Documentary
Lucy Worsley: Elizabeth I’s Battle for God’s Music
BBC FOUR, 9.00PM
As the BBC marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Lucy Worsley tells the fascinating story of how religious music evolved through those tumultuous times. It also explores how, through the new service of choral evensong, Elizabeth I’s ideas about the key role of music in faith found ultimate expression. GO
Ben Fogle New Lives in the Wild: Down Under
CHANNEL 5, 9.00PM Adventurer Ben Fogle begins a sixth series on remote, windy and waterless Wilderness Island, off Australia’s north-western cape, where he meets a couple for whom tragedy was the driving force to seek out a new life of extremes. GO Valley Cops BBC ONE, 10.45PM; NI, 11.10PM; SCOT, 11.45PM; NOT WALES
This new documentary series follows the police of Merthyr Tydfil. This opener focuses on the notorious Gurnos Estate, where the common view is that oldfashioned “strict policing” is pointless and everyone has to rub along together, no matter which side of the law they’re on. GO