PICK OF THE DAY

PHIL SPENCER’S STATELY HOMES

8PM, CH4 ★★★★ This week, Phil visits Hampton Court Palace near London (right). The home of King Henry VIII, this spectacular royal palace boasts a fusion of architectural styles forged over 500 years of rebuilding. With 1,300 rooms and no fewer than 17 courtyards, Hampton Court’s secrets and scandals are waiting to be discovered by Phil – with a little help from the experts. As he weaves his merry way through the warren of rooms, Phil discovers that carpenters were kept very busy during Henry’s reign, and learns some surprising facts about Tudor washroom etiquette.

GREAT CONTINENTAL RAILWAY JOURNEYS

8PM, BBC2 ★★★★

Michael Portillo starts his journey through Germany in the capital, Berlin. From its golden age in the 1920s – when life was ‘a cabaret’ – to the Second World War and beyond, Michael explores this once turbulent city, before moving on to Stuttgart, via Potsdam, Weimar and Nuremberg.

REPORTED MISSING

9PM, BBC1 ★★★★

The series following missing person investigations returns – and this episode is an emotional trip. There is grave concern for 56-year-old former soldier Mark Smith when he fails to come home to his wife, Denise. He suffers from PTSD and runs a charity for fellow sufferers, but it’s clear that he’s also in dire need of help.

DIANA: HER LAST SUMMER

9PM, CH5 ★★★★

First of a run of documentaries about Princess Diana, showing nightly, this focuses on the last three months before her death on August 31, 1997. Diana was emerging from a challenging period with renewed confidence, but these final months were also another time where her love life was under intense scrutiny. SA