Seven Days
SUNDAY
All Creatures Great And Small
6.30PM, RTÉ ONE ★★★
Nicholas Ralph takes over the role previously played by Christopher Timothy in a new series based on the much-loved books by James Herriot. A newly qualified vet moves to Yorkshire in search of a job.
A New Life In The Sun: Road Trip
7PM, CH4 ★★★
In this rather lovely spin-off series, Fred Sirieix takes us on a road trip around some of Europe’s most beautiful locations, meeting expats who have set up new lives abroad. In this episode, we’re on a tour of southern Spain’s whitewashed villages in Andalusia.
Chris Packham’s Animal Einsteins
8PM, BBC2 ★★★★
In the second of his series on intelligence in the natural world, Chris Packham looks at how animals communicate. We know birds use song to attract mates, while chimps use sign language to get their message across – but what are they really saying, and why?
McDonald & Dodds
8PM, UTV ★★★★
See TV Week, page 25.
Bloodlands
9PM, BBC1 ★★★★ Episode two of this brooding drama, and the ghosts from the past are returning to haunt the present. After last week’s gruesome discovery, DCI Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) is convinced the legendary assassin known as Goliath is back.
Dylan Moran: Off The Hook
10.15PM, BBC2 ★★★
As part of its ‘Festival of Funny’, the BBC brings us Moran’s 2015 stand-up show. It finds the acclaimed comedian musing on love, politics, the absurdities of life and misery – while keeping it hilarious.
MONDAY Drawers Off
5.30PM, CH4 ★★★★
Jenny Eclair is your host for this fun and cheeky new weekday contest where amateur artists not only show off their brush and pencil skills, but also strike poses – in the nude.
My Unique B&B
6.30PM, BBC2 ★★★
In this new, weeknight series, Simon Parfett and his team help people to generate income by creating B&Bs – tonight, they take on a battered camper van that’s been left to rust.
Condition Critical: One Doctor’s Story – Dispatches
8PM, CH4 ★★★
Over four months, Dr Saleyha Ahsan filmed her own journey through Covid-19’s second wave, capturing the pressures and personal tragedies she faced on the UK’s NHS front line for this sobering new Dispatches report.
Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites
8.30PM, CH4 ★★★ This week, Jamie Oliver shows us how to make pizza dough, then tops it with sausage, grapes and pine nuts, while son Buddy makes a sun-dried tomato pesto to go with it.
Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure
9PM, BBC2 ★★★★
Enjoy a typically inventive adventure inside the weird and fantastical world of Eddie Izzard with this stand-up performance from his hit 2013 world tour, which saw him visiting 27 countries.
Unforgotten
9PM, UTV ★★★★ Episode two of this absorbing cold case drama and the stakes are raised as Cassie (the ever excellent Nicola Walker) becomes convinced that the five police probationers in the car on the night of the murder hold the key to the crime. But she has to tread carefully…
TUESDAY
Interior Design Masters With Alan Carr
8PM, BBC2 ★★★★
This week, the designers will be flying solo for the first time as they make over beach huts. But the weather at Waltonon-the-Naze in Essex has its own part to play as rain lashes down on freshly painted woodwork.
Home Of The Year
8.30PM, RTé2 ★★★
The judges visit three more properties, starting with a converted mill apartment in Co. Antrim, which proved to be the perfect blank canvas for owner Lydia Mudge. There’s also a radically renovated 1970s bungalow in Co. Louth.
Why Is Covid Killing People Of Colour?
9PM, BBC1 ★★★★
The actor David Harewood tries to understand why the Covid-19 pandemic is having such a devastating and disproportionate impact on people from minority ethnic backgrounds. As a black man with underlying health conditions, it’s a very personal investigation.
Marcella
9PM, UTV ★★★
This episode sees Marcella fully cutting ties with her old life to position herself at the centre of the Maguire family – at Finn’s side. Rav makes a desperate appeal, but Marcella won’t be swayed. The final part is at 10.45pm.
WEDNESDAY Beidh Aonach Amárach
8.30PM, TG4 ★★★
Beekeeper Paddy Ó Fiannachta shares his knowledge of native Irish species and their honey. Gertie Woods from Co. Cavan shows off her knitting skills, and there’s also a look at her husband’s impressive collection of Toby jugs.