PICK OF THE WEEK

SATURDAY

Jeremy Pang’s Asian Kitchen (STV, 11.35am)

Join the Chinese chef, cookbook writer and cookery schoolteacher on a culinary journey filled with the tastes of Asia. Jeremy’s aim is to inspire enthusiastic and adventurous home cooks to try more recipes themselves, and he’s on a mission to prove that delicious Asian food shouldn’t just be from your local takeaway. He kicks things off with a Vietnamese stir-fried dish featuring fragrant turmeric and dill fish, while actor Joe Swash steps into the kitchen for his first masterclass, trying try his hand at duck spring rolls.

Isle of Wight Festival 2022 (Sky Arts, 7pm)

Coverage of the second day of the annual event, as 90,000 festival-goers continue to enjoy what is hopefully a sunshine-filled weekend of music. Tonight, Leicester rock band Kasabian and Pete Tong Presents

Ibiza Classics performed by the Heritage Orchestra and conducted by Jules Buckley, headline on the Main Stage. Also on the bill are Blossoms, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Jessie Ware, The Proclaimers, The Fratellis, Chinchilla and Greek Tragedies, while Shaggy, Joel Corry, Nathan Dawe and Griff appear in the Big Top.

Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow – Celebrity Special (STV, 7pm)

The comedian’s career is nothing if not varied. We may think of him as a chat show host and comedian, but he recently fronted his second series of Interior Design Masters for the BBC and is also the regular presenter of Sky’s There’s Something About Movies quiz. Now he’s back with a new run of Epic Gameshow, which combines often ‘hilarious and tension-filled entertainment’ (according to them anyway) with a hefty dose of nostalgia – each edition features a format popular many decades ago. It’s beginning, as is now traditional, with a celebrity episode. So settle back and watch as Mo Farah, Clare Balding, Russell Kane and Jimi Mistry take part in Play Your Cards Right, which was a hit in the 1980s and was partly inspired by US show Card Sharks.

Hampton Court Palace: Behind Closed Doors (C5, 8pm)

The fly-on-the-wall documentary series about life and work at English king Henry VIII’s favourite palace returns for a second threepart run. It picks up as autumn starts and the place is opening up to visitors again. But it’s Chief Curator Tracy Borman who’s kept the busiest by a call from Tudor antiques specialist Paul Fitzsimmons. She’s initially sceptical about his claim that he’s bought an item that once belonged to Anne

Boleyn, but there’s something about it that piques her interest. Meanwhile, the Court’s spectral residents are in focus as Halloween arrives.

Later - with Jools Holland (BBC2, 10.40pm)

Sadly, the 60th run of the evergreen music show reaches its conclusion this evening. However, it probably won’t be long before another heads our way – the Beeb never leaves much of a gap between series. It’s going out with a bang though – headlining are Florence the Machine, who recently released Dance Fever, their fifth studio album, and indie star Jamie T. Plus, there’s a chance to hear from three Later... debutants – RnB musician Kamal, Liverpudlians The Mysterines and Deyaz, a multiinstrumentalist and producer.

SUNDAY

Tennis: Queen’s (BBC1, 1.15pm)

Sue Barker presents coverage of the final of the cinch Championships, the grass-court tournament at London’s Queen’s Club which was first held back in 1881. Top seed and eventual Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini took the honours here last year, defeating Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 to become the first Italian to win this event and the first debutant to triumph since Boris Becker. With Wimbledon on the horizon, has World No.11 Norrie, or his fellow Brits Andy Murray and Dan Evans, made it to the final this time around?

Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb (C4, 8pm)

This November marks the 100th anniversary of Howard Carter’s entry into the tomb, an event regarded as the greatest archaeological find in history. However, in the years since, rumours of a Pharoah’s curse have circulated following the untimely deaths of several people involved in the expedition, something which has inspired many a horror movie involving embalmed avengers. In an extraordinary two-part documentary, paleo-anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi tries to sort the fact from fiction.

McDonald & Dodds (STV, 8pm)

It’s Sunday evening, a time traditionally devoted to cosy dramas – and they don’t come much cosier than McDonald and Dodds, which is back for its third series. Some may argue that crime shouldn’t be depicted as anything but hard-hitting but, thanks in no small part to the popularity of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books, a more twee approach to the subject is all the rage at the moment. As ever, Tala Gouveia and Jason Watkins head the cast as DCI McDonald and DS Dodds respectively, but there’s a new face joining them – Outnumbered star Claire Skinner takes on the role of their boss, Chief Superintendent Ormond. The first featurelength case deals with the death of a young woman found in a local park with a smile on her face.

Glastonbury: 50 Years and Counting (BBC2, 9pm)

Producer-director Francis Whately, who’s best known for the acclaimed David Bowie Five Years trilogy, is also the man behind

this celebratory documentary. It offers an offbeat insight into one of the world’s greatest music festivals, as seen through the eyes of the two people responsible for it – Michael and Emily Eavis. It begins at the last event, in 2019, when Billie Eilish and Stormzy grabbed the headlines, before going back through time to explore its origins while hearing from some of the acts who have performed at Worthy Farm over the years.

The Cruise (C5, 9pm)

This new series, narrated by Sheridan Smith, follow the lives and loves of the crew on-board Scarlet Lady and Valiant lady, two brand-new ships in the Virgin Voyages fleet, and the passengers hoping for the holiday of a lifetime. We start in the hustle and bustle of embarkation day at Scarlet Lady’s home port of Miami, Florida. As over 1,000 crew beaver away to get the ship ready for new passengers, the bridge team have strong winds to contend with.

Captain Giovanni takes everything in his stride, while second captain Georgia is planning a special surprise for her boss.

MONDAY

Tennis: Eastbourne (BBC2, 1pm)

Clare Balding introduces live coverage from Devonshire Park as the world’s leading female tennis players take to the grass courts. This year sees a host of the world’s top 10 competing, as they fine tune their game ahead of a trip to SW19. Jelena Ostapenko was a popular winner last year, as the former French Open champion beat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in straight sets in the final. Fellow Roland Garros winner Barbora Krejcikova is also in the field, along with former Wimbledon singles champions Garbine Muguruza and Petra Kvitova.

Back in Time for Birmingham (BBC2, 8pm)

To tie in with the 2022 Commonwealth

Games, which begins on July 28, the latest run of the living history series is a celebratory look at Birmingham. The Sharmas, a Hindu family with roots in India and Uganda, will fast forward through five decades of rapid change, beginning as the family, guided by Noreen Khan and social historian Yasmin Khan, move into a house in Sparkbrook. Arriving in 1950, Vishal and his 19-year-old son Akash are shocked at the dingy accommodation, but try to make the most of it. Vishal puts in a strenuous shift at one of Birmingham’s many factories and Akash tries to whip up a meal from a limited larder. In tomorrow’s second edition, we arrive in the the 1970s, when many South Asian families realised that running a business was the best way to get ahead.

Sherwood (BBC1, 9pm)

The true-crime drama exploring the impact of undercover officers in 1980s Britain against the backdrop of two manhunts continues. After DCS Ian St Clair briefs the Press on the search for a named murder suspect, he and DI Kevin Salisbury are called to the scene of a second murder. Meanwhile, the news of a longstanding spy in the community begins to circulate. In tomorrow’s fourth episode, there are two killers on the run, and Ian is forced to call in the Met to support the manhunt. Meanwhile, the search for the spy intensifies as a link to Scott is discovered.

Long Lost Family (STV, 9pm)

Joselyn Taylor was born profoundly deaf and put in a children’s home at only two weeks old – the big question at the back of her mind has always been ‘Why?’ She knows that her birth mother went on to have a son and is now searching for her older brother James as she knows that he may be the key to answer her lifelong questions. In turn, James has also been searching – for the father he never knew and had only been able to dream about. However, after 73 years, James finds more family than he bargained for. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.

How to Hire a Hitman (C4, 10pm)

After receiving hundreds of hacked messages from a murder-for-hire online site, true-crime obsessive Yinka Bokinni journeys deep inside the dark web to find out if it’s possible to anonymously order someone’s death. The hacked message shows hundreds of people all over the world have been ordering hits online. But this isn’t gangland score-settling either, but seemingly ordinary people who want their friends, partners or work colleagues dead. So are the sites where murders can be ordered just a scam, or are they a terrifying new crime phenomenon? And if so, could any of us be at risk? The answer perhaps lies in a case where a murder has already occurred – the killing of a normal mum ordered online.

Extraordinary Portraits (BBC1, 11.10pm) In tonight’s transformative portrait, we see a beautiful friendship form and a magical work of art made. Charlotte Banfield has cerebral palsy and autism. Once bullied at school, she used to be afraid to leave the house and terrified of the water. However, she has overcome her fears and prejudice to become a champion adaptive surfer. Tinie matches her with Bella Kotak, a fine art, fashion and portrait photographer who travels the world and is inspired by fairytales and nature. Can Bella transform Charlotte into the main character of her own fairytale?

TUESDAY

Between the Covers (BBC2, 7.30pm)

Bookworms and literary lovers up and down the country will be heaving the saddest of sighs this week as the latest run of this cracking series comes to a close.

It’s going out with a bang though, because presenter Sara Cox is joined by Bastille frontman Dan Smith, comedian Catherine Bohart, and actors Colin Salmon and Katy Wix. As well as spilling the beans on their all-time favourite reads, the celebrity quartet will also be reviewing this week’s two book club choices. Plus, The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry is the new book pick, and The Crow Eaters by Pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa is the final selection from the BBC’s Big Jubilee Read list, celebrating authors from across the Commonwealth.

Cooking with the Stars (STV, 8pm)

The global culinary journey in the company of hosts Emma Willis and Tom Allen, and a mixed bag of celebrity cooks, heads to India this week. If it’s anything like the emotional roller-coaster of the previous foray into Spanish cuisine, we’re in for a bit of a bumpy ride. Who will be leaning hard on their mentor chef’s kitchen skills as they get to grips with a heady blend of spices and arm-scalding tandoori ovens? More importantly, which of the famous faces will be waving farewell before the credits roll?

The Yorkshire Vet (C5, 8pm)

Dog lovers will sympathise with the owner of a Vizsla puppy that has eaten a washing-up sponge for the second time, and has to get a clean bill of health from Julian Norton. Meanwhile, Peter Wright is at the Greens’ farm to deal with a bullying calf, before meeting the most overgrown tortoise beak he’s ever seen. Plus, David rushes out to a local farm where a ewe has suffered a life-threatening prolapse, and Shona keeps her fingers crossed for plenty of lambs as she hopes that lots of her sheep are pregnant.

The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (BBC2, 9pm)

For more than 70 years, the United Nations has been at the forefront of work to uphold human rights and promote peace around the world. Now, however, it is facing allegations of wrongdoing in its own backyard, ranging from sexual abuse against children by peacekeepers to corruption. In this eye-opening

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