MEDIEVAL CITY

London: 2,000 Years Of History, 9.15pm, Ch5

PART two spans the 13th century to Tudor times, and includes the arrival of o the Black Death, which killed half of London’s population and ‘opened up opportunities for those who survived’. One of those who did well for himself in the decades after was Dick Whittington, and Dan Jones (pictured) reveals the true story of this panto stalwart.

Home, 9.45pm, Ch4

WITH Sami (Youssef Kerkour) now an official asylum seeker, Katy (Rebekah Staton, pictured) wants him to stay as long as he likes — and her son John (Oaklee Pendergast) has decorated the spare room so it looks more like Damascus . . .