FOUR OF THE BEST
Coronavirus: How Clean Is Your House?
Channel 4, 8pm
Since the coronavirus outbreak began, we’ve been inundated with messages about washing our hands and not going outside. But should some of us also be changing our behaviour at home, especially when it comes to keeping our houses clean? Hopefully, this one-off special should provide some answers as two families have their houses forensically swept for fingerprints to find evidence of what they may be unwittingly spreading around their homes. As well as asking whether we should also be using this time indoors to do some serious deep cleaning, the programme explores how the coronavirus works.
The Mum Who Got Tourette’s
Channel 4, 9pm
Elizabeth is a typical suburban housewife and mother-of-three with one big difference – without warning, shortly after her 40th birthday, she developed Tourette’s syndrome – a neurological condition that causes involuntary tics, some of them offensive. This one-off documentary follows Elizabeth and her family over the course of a busy summer, including a holiday in Cornwall, GCSE results and meeting her son’s new girlfriend – experiences amplified by the unexpected impact of Elizabeth’s condition.
Gordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip
STV, 9pm
Gordon Ramsay aims to show his companions that US food lives up to its reputation of being bigger and better as they travel from Nevada to Los Angeles. They begin in style with a helicopter ride above the
Grand Canyon – although Gino is too nervous to appreciate the spectacle below him. Next up is a trout fishing trip contest in the Colorado River, followed by a burger in Las Vegas with a hefty price tag of $777 and a visit to a ranch where they have to round up herds of cattle on horseback. Finally, they hit Los Angeles, where they have a barbecue battle.
Coronavirus: A Horizon Special
BBC2, 9pm
The outbreak of the coronavirus was first reported in China last December and has now spread across the globe in just four months. In that short span of time, entire nations have gone into lockdown and thousands have died, while the media has bombarded us with data and information, not all of it accurate. This special Horizon documentary sorts through the stories and concentrates on the facts, figures and science. It asks what Covid-19 is.