PICK OF THE WEEK

seemingly arriving at their destination late and frustrated. In this documentary, psychologists and industry experts discuss the anxieties and situations that passengers experience in and around the railways. There is also real-life footage – ranging from from the funny to the dramatic – showing what can go wrong both on and off the train tracks. There are clips of shocking near-misses, devastating derailments, rush-hour rage and unique on-board entertainment, all captured on cameras and phones.

A&E Live (STV, 9pm)

With more than 20 million patients a year, hospital accident and emergency departments are the beating heart of the National Health Service. This innovative live documentary series, which ties in with the NHS’s 70th anniversary this year, will tell the story of emergency medicine as it happens across one of Britain’s major cities. Davina McCall will be embedded in the emergency department including the busy trauma unit at Leeds General Infirmary, which is the birthplace of emergency medicine. She will then follow the frontline staff as they tackle emergencies from the initial 999 call, in the ambulance and through to treatment in A&E. The series will focus on Yorkshire’s finest – NHS doctors, nurses and paramedics – following the stories from call to cure. We will witness what they see as they see it, never knowing who or what is coming through the emergency room doors next.

WEDNESDAY

The Secret Life of the Zoo (C4, 8pm)

In the final episode of the series, keepers prepare for the difficult task of transporting giraffe Kidepo to a new zoo, and Kidepo’s brother Narus is not making the move any easier. Meanwhile, silvery gibbon Alvin is keen to get close to his partner Tilu again, and after caiman lizard Gary dives head first into an empty pool one too many times, keepers decide a trip to the vet is in order to see if there is an underlying problem. Elsewhere, dominant warthog Magnum is being challenged by fellow warthog Dobby, so keepers decide it is time to move Dobby to a zoo in Germany.

The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs (BBC1, 10.45pm)

Two years ago, Dr Chris van Tulleken tried to tackle the UK’s growing reliance on prescription drugs by working with a GP’s surgery to offer patients alternative treatments. Now he’s embarking on a new crusade after discovering that British children are given three times more medication than they were 40 years ago. In 2016 alone, we spent £64 million on one particular brand of children’s liquid paracetamol, and in the first of this two-part documentary, the doctor stages a surprising stunt at a Bristol family fair to show parents when not to give their children painkillers.

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA (BBC4, 9pm)

Art critic and film producer Waldemar Januszczak presents this three-part series on the golden age of American art, with each film set in different American territories. The first film is set in the Wild West, and begins with a look at the sublime art of the Hudson River School, a mid-19th century movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose

aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. The presenter celebrates the work of painter Jackson Pollock, a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement who was heavily influenced by the mood of the American West.

Carry on Brussels (C4, 10pm)

The Brexit issue continues to divide Westminster politicians and much of the British public, so imagine how fraught the situation must be for the UK’s MEPs as they work in the European Parliament. With unrivalled access, this new series charts the progress of politicians from across the spectrum as they deal with one of the most turbulent times in the EU’s history. In the first episode, we meet Labour MEP and ardent Remainer Seb Dance