PICK OF THE DAY

THE SERPENT

9PM, BBC1 ★★★★

This highly stylish eight-part drama tells the true story of a serial killer who preyed on tourists along Asia’s Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, French con man Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) lures his victims into an intricate web of deceit before robbing and killing them. Aided by his devoted girlfriend, Marie-andree Leclerc (a great performance by Jenna Coleman, right), Sobhraj evades capture – until Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle) is unwittingly embroiled in Sobhraj’s crimes, and the real cat-and-mouse game begins…

DOCTOR WHO

6.45PM, BBC1 ★★★★

It’s the moment we’ve all been dreading: the Daleks have returned, with a new look and extermination in mind. But with the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) being held in an alien prison, it’s left to Graham, Ryan and

Yaz to put up a fight for Earth – with the help of Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman)!

CHITTY FLIES AGAIN WITH DAVID WALLIAMS

7.30PM, CH4 ★★★★

For more than 50 years, the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (which you can see at 11.35am on Ch5) has left children openmouthed in awe. Now, David is creating his own magic by teaming up with an inventor to re-create the car – but will it fly? He also visits a primary school production of the film.

DANCING ON THIN ICE

9PM, ITV ★★★★

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean go to Alaska to fulfil a lifelong dream of skating in nature, and it’s lovely to see their joy as they do so for the first time. As they try to find the perfect spot to perform Bolero, they meet husky racers and permafrost scientists, and try ice diving at -18°C for a full frozen adventure. TJ