FOUR OF THE BEST
Luxury Holidays: How to Get Away This Year Channel 4, 8pm
After the grimmest of winters, many of us are desperate to go on holiday in 2021, but how, when and where do we go? Sabrina Grant investigates whether a proper break will be possible this year, looking at where we may be able to visit once restrictions are lifted. She meets families who are desperate for an escape and explores the options for taking a luxury trip both at home and abroad. From high-end staycation destinations that are off the beaten track, to cruises, this programme offers expert advice on what to look out for when you book, and how to protect your money. As well as the measures holiday companies are putting in place to keep holidaymakers safe during the pandemic, there’s the all-important information on how quarantines and new variants could change holiday plans throughout the year.
Stand Up & Deliver Channel 4, 9pm
In this concluding episode, our five brave celebrities are doing some lastminute comedy cramming, with just 24 hours to go before their big gig, in support of Stand Up To Cancer. Judi Love coaches Curtis in improvisation, Nick Helm teaches Sayeeda how to make a strong first impression, and Jason Manford is still struggling to get his protege Shaun to remember his act. Meanwhile, Katie attempts to harness her nerves and Richard remains reverent when his mentor David Baddiel tries to push on him a joke with two swear words in the same sentence. Then, punchlines are fluffed and one act is deemed so offensive they get booed. But one standout celebrity has the last laugh and proves their intensive training has paid off.
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories STV, 9pm
Back in 2012, Rupert Everett branded Piers Morgan “slobby”, “elephantine” and “pathological” when he recalled working with him on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. It seems the duo have now put their differences behind them, as Everett becomes the latest celebrity to join the GMB host for an intimate chat about his life and career.
The Yorkshire Ripper’s New Victims Channel 5, 9pm
With 2021 marking the 40th anniversary of Peter Sutcliffe’s arrest and conviction, this feature-length programme promises to provide a new perspective on the crimes of the Yorkshire-based killer. It reexamines his infamous murders and attacks on lone women, focusing on Sutcliffe’s “forgotten victims” and asking whether he took any dark secrets to the grave when he died in November 2020. The film also asks whether police officers ignored some of the victims’ ordeals.