene-stealer award goes to Beatrice (Ellie White) and Eugenie (Celeste Dring). Their motivational speech to Port Talbot steel workers goes down like a lead balloon.