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Gardeners’ World
BBC Two, Friday, 8pm
Monty Don plants up a seating area filled with night-scented plants, and begins preparations to sow a new lawn. He also takes dahlia cuttings and sows squash for an autumn harvest. Toby Buckland visits The Vann Garden in Surrey, designed by Gertrude Jekyll, a springtime botanical paradise. And Sue Kent is in her own garden in Swansea, where she makes a start on planting up her new hot border.
Late Night Lycett
Channel 4, Friday, 10pm
Comedian Joe Lycett's comedy series returns for a second run, bringing an unmissable live night of mischief, mayhem and fun to his home town of Birmingham. Featuring celebrities, local heroes and, of course, Joe's favourite aunties.
How ABBA Won Eurovision
Channel 5, Saturday, 9pm
The story behind the Swedish band's victory in the contest in 1974 with Waterloo, which became a hit and catapulted them to international stardom. The programme reveals how losing out on selection to be Sweden's entry the previous year spurred them on to try again, and looks at the events of the day they won the competition in Brighton in 1974.
Big Zuu Goes to Mecca
BBC Two, Sunday, 9pm
The chef and rapper makes a pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest city on a personal spiritual journey to try to understand more about his faith and what it means to be a good Muslim. Arriving in Saudi Arabia, Zuu's first stop is the Red Sea port of Jeddah, where worshippers from overseas have traditionally arrived for their pilgrimages. Here he gets to grips with the culture, and experiences traditional Arab hospitality before making the hourlong journey to Mecca.
Martin Clunes: Islands of the Pacific
ITV1, Monday, 9pm
The actor returns to explore more of the region, beginning with Papua New Guinea, journeying west across the Pacific to the Trobriand Islands. Subsistence farmers give Martin a warm welcome and he is soon put to work filling the ceremonial house with their staple crop of yams, before they play a game of cricket. He then heads to East New Britain, where he witnesses the population take to the streets to celebrate the anniversary of both their independence and the volcanic eruptions that have shaped the landscape.
It’s Showtime!
ITV1 Tuesday, 9pm
Documentary telling the story of a group of workingclass men from the north-east of England who got drunk one night and bought a racehorse - a decision that would change their lives forever.
Michael Palin in Nigeria
Channel 5, Tuesday, 9pm
Michael Palin’s latest adventure takes him on a 1,300-mile journey across the West African country. He visits Makoko, which is often characterised as the biggest slum in Africa, and drops in at the luxury bars of Lekki, where music business insider Idara Idemeko explains the ambition of a generation now living the high life. He also travels to the coastal town of Badagry, which was once a slave port.