Thursday

Horizon: Dawn of the Driverless Car BBC TWO, 9.00PM; SCOTLAND, 11.15PM

Whether we like it or not, the age of driverless travel will be with us sooner than we think. With some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies – among them Google, Intel, Uber and Facebook – in a multi-billion-dollar race to be the first to develop a vehicle capable of safely delivering itself and a living cargo to any destination without human intervention, it is widely considered to be a matter of very few years before one succeeds. This entertaining and thought-provoking film takes a look at the technical advances being made to make autonomous driving a possibility. Not only that, it also takes a philosophical look at the desirability of a world in which humans are no longer required to do something so many of us enjoy, and which also provides a source of employment for millions of people across the globe. GO

Outlander MORE4, 9.00PM

This TV adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s fantasy novels has been available on Amazon for two years and has amassed a cult following. But now, More4 will show the drama (the third season airs in September) from the beginning. It’s initially set in the Forties and follows a nurse (Catriona Balfe), who, when on a trip to Scotland with her husband (Tobias Menzies), is pulled back in time to the Jacobite risings. Be warned, though, it can be as sexually explicit as Game

of Thrones, and often as violent. CG