BEST OF THE REST
LONG LOST FAMILY ITV, 9.30pm
GET ready for more emotional turmoil as this eighth series begins.
In one heartbreaking search, Pearse Egan, 29, is looking for his father Eddie. The last contact with him was a snatched phone call from America shortly after his sixth birthday. Eddie had sent him a card, but when Pearse asked why he hadn’t ever sent a card before, Pearse got upset and ran out of the phone box crying. His mother Ann made the decision to cut contact.
“I need to be able to say the word ‘Dad’ to him” says Pearse, tearful as he reads that birthday card. But if you think that’s tear-jerking, just wait... Meanwhile, Christina Barlow moved from Bogota to Berkshire when she was adopted by an English couple. Can she find her Colombian birth mum? Can the team protect Inspector Chowdhry?
OUR GIRL BBC1, 9pm
IN this penultimate episode, the camp is hit by a cholera epidemic, meaning Georgie (Michelle Keegan) is working harder than ever.
The 2 Section team is also asked to protect Inspector Chowdhrey (Navin Chowdhry), who is now a key witness in bringing down a drug gang.
But a gruesome message leaves the Inspector fearing for his family’s safety and refuses to cooperate. Disaster strikes when the couple’s young son, Sumon, is kidnapped by the gang and it falls to Georgie to get the child back.
Meanwhile, fellow medic Ruby (Patrick McNamee) catches cholera.
THE BILL Drama, 11am
THE officers of Sun Hill battled crime and brought villains to justice for 26 years, with the show pulling in millions of viewers. Classic episodes showing on Drama remind us why. In this episode, we’ve just been introduced to newcomers PC Ben Hayward (Ben Peyton) and PC Roz Clarke (Holly Davidson), who are trying to redeem themselves after a disastrous first day and decide to exact revenge on some wind-up merchants in the ranks. Watch out for ex EastEnder Tracy-Ann Oberman, who pops up here in a feisty cameo role.
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