BEST OF THE REST
I MAY DESTROY YOU
BBC1, 10.45pm/ BBC Wales, 11.15pm
INSPIRED by her own harrowing experience of sexual assault, this is Michaela Coel’s self-penned drama about date-rape, consent and violence.
It’s the brave, painful tale of Arabella (Coel), a carefree Londoner with a burgeoning writing career.
She has hit a creative block so takes a break during an all-night writing session at her publishers’ to have some drinks with friends.
The next thing she knows, she’s back at the office and is having strange flashbacks of a man assaulting her in a toilet stall.
It’s a very clever sleight of hand as we viewers also wonder what we’ve missed.
Last night’s episode left Arabella wondering why she’s having these bizarre images of a man.
Now, with the help of her friends, she tries to piece together the events of the night before. Why is her head bleeding? Why is her phone smashed? Why did she black out?
There’s panic, confusion and a sudden devastating realisation.
A HOUSE THROUGH TIME
BBC2, 9pm
AS David Olusoga delves into the secret life of one house in Bristol, it reveals stories of scandal, loss, love and adventure spanning 300 years.
“It’s the ultimate detective hunt,” he says, heading into No 10 Guinea Street at Bristol docks.
In this episode, he follows the house’s fortunes from the 1880s through to the end of the First World War.
He investigates the lives of newlywed couple, Owen and Louise Pow, who had a baby daughter who died from tubercular meningitis. Owen was later prosecuted for watering down milk at his Milk Tavern business.
Later, with new residents at the property, clues lead to a story of herb specialists and ‘remedies’ for unwanted pregnancies and sexual dysfunction.
And then, astonishingly, with the next family remaining at the house for several decades, David even manages to track down a living relative.
Jean Chamberlain, 91, was born at No 10 and has stories of war that changed the family’s lives forever.