TV PICKS OF THE WEEK
TEAM GB HOMECOMING CONCERT BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Tonight, BBC1, 7.30pm
The delayed Tokyo Olympics have proved hugely popular with viewers, perhaps because once again, Team GB athletes made a big impression.
Now, as our heroes return home, 8,000 supporters – including friends and family as well as key workers – will watch this celebratory concert at The SSE Arena in Wembley.
Major moments from the games will be played on large screens behind the participants, who include Anne-Marie, Laura Mvula and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man. Clara Amfo and Greg James are our hosts.
CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF Tomorrow, BBC1, 9pm
The second week’s celebrity cooks are Penny Lancaster, Megan McKenna, Melanie Sykes, Patrick Grant and Nabil Abdulrashid.
First up, the quintet have to peek Under the Cloche and create a dish using the ingredients revealed.
Then, in the Street Food Challenge, they have to identify from taste the ingredients in a Vietnamese dish before trying to replicate its flavours without a recipe.
Then they rustle up their Dinner Party Dish, before one of them is sent home.
COOKING WITH THE STARS
Tuesday, ITV, 9pm
Just over a month ago, Griff Rhys-Jones, Shirley Ballas,
Naughty Boy, Denise Van Outen,
Catherine Tyldesley, Harry Judd, Johnny Vegas and AJ Odudu all strapped on their aprons before being paired with a professional chef.
Now, after five gruelling weeks of competition, who will be crowned the first ever Cooking with the Stars champion?
Before hosts Emma Willis and Tom Allen announce the winner, the finalists face more tough challenges.
FAKE OR FORTUNE? Wednesday, BBC1, 9pm
Finding out whether the artworks featured in this series are the genuine article is always challenging, but in the last episode of the current run, Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould have a particularly tricky investigation on their hands.
They meet Anglesey farmer Huw Lewis, who believes that the small painting depicting the Last Supper he bought for £50 on the internet may be the work of 18th-century artist (and favourite of King George III) Benjamin West.
However, the picture is in a worrying condition.
I AM MARIA
Thursday, Channel 4, 9pm
The trilogy of thought-provoking stand-alone dramas concludes with a film exploring issues of identity, doubt and cracks that can form in
even seemingly stable long-term relationships.
Oscar-nominated Lesley
Manville takes the role of Maria, who feels she’s reached a crossroads in life.
She tries to feign contentment in her marriage to John (Michael Gould), but her 60th birthday leaves her wondering whether it’s time to stop suppressing her feelings and possibly search for freedom and happiness.
IAN HISLOP’S TRAINS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Friday, Channel 5, 9pm
All aboard for the Have I Got News
For You veteran’s latest insight into Britain’s ever-changing railway system.
This time his focus is on cities, and he begins his journey with a look at the London Underground, which transformed transport in the capital when it began operating in 1863.
THE CHASE CELEBRITY SPECIAL Saturday, ITV, 5pm
Bradley Walsh presents as celebrity contestants Perry Fenwick, Jenny Eclair, Ore Oduba and Richard Madeley pit their wits against one of the ruthless Chasers in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds.
They must work as a team and play strategically to answer general knowledge questions against the clock and race down the game board to the exit without being caught.