What’s on TV

LITTLE BOY BLUE ITV

This four-parter focuses on the murder of innocent, 11-year-old Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones, who was gunned down on his way home from football practice by a member of a local gang in 2007. Written by Jeff Pope, with the cooperation of Rhys’s parents, the drama explores the effect on the family and SIO Dave Kelly, the lead investigator (played by Stephen Graham), who is determined to bring the culprits to justice. Early May

JAMESTOWN SKY 1

The makers of Downton Abbey are behind this eight-part historical drama set in a pioneering community in Virginia in 1619. It’s a world of manure, mud, makeshift shacks and men who haven’t seen a woman in 10 years… until the boat carrying paid-for brides from Britain arrives. A beautifully-shot series with compelling storylines. Max Beesley plays the man you’ll love to hate. 5 May

BROKEN BBC One

Sean Bean stars as Father Michael Kerrigan, a Catholic priest at the heart of a northern urban parish, in Jimmy Mcgovern’s latest drama. Wise and kind, he nonetheless struggles to reconcile his beliefs with the challenges of modern life. His flock includes Christina (Anna Friel), a struggling mum of three, while Father Peter (Adrian Dunbar) is a fellow priest who lights the way. Early May

CULINARY GENIUS ITV Fern Britton hosts this daytime show, featuring 20 hour-long episodes, each with nine cooks competing for a top cash prize and the title of Culinary Genius. A celebrity chef – Jeanchristophe Novelli, Phil Vickery, Rosemary

Shrager and Gordon Ramsay in rotation – presides over the kitchen, while contestants face three rounds of stiff challenges to see who wins. It’s all very intense and great fun.