CRITIC’S CHOICE

PICK OF THE DAY Pilgrimage: The Road through North Wales

9pm, BBC Two

It’s interesting that, given the interest in matters spiritual, television so rarely addresses them. These celebrity pilgrimages are an exception, and this year takes the seven enlightenment-seeking hikers along the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way, from the Dee Estuary to Bardsey Island. They include presenter Michaela Strachan, comedian Eshaan Akbar, Amanda Lovett from the first series of Traitors (a practising Catholic), reality TV star Spencer Matthews (“Is Jesus a real person?”), actor Tom Rosenthal, autism ambassador Christine McGuinness (left) and broadcaster Sonali Shah, who grew up in a Jain family.

=== Travel Man: 48 Hours in Rovaniemi

8.30pm, Channel 4

The city of Rovaniemi is in Finnish Lapland on the edge of the Arctic Circle and apparently the official home of Santa Claus. It’s the latest destination for Joe Lycett and comedian and actress Desiree Burch, as they try ice floating by donning rubber suits and climbing into a freezing lake. All that and a fivecourse tasting menu inspired by Lappish ingredients, and a ride in a traditional Sami reindeer caravan.

=== Beyond Paradise

9pm, BBC One

A clairvoyant predicts unusual events that begin occurring in the life of a recently bereaved friend of Martha (Sally Bretton). The team starts to suspect that the psychic’s powers might be too good to be true, as Martha’s friend starts ending up in more and more dangerous situations. On the home front, Humphrey and Martha attend their fostering interviews, while Peter Davison guest stars as a potential love interest for Martha’s mother Ann (Barbara Flynn).

=== The Life and Death of Lily Savage

9pm, ITV1

By the time that Paul O’Grady died last year, he was a much-loved fixture of TV and radio, and probably most famous for his ITV show

For The Love Of Dogs. However, for more than 20 years he was a razor-tongued drag queen. Set against the backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, Clause 28 and the Aids crisis, this is the story of the star through the prism of his famous creation, Lily Savage. The documentary features his daughter, Sharyn Mousley, and sister, Sheila Rudd, and interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Julian Clary, Jo Brand, Alan Carr and Graham Norton among others.

=== Susan Calman’s Great British Cities

9pm, Channel 5

Leeds is the latest destination for the itinerant comedian. Calman starts by delving into the city’s industrial past, visiting Armley

Mill which is now a museum providing insights into the working conditions of the Industrial Revolution. She then visits Hyde Park Picture House, a surviving First World War cinema, and meets the man responsible for the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

=== RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK versus the World

9pm, BBC Three

The final sees the remaining candidates lip-sync for the crown, with regulars RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton on the judging panel. Michelle also hosts a reunion, inviting the eliminated queens to reflect on the highs and lows of the competition.