The Herald

FOUR OF THE BEST The Grand Party Hotel

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Live Internatio­nal Football

STV, 7.30pm

After underwhelm­ing performanc­es against Iceland and Denmark last month in the Nations League, Gareth Southgate’s England return to Wembley Stadium for the first time in 2020. Their opponents are Wales, who have seen a resurgence of late under manager Ryan Giggs. The former Manchester United star is set to lead his nation to their third major tournament at Euro 2021 following appearance­s at the 1958 World Cup and Euro 2016, where they made history by reaching the semi–finals.

BBC1, 8pm

The staff at the Shankly in Liverpool are feeling pressure during a busy Friday evening, with almost 700 people checking in. Guests are arriving to party, celebrate and mark momentous moments in rooms with outlandish designs, including plunge pools and whirlpool baths. However, a major plumbing problem occurs and the hotel baths are refusing to fill. Charley has arrived for her hen party, arranged by her brother, and they are both disappoint­ed by the problems, which new general manager Damian struggles to put right.

The Truth About Your Sandwich Channel 4, 8pm

Britain’s sandwich industry is worth £8billion a year, but Helen Skelton believes some of the major chains’ practices leave a bad taste. In this documentar­y, she investigat­es shocking hygiene conditions at a major sandwich retailer, while testing reveals we shouldn’t always trust the nutritiona­l levels advertised on your high–street food. Dirty conditions at major production plants are also exposed as the programme reveals how cuts to hospital and food inspection budgets could be putting the public at risk.

The Apprentice Best Bits BBC1, 9pm

This week’s episode looks back at the show’s charity celebrity specials when famous faces, including Jack Dee, Jonathan Ross, Omid Djalili and

Rylan Clark-neal swapped showbusine­ss for big business and raised more than £2million for Comic Relief and Sport Relief. Viewers will get another chance to see Lord Sugar’s lieutenant Karren – before she was Baroness – Brady leading the girls to victory over Alastair Campbell’s boys team in 2007. That was the same year Piers Morgan had a boardroom meltdown and the lifelong Arsenal supporter was eventually fired by former Tottenham Hotspur chairman Lord Sugar, who said he was fed up with his “demeanour”.

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