PickS of the week
YOUR CAN’T-MISS TV SHOWS FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? TONIGHT, ITV, 7PM JEREMY CLARKSON returns with another series of the big-money quiz, broadcast over six consecutive evenings this week. Six contestants are ready and waiting for the fastest finger first question. If they get stuck, they always have the lifelines Ask the Audience, 50-50, Ask the Host and Phone a Friend to help.
HOSPITAL SPECIAL: FIGHTING COVID-19 Tomorrow, BBC2, 9pm THE award-winning series returns to give us a remarkable insight into how staff and patients alike at the Royal Free London Hospital, have been dealing with the challenges of the Covid-19 outbreak. Filmed from the first day of the lockdown, the opening episode sees doctors being redeployed and the ICU doubling its capacity.
A COUNTRY LIFE FOR HALF THE PRICE WITH KATE HUMBLE TUESDAY, CHANNEL 5, 9PM CHARLIE and Sammy Khalil are bidding farewell to their terraced house in Bracknell for a detached home, full of character, in Aberdeenshire. Last year Sammy had open heart surgery, bringing the mantra ‘work-tolive rather than live-to-work’ into sharp focus. With the house sale completed, it’s time for the 600-mile journey to what they hope will be a better life.
ABSOLUTELY INDIA: MANCS IN MUMBAI
Wednesday, ITV, 8pm BROTHERS Adam, Ryan and Scott Thomas and their dad Dougie arrived in India hoping to learn more about their heritage and their grandfather Nolan, who emigrated to the UK in 1947. In this episode, the siblings gain a new insight into their grandad’s life when cousin Darryl, whose father was Nolan’s brother, invites them to his home.
CHARLIE BROOKER’S ANTI-VIRAL WIPE
Thursday, BBC2, 9pm
with an all-new one-off episode, Charlie Brooker will be taking a typically satirical and acerbic look at life in lockdown, as well as reviewing what we’ve been doing to keep ourselves occupied.
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LATER – WITH JOOLS HOLLAND Friday, BBC2, 10pm
THE music show returns but, due to lockdown, Jools will be opening up his own studio in South London to the cameras. This week, French musician Christine & the Queens will chat from her base in Paris and Laura Marling performs.
EUROVISION: EUROPE SHINE A LIGHT Saturday, BBC1, 8pm