PICK OF THE WEEK

WEDNESDAY

Between the Covers (BBC2, 7.30pm)

In the first edition of the new series, Sara Cox is joined by author and host of Pointless, Richard Osman, comedian and Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White, actor David

Morrissey, and DJ and presenter Vick Hope. They will all be sharing their favourite books as well as reviewing this week’s two book club choices. The first is People Person by Candice Carty-Williams, while the opening selection from the BBC’s Big Jubilee Read, celebrating authors from across the Commonwealth, is The English Patient by Sri Lankan author Michael Ondaatje. The 14 selected books featured in the series will be labelled with Between The Covers stickers in shops, libraries and online so that audiences can join the conversation on social media using #BetweentheCovers.

The Great Home Transformation (C4, 8pm)

In the final edition, Emma and Nick are in Surrey helping a recently widowed young mum-of-two transform a house barely touched since the family moved in. Designer Alex Dauley creates a layout to give the house the character, practicality and storage the family craves as the children grow up while sensitively creating reminders around the home of their cherished late husband and dad. Together with the family, Emma, Nick, Alex, and resident craftsmen Tim Hitchens transform the main living space, get to grips with an entrance hallway that’s not fit for purpose, and create a surprise work-play area.

DNA Family Secrets (BBC2, 9pm)

Stacey Dooley and Professor Turi King return to help more people discover the mysteries hidden within their genetic code. Tonight, they are in Liverpool where they meet 52-year-old Richard, who is on a life-long mission to discover the identity of his dad. With his mum never revealing the truth about him while she was still alive, Richard has hit a number of dead ends. Meanwhile, Glen’s mother never knew where his father was from, only that he wasn’t white. After spending his school years in Oxfordshire feeling like the odd one out, he’s desperate to learn his ancestry. Finally, 62-year-old Janet has spent her life wondering if she has a secret sister. When her father returned as a British prisoner of war during the Second World War, she had heard that he may have fathered another child while in Austria.

Madeleine McCann: The Case Against Christian B (C5, 9pm)

Former detective-turned-investigative journalist Mark Williams-Thomas carries out the first active British TV investigation into Madeleine McCann ‘prime suspect’ Christian B. He obtains an account from Christian B himself and tests it against verifiable facts. On the ground, in both Portugal and Germany, Mark delves into Christian B’s previous offences both as a sex offender and breaking into

properties. Using his known addresses, Mark pieces together where Christian B was thought to be living when Madeleine disappeared and discovers what appear to be weaknesses in the German prosecution case.

Inside No 9 (BBC2, 10pm)

Tony Award-winning Britannia actress Sophie Okonedo stars in Nine Lives Kat, a psychological thriller directed by The Savage Eye filmmaker Kieron J Walsh and the latest episode of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s anthology. She plays hard-asnails Detective Inspector Katrina, a divorcee and single mum who is determined to crack the case of the missing boy. However, she

also has to curb her drinking, juggle her love life and wrestle with her inner demons. And although Kat doesn’t want help on the case, it turns up anyway. Robin Weaver and Siobhan Redmond also star.