FIVE OF THE BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK
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McDonald & Dodds,
ITV, Sunday, 8pm
A birthday weekend away goes devastatingly wrong when Angela and four of her friends travel down from Glasgow to celebrate in Bath. The next morning they wake to hangovers from hell, and when a rugby player is found dead on the railway lines near the house, all the party-goers become suspects.
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Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance, BBC One, Weds-Fri, 9pm
Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance is a game that’s as unpredictable as its host. Will players Caroline and Andrew, brothers Sam and Sassan, twin sisters Margaret and Ann, Paul and Stu or couple Sophie and Claud cope under pressure and build themselves a fortune?
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The Late Late Show The Graham Norton Landscape Artist Of with James Corden, Show, The Year, Sky Arts & Sky Comedy, BBC One, Friday, NOW TV, Wednesday, Tues-Fri, 11.50pm 10.45pm 8pm
Brighten up your weeknights with the effervescent host James Corden on his US chat show. Expect a parade of celebrity guests in the late-night talk show featuring musical acts, games, sketches and more.
There may not be an audience anymore but there’s plenty of laughs with the band and crew.
Among the guests joining Graham tonight are comic actor Amy Poehler, star and director of the rebellious new comedy Moxie; actor Minnie Driver, promoting her new podcast and Alias star Jennifer Garner, talking about her family comedy Yes Day. With music from singer-songwriter Tom Odell.
The winner of this year’s competition heads to Snowdonia to take on their £10,000 commission from the National Trust, where they will be completing an artwork to commemorate Dinas Oleu – the fragmentary remains of an Iron Age enclosure overlooking the coastal town of Barnmouth.
RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK
This week, the queens’ acting skills are put to the test as they star in a new soap opera - BeastEnders. To help them with their roles, EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy, aka Sonia, gives the girls a soap acting masterclass, with Michelle Visage and Graham Norton plus an extra special guest.
YEARS AND YEARS
Years and Years, which hit our screens in 2019, was a bit of a slow burner, but gained further plaudits for Russell T Davies. Now there’s another chance to see it. For those who missed the series the first time around, it’s a six-part insight into the lives of the Lyons family; in the near future.
THE LIBRARIANS
Members of an ancient secret organisation solve mysteries, recover powerful artefacts, and fight supernatural threats in this fantasy adventure series based on the Librarian films. In episode one, NATO antiterror agent Eve Baird meets Flynn Carsen during a mission in Berlin.
HI-DE-HI !
Prepare to be amused by a range of wonderful characters, including world weary comedian Ted (Paul Shane), his naive sidekick Spike (Jeffrey Holland), chief yellowcoat Gladys (Ruth Madoc) and cleaner/wannabe superstar Peggy Ollerenshaw (Su Pollard).