CRITIC'S CHOICE
BLOOMING MARVELLOUS RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019, 3.45pm, BBC1
ON A VIP-filled first day, Frances Tophill gets a first look at the Great Pavilion. Later, we see the show gardens, and Mary Berry learns the secrets of a florist to the stars (7.30pm, BBC1), while Monty Don has a walk through the Duchess of Cambridge’s feature garden (8pm, BBC2).
SITCOM FUN Not Going Out, 9pm, BBC1
A PRECIOUS vase has been broken, and Lucy is pointing the finger of blame at her hapless husband. But Lee (Lee Mack, pictured) is determined to prove his innocence and, Poirot-style, he gathers his family and friends together to find the culprit.
IRON LADY Thatcher: A Very British Revolution, 9pm, BBC2
‘HER greatest quality is she didn’t want to be loved,’ observes one contributor to this new five-part series on the rise and fall of the singular Conservative leader (pictured). Michael Heseltine and Kenneth Clarke are among the contributors to a series that grips throughout.
ISIS I KILLER The Hunt For Jihadi John, 9pm, Ch4
MOHAMMED EMWAZI grew up in London and worked as an IT salesman before he became the murdering terrorist Jihadi John. In 2015, ‘John’ was killed by a drone strike; this efficient documentary tells the story of the hunt and hears from relatives of his victims.
DEAD FUNNY Ghosts, 9.30pm, BBC1
THIS comedy from the Horrible Histories team reaches the end of the road as Alison
and Mike decide on the future of their haunted mansion. Surely it’s done enough to get a second series.
FILM CHOICES A Neighbour’s Obsession, 2.20pm, Ch5
HAYLIE DUFF is Alex, an aspiring artist whose troubled past comes back to haunt her and, in fact, moves in right next door in this stalker thriller. When Alex’s boyfriend proposes, new neighbour Donnie (Michael Welch) scales up his nefarious plan.
The Punisher, 11pm,p Ch5
LOOSELY based on a Marvel Comics character, Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) comes back from the dead to punish the men who killed his family and tried to do the same to him.him After facing a hitman who appears to be based on Johnny Cash, he finds his way to the top bad guy (John Travolta, pictured with Laura Harring).