What not to miss in the week ahead
DRAMA Too Close
This three-part psychological thriller stars Emily Watson as dedicated forensic psychiatrist, Emma Robertson, who is assigned to work with Connie Mortensen, played by Denise Gough, a wife and mother accused of a despicable crime. Her assessment will determine whether Connie faces life in jail, life in a secure psychiatric hospital, or the chance of rehabilitation and release.
Emma hopes that the high-profile case will make her career, but her sessions with Connie quickly become a complex psychological game of cat and mouse with confusing sexual undercurrents. Connie exploits Emma’s insecurities but it isn't clear whether she is manipulating Emma to gain her freedom, or simply for her own entertainment.
Monday to Wednesday, STV, 9pm
Game Of Talents/i Can See Your Voice
Two new similar gameshows launch on ITV and BBC. In Game Of Talents, from the makers of The Masked Singer and hosted by Vernon Kay, contestants and their celebrity teammate try to figure out the surprising and often bizarre hidden talents of the eight mystery performers in each episode. With big money prizes up for grabs if they get it right, will they be able to tell the fire eater from the footballer or the line dancer from the lion tamer, based solely on the performers’ appearances and some clues?
Meanwhile, I Can See Your Voice sees host Paddy Mcguinness and celebrity investigators Jimmy Carr, Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden try to help contestants spot the difference between the good and bad mystery singers without ever hearing them sing a note.
Today, STV, 7:30pm; BBC1, 7:20pm
DOCUMENTARY
Climate Change: Ade On The Frontline
In this landmark new series, Ade Adepitan travels to places on the frontline of climate change. In the first episode, Ade begins in the Solomon Islands, travelling down the east coast of Australia, from the Great Barrier Reef to Tasmania. In the Solomons, Ade becomes one of the few Westerners to have travelled in a boat across former islands... that no longer exist. It’s a grim future that awaits many island chains around the world, from the Maldives to various Pacific islands.
Tomorrow, BBC2, 8pm
DOCUMENTARY
Greta Thunberg: A Year To Change The World
Continuing the examination of climate change, this three-part BBC series made in partnership with The Open University, follows climate activist Greta Thunberg as she takes a year off school to explore the science of global warming and challenge world leaders on their policies. Monday, BBC1, 9pm
DRAMA
Lights Up: Harm
When an unhappy estate agent sells a house to Anna, a charismatic social media influencer, the two strike up an unlikely friendship. But as her obsession with Alice’s perfect world intensifies, the lines between online and reality become dangerously blurred. This televised play is part of the BBC’S Lights Up initiative and one of 18 productions being aired on TV or radio from theatres around the country, which have been unable to open since the first lockdown. Tuesday, BBC4, 10:15pm
DOCUMENTARY
Sudden Death: My Sister's Secret Killer
Every year over 600 young and seemingly healthy people die suddenly and unexpectedly from a Sudden Cardiac Death. In this programme Patrick, whose sister Lauren died of SADS, or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, tries to find out more about the condition. Wednesday, BBC1, 10:45pm