FIVE OF THE BEST
Britain’s Best Home Cook
BBC 1, 8pm
Claudia Winkleman presents the final, in which just three more challenges stand between the remaining contestants and the title. First up is a fiddly summer favourite, followed by the familiar task of creating a dish using a key ingredient – although as it’s the final the judges have a few tricks up their sleeve. Finally they have to serve up their best main course and pudding – and with dishes including beef wellington, Thai curry, carrot cake and a risky take on one of Mary’s cakes, there is plenty for the judges to get their teeth into. But who will they choose as their winner? Last in the series.
The Trouble with Women with Anne Robinson
BBC 1, 9pm
“I’ve got 50 years of experience of what it is to be a woman in the workplace and in the home, and I will be fascinated to find out how much equality British women feel they’ve achieved and what they still want to change.” A century on since suffrage, Anne Robinson is keen to meet British women from across the social spectrum and explore the most current and challenging questions around equality. On an immersive journey from the boardroom to bedroom, she employs her journalistic curiosity and fearless candour to dig into personal stories and tackle provocative issues from sexual harassment and stay-at-home dads, to growing old gracefully and the gender pay gap.
Inside HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs
Channel 5, 9pm
The category-b men’s prison in west London began construction in 1874, and was taken over by the MI5 during the Second World War. In the years since, it has been home to serial killers Ian Brady and Peter Sutcliffe, as well as rock stars Pete Docherty and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. It has even provided a stage to a few famous actors, with both Ronny Barker and Michael Caine walking out of its doors. However, this programme digs deeper than just “Wormwood Celebrities” to uncover some of the true horror that lurks behind its doors.
Humans
Channel 4, 9pm
Continuing the critically acclaimed sci-fi drama set in a parallel world where sentient synthetic humanoids try to live side by side with real people, with frequently uneasy – or as previous episodes have shown, dangerous – results. Sam reels from the events of Waltringham and Joe struggles to help him through it. Meanwhile, truths are revealed and dangerous plans put into action at the Railyard. Starring Billy Jenkins, Tom Goodman-hill, Emily Berrington, Mark Bonnar and Lucy Carless.
Outlander
More4, 9pm
After the success of his Battlestar Galactica reboot, showrunner Ronald D Moore made a sharp left-hand turn with this Highlander-style saga based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon. Claire and Jamie entering the lavish world of French society in an effort to infiltrate the Jacobite rebellion and prevent the battle of Culloden.