PICK OF THE DAY

THE APPRENTICE

9PM, BBC1 ★★★★

With just three weeks left to go, Lord Sugar summons the remaining candidates to the historic Greenwich market in southeast London, where he sets a classic Apprentice task: selling live to the nation on one of the country’s leading TV shopping channels. With Brittany (right) and Akshay at the helms as project managers, the teams must identify the best products to sell and direct a promotion campaign to boost sales of one of their items.

But which team will sell the most – and which team will prove a real turn-off?

DRAGONS’ DEN 8PM, BBC1

★★★

A medical herbalist is hoping her sparkling botanical wine will pop open the Dragons’ wallets, while an entrepreneur unveils a device – born out of a brush with death – that’s intended to prevent medical emergencies. Then, a former RAF member reaches for the sky as she tries to clinch a deal for her kids’ skincare range.

AMOL RAJAN INTERVIEWS SIR IAN MCKELLEN

9PM, BBC2 ★★★★

For his latest in-depth interview, the BBC’S media editor sits down for a chat with the veteran screen and stage star. Rajan begins by taking Sir Ian back to his days growing up in Lancashire during the Second World War and the launch of his acting career at the University of Cambridge.

FIRST DATES 10PM, CH4

★★★★

A look back at more classic meet-ups from the First Dates archives. The daters include ex-husband and wife Mandy and Stuart, who came together to lend each other moral support as they bid to find love again, and mother and son duo Chi-chi and Kurtis, who were both looking to settle down.