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Catastrophe (C4, 10pm)
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lives by candlelight, drinks water from a well and uses a spinning wheel.
The comedy, written by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, about an American man and an Irish woman falling in love while navigating increasingly thorny situations continues as Sharon and Rob decide to embark on a fitness drive. When Sharon visits her less-than-sympathetic GP, it dawns on her that she’s not in the peak condition she imagined, but Fran has a helpful suggestion to get her on the right track. Rob endures a fruit-based confrontation at a local park and Dave shows how much he’s embracing fatherhood.
Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start (BBC2, 8pm)
For the fourth stage of his challenge, the Michelin starred chef shifts his focus onto the health of the eight families and demonstrates ways that they can incorporate more fruit and vegetables into their diets. Tom shares a series of healthy recipes packed full of goodness, including spicy beef lettuce cups, a stir fry and banana choc-ices. He also pays a visit to the Loveday family at their home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where he helps Tim and his wife Claire cook his Russian salad, and challenges them to eat only vegetarian meals for a whole week.
We Need to Talk About Death (BBC2, 9pm)
We’re all going to die – we just don’t like to talk about it. And, as Dr Kevin Fong points out in this documentary, we’re increasingly able to put off having the difficult conversation. Modern medicine is focused on saving lives, life expectancy has increased and many of us view death as something to be battled, with doctors doing all they can to save patients right up until the end. But here Fong asks whether this means that we have over-medicalised our final years when we would better off exploring palliative care that might give us less time but a better quality of life – and death. In his search for answers, he talks to the medical professionals at the heart of these dilemmas, as well as the patients who are facing their own big questions.
Cleaning up (STV, 9pm)
While the investigation continues at the office, Sam and Jess are interrogated by the firm’s compliance team. Jess admits to Sam that she has made a shocking discovery about Blake. He left a phone in his office containing details of his illegal trades and linking the women to his insider network. Meanwhile Alice starts to learn more about her parents’ separation and her mother’s addiction, and Dave drops a bombshell which further threatens Sam’s relationship with the girls. Starring Sheridan Smith and Jade Anouka.
Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People (Channel 4, 10pm)
The series concludes by meeting Emily, a 24-year-old single mum of two who weighs 26 stone. She is confined to the house by a fear of shame and ridicule, but she is also anxious about her health and worries that one day she will simply not wake up. So Emily puts herself in the hands of a top bariatric surgeon, but also seeks the services of a behavioural psychologist so
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she can get her appetite back under control and confront the demons that have driven her to comfort eat. Can she find the strength to turn her life around?
The Secret Life of Five-Year-Olds (C4, 8pm)
The award-winning documentary moves on to a new, older group as the nursery opens its doors to an international class of children from across Britain and around the world. Harlo has travelled from Los Angeles but what do the others make of his American ways – in particular his love of guns? Reilly, whose mother is from South America, quickly develops a crush on Harlo. But will her feelings be reciprocated? Meanwhile Syrian refugee Omar has a tough time making friends in the playground and soon the others gang up on him.
Hunted (C4, 9pm)
For some contestants on this show, in which ordinary people find out if they’ve got what it takes to evade elite hunters for 25 days, the toughest challenge isn’t avoiding the CCTV cameras, it’s having to go without seeing their loved ones. That’s certainly taking its toll on Royal Marine Matt, who decides he’ll do whatever it takes to see his wife and baby boy, but will making contact give away his location to HQ and cost him his share of the £100,000 prize money? Nurses Emma and Jess are also under pressure this week when they are surrounded on a Dumfries estate, forcing them to