BEST OF THE REST
JANE NAT GEO, 9pm
JANE GOODALL was a 26-year-old British secretary, with no training or degree, when, in 1960, she was chosen to get close to the chimps at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, to live among them and be accepted.
“I wanted to come as close to talking to animals as I could, like Dr Doolittle,” says Jane, now 83, pictured.
Jane went on to become a worldrenowned British conservationist whose chimpanzee research revolutionised our understanding of the natural world.
She narrates this BAFTA-nominated film, which draws from more than 100 hours of never-before-seen footage of Jane, shot by cameraman Hugo van Lawick during the 60s.
The footage, believed lost until its rediscovery in 2014, is astonishing as it charts her relationship not only with the chimpanzees, but also with the cameraman who later became her husband.
MARCELLA ITV, 9pm
IN heart-stopping scenes last week, we watched as schoolboy Adam escaped from the killer’s prison and ran, bloodied and terrified across a field, making this crime thriller feel almost like a horror film. Then Adam flagged down a car and climbed inside – but whose car is it? Is he safe or back in danger?
Meanwhile, paedophile Phil Dawkins was seen eyeing Marcella’s son, Edward, at the school gates. Now, driven to exact his revenge on Marcella (Anna Friel) after his partner miscarried, he puts a plan into action.
Meahwhile, Marcella is heading to another hypnosis session, which reveals something shocking about Jason.
And Gail persists in communicating with Joel, but the stress causes him to suffer an epileptic fit.
This drama becomes more disturbing, yet more gripping every week.