PICK OF THE WEEK TV review Hatches, matches and dispatches: all life is here

SATURDAY Proms Extra (BBC2, 6.50pm) Big Star’s Little Star (STV, 7pm)

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Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein, and the Proms is celebrating in style. There have already been performances of his works throughout the season, including two proms dedicated to one of his best-known and best-loved works, West Side Story, and tonight John Wilson and His Orchestra are tackling the score to On the Town. Viewers can see the concert live on BBC4 from 7.30pm but here Katie Derham is at the Albert Hall as the audience arrives. She’ll also be chatting to her guests about Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies and a world premiere by singer-songwriter Laura Mvula.

For celebrities, it can seem like the main risk of appearing on All Star Mr and Mrs is discovering that your other half clearly never pays much attention to anything you say or do. On Big Star’s Little Star, the famous faces are probably more worried that their kids might know a little bit too much about what their families get up to. This week’s crop of celebs give viewers – and host Stephen Mulhern – an insight into their home lives. The Big Stars are Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell, actress Karen Blick and former Eternal member Vernie Bennett.

Casualty (BBC1, 8.50pm)

Wanting to keep busy, Alicia arrives back at work in the ED earlier than expected, and Connie gives her the job of medical lead for the day. OAPs Joseph and Reggie decide to sneak out of their care home and make their way to a cafe looking forward to a full English breakfast, but just as they arrive, Reggie collapses and an ambulance is called. Louise is ready to give Dylan a piece of her mind about bringing on a CQC investigation, until she learns that he is going to clean out Sam’s locker later on.

Anita and Me – and Me (BBC2, 9.50pm)

Meera Syal journeys back to Essington in the Black Country, the mining village where she grew up, describing how her childhood inspired her coming-of-age novel Anita and Me, which was subsequently adapted into a film. Meera opens up about how she was an outsider, with one foot in the Indian culture of her parents and the other in Essington’s white, working-class community. She revisits the site of her old house and discusses why she wrote Anita and Me, which is now part of the GCSE curriculum.

SUNDAY The Deerstalker: Our Lives (BBC1, 6.05pm)

The latest in the always-fascinating Our Lives strand of documentaries focuses on Alex Macdonald, who has stalked the hills and glens above Fort William for 40 years, managing the 3,000 red deer that populate the Achnacarry estate. He is following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, but while the job may be traditional, it is also often misunderstood, especially when it comes to culling. Now viewers are about to get an insight into what being a deerstalker entails as Alex prepares to hand on his expertise to the fifth

IT is hard to throw a mucky stick these days without hitting a national treasure. Dame Judi, Alan Titchmarsh, Paddington Bear, the list is apparently endless. While it irks to add one more, needs must after watching Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage (Channel 4, Thursday, 10pm).

The artist set out to explore how societies here and abroad handle life’s landmark events: birth, coming of age, marriage and death. Just to start the series off on a high, he began with death and a trip to the Toraja people of Indonesia. The Toraja believe that a funeral should be held when the family feel ready to say goodbye. This can take as long as a year, during which time the body is kept upstairs. The dearly departed is never left alone, with family and friends dropping in for visits. “I know the first question on your lips,” said Perry. “Does it smell?” Well, we would never be so rude, but since you brought it up ...

The answer is no, with the Toraja passing natural embalming skills down through the generations. People gave water buffalo as a mark of respect; the more buffalo, the greater the regard. The man being buried on this occasion merited 24. Before the beasts were slaughtered for a feast, they fought each other while the mourners cheered them on. “This is very different from a funeral in Britain,” said Perry.

Apart from that one instance of stating the obvious, Perry did not put a foot wrong, not easy to do when dealing with such a delicate subject. With the Toraja he was respectful yet occasionally playful, his manner matching the mood of what was a celebration of a long life.

The families he met in the UK were in an entirely different position. In Hounslow, west London, Perry visited

generation, in the form of his 15-year-old son. It’s a tough time to start as cameras follow Alex through one of Scotland’s worst winters and the heat of summer.

Fake or Fortune? (BBC1, 8pm)

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a small watercolour sketch that could be the work of sculptor Henry Moore. The piece was found in 2012 in a hoard of artwork stolen by the Nazis. While the unidentified piece has many characteristics of Moore’s work, none of the other artworks recovered were by British artists, so it remains a mystery how it came to be there. The team must not only find out who created it, but also who it belonged to, since it may have been looted from Jewish

Dragons’ Den (BBC2, 8pm)

A carp fishing enthusiast hopes to hook a millionaire investor with his range of bait, while a brother-and-sister team are out to prove that they can turn household rubbish into wealth. But are they wasting their time? Finally, two foodie entrepreneurs could find themselves in hot water as they offer Dragons Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Touker Suleyman, Tej Lalvani and Jenny Campbell a taste of their home delivery pasta business.

Hidden Britain by Drone (Channel 4, 8pm)

According to history and travel enthusiast Sir Tony