PICK OF THE WEEK

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Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure (BBC Two, 9pm)

In the conclusion of this two-parter, Miriam Margolyes finds out what is being done to combat the obesity crisis, meeting people who are going to extreme lengths to lose weight. To understand the cost of the epidemic, the thespian meets 41-year-old Angela, whose leg was amputated two years ago. Her weight meant she needed a knee operation, which led to a sepsis infection. Stuck at home relying on carers to wash, dress and feed her, Miriam is stunned to learn how Angela’s weight turned her life upside down.

Elizabeth I and II: Britain’s Golden Queens (C5, 9pm)

Ignore the inaccurate title, this historical documentary examines whether there are similarities between the two monarchs, from their ascensions to the throne to the battles they faced to protect their reigns. In the first episode, the current Queen is born a minor princess in the second rank of the royal family and grows up away from the limelight. Elizabeth I is the only child of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn but, as a girl, she is an immediate disappointment. After Henry executes her mother, the young Elizabeth is cast into the wilderness. However, for both Elizabeths an extraordinary sequence of events will catapult them both onto the throne and their journey through trauma and disruption will make them strong.

WEDNESDAY

The Heat Is On: Sport Relief (BBC1, 8pm)

After weeks of training for their On Thin Ice challenge - cycling, skating and trekking across a frozen lake in Mongolia - the Coronavirus outbreak took hold in neighbouring China. Therefore, Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw; CBBC’s Karim Zeroual; the Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge; ‘Judge’ Robert Rinder, actress Samantha Womack; NHS doctor Zoe Williams; BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin and Channel 4 News host Krishnan Guru-Murthy were forced into a last-minute itinerary change. Thankfully, their training didn’t go to waste, and as skis can be used on sand as well as ice, the challenge was moved to the Namib desert in eastern Africa. This documentary shows the team’s highs and lows during their epic journey.

Child of Our Time: Turning 20 (BBC2, 9pm)

In 1999, TV series Child Of Our Time started filming a group of babies, from the moment they were born, to explore what would shape their lives in the new millennium. More than 20 years on, three of the subjects reflect on growing up during a time of amazing social change. Cameras explore their childhood as inhabitants of the first generation of 21st-century Britain. Eve, Jamie and Rhianna