PICK OF THE DAY

Old People’s Home

For 4 Year Olds

9PM, CH4

New five-part series following a groundbreaking, illuminating and profoundly moving three-month experiment taking place at Lark Hill, one of the UK’s largest retirement villages. In a specially built nursery, pensioners – this time much older than in previous series – will be embarking on a daily timetable of activities with children aged from three to four years old. Will an experiment of this length influence long-term solutions for the care of older people, and how will the children’s development be affected?

Great British Menu: The Finals

7PM, BBC2

It’s finals week, and over the next four nights the winning chefs from the eight regions will be setting out to convince the judges that their dishes should be on the menu at Friday’s banquet celebrating 70 years of the NHS. Today, it’s the starter course; and some of the chefs are finding their nerves are getting the better of them.

Food Unwrapped

8.30PM, CH4

Jimmy Doherty kicks off a new series by finding out whether eating a lot of poppy seeds could result in testing positive for opiates. Plus, Matt Tebbutt looks at the growing popularity of bread containing ‘ancient grains’ and Kate Quilton discovers the revolting consequences of pouring used cooking oil down your drain.

Fashion’s Dirty Secrets: Stacey Dooley Investigates

9PM, BBC1

The UK’s insatiable greed for cheap clothing is having a devastating impact on the environment. Here, Stacey Dooley travels the world to reveal how waterways relied on by millions of people are being poisoned by toxic chemicals from the garment industry.