PICK OF THE WEEK

SATURDAY Edwardian Britain in Colour (C5, 8pm)

Part one of a two-part documentary in which social historians examine surviving film footage of Britain in the early years of the 20th century. The first episode features footage of Queen Victoria’s state funeral in 1901 and a bicycle parade celebrating the coronation of the new king. The programme also examines life for people employed in the mining and cotton industries, as well as how an increase in leisure time led to the the popularity of seaside resorts soaring, with Blackpool leading the way

Trapped (BBC4, 9pm)

The second series of the Icelandic drama continues with another double bill. Ketill is released but his sons are still the best lead the police have. With Skuli still at large, a full search-and-rescue operation is mounted, but what kind of state will he be in when he is finally found? Meanwhile Mayor Hafdis is still being threatened by a mysterious opponent but is determined to conceal it until the deal is signed. And Torfi drops a hint that Hammer of Thor are planning something big, but Andri and Hinrika have very little time to work out what it is.

Through the Keyhole (STV, 9.25pm)

It’s the last in the current run of the classic game-show revival and Keith Lemon snoops around and ransacks three more mystery celebrity homes. In between the VTs, the host challenges the panel – comedian Rob Beckett, journalist and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter and Channel 4 newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy – to guess “who habitates in a house like this?” But can the trio successfully identify the homes’ famous occupants without the host and the audience giving it away?

Out There (STV, 10.25pm)

Where else could you see one-liner specialists Darren Walsh and Mark Simmons trading gags in a hot tub; hyperbolic comic Tom Allen stepping into the shoes of a stressed-out teacher in a school classroom; and Bad Move actress Kerry Godliman performing her routines from inside a Victorian folly? The answer – this stand-up show in which comedians perform hilarious routines and jokes in real-world locations, rather than on the stage at a comedy club. The above quartet, as well as Milton Jones, Zoe Lyons, Ed Gamble, Rhys James, Ivo Graham and London Hughes, all take part in this show devised by Mock the Week co-creator Dan Patterson.

SUNDAY A Night at the Theatre (BBC Scotland, 7pm)

Comedian, writer and CelebAbility presenter Iain Stirling hosts a two-part showcase of music and laughs from the Theatre Royal in Glasgow to celebrate the launch of the BBC Scotland channel. Glasgow-born singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and Edinburgh musician Nina Nesbitt will be among the performers. The show will be broadcast in two parts over the first night’s schedule.

Endeavour (STV, 8pm)

The first episode of this series introduced viewers to a scene-stealing new cast member – Shaun Evans’ moustache. Now we’ve had a chance to get used to it, though, we can hopefully concentrate on the mysteries instead. This week, the police are looking into the murder of renowned chocolate factory owner Greville Creswell during a local hunt. His death isn’t the only tragedy in the area, as couple Mandy-Jane and Rennett Bell are found dead from gunshot wounds. Thursday (Roger Allam) assumes it’s a case of a spurned husband and a doomed affair, until the discovery of a collectible card suggests a link to the Creswells’ murder. As Endeavour investigates, he meets a beautiful single mother – has Joan now got a rival for his affections?

Still Game (BBC Scotland, 9pm)

Jack, Victor and the rest of the Craiglang gang are back for the ninth – and final – series before the iconic comedy show goes into retirement. When Isa gets mugged, Winston comes to her rescue, not realising that his heroic deed is being filmed and it has turned him into an internet sensation. Winston initially plays down the attention but after Methadone Mick points out the advantages of online fame, he embraces his new-found celebrity status. Meanwhile, Jack and Victor decide they won’t be yesterday’s men and buy themselves mobile phones and have a go at creating their own viral videos.

Baptiste (BBC1, 9pm)

The detective discovers that Edward is not who he claims to be, and finally tracks down Natalie, but she claims that she is unwilling to leave Amsterdam even though her life is in danger if she stays. His attempt to keep the truth from Edward has tragic consequences, which he holds himself responsible for. Baptiste

heads for London to track down Edward’s ex-wife and, on his return to Antwerp, makes a shocking discovery that answers many of his questions about his strange behaviour, but also leaves him with many more.

MONDAY Child Genius (C4, 8pm)

Quizmaster Richard Osman returns with the nationwide contest to find the nation’s brightest child, with 19 of the country’s cleverest eight- to 12-year-olds battling it out for the title. In the first round of the competition, the children must display a phenomenal array of linguistic skills when they are challenged to spell some of the most complicated words in the English dictionary. For round two, they

must master Old English, a language so difficult it is normally learned only by academics.

Warren (BBC1, 9pm)

Is 2019 turning into the year of Martin Clunes? We’re still only in February and he has already picked up plaudits for his performance in the real-life detective drama Manhunt and appeared in the travelogue Islands of America. And now the one-time Man Behaving Badly star is getting back to his sitcom roots with this promising new offering from writers Paul McKenna (not to be confused with the hypnotist) and Jimmy Donny Cosgrove. Clunes stars as Warren, a pedantic driving instructor who moves from the south of England to Preston in Lancashire when his partner Anne’s father falls ill. So, he’s got a job he’s ill-suited to in an area he doesn’t like, and he’s dealing with two teenage stepsons he never wanted. No wonder he thinks the world’s against him – although at least Anne is on his side...

Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson (C5, 9pm)

The actor embarks on a global journey, beginning in Paris, where he meets up with a friend who explains the finer points of French social etiquette. In Germany, Tony compares a gentle spin in a replica of the first automobile with an exhilarating blast in the latest Formula 1 car. Then it’s on to Hungary, where the capital Budapest is now very different from how it was under communist rule. Lastly, Tony heads towards Turkey, which straddles Asia, where he explores Istanbul’s spice markets and visits the main train station where renovations have uncovered ruins dating back to 400BC.

Long Lost Family Special: Born Without Trace (STV, 9pm)

Foundlings are people who were abandoned as babies, often in the first hours and days of their lives, and have had no way to unlock the secrets of their past. In this 90-minute programme presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, new DNA technology and painstaking detective work is combined to help solve the mysteries of people with unknown beginnings. The team uses an extraordinary new technique to try to identify birth families and find answers for people who have spent decades striving to find out where they came from.

TUESDAY This Time Next Year (STV, 8pm)

Fresh from presenting the Long Lost Family Special: Born Without Trace on Monday, Davina McCall is back to pull on our heartstrings with another touching episodes of This Time Next Year. This week, she’s meeting six-year-old Thomas Hazelton, who was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy at the age of two. The condition means that his muscles are very tight, but his family are raising the funds for treatment that they hope will allow him to walk without pain for the first time. Meanwhile Karen Lock is waiting for a kidney transplant and Ros and Huw Neal are hoping to have a baby via a surrogate. Kayleigh Harris vows to lose weight and find love, and Nicci Taylor, who bought a motorhome so that she could travel around the country looking for Mr Right, is planning to make this the year she finally gets a husband.

Inside the Factory (BBC2, 8pm)

Gregg Wallace is in Lowestoft, Suffolk, at an enormous factory where they produce 450 tonnes of frozen food a day. He follows the production of frozen potato waffles, from the arrival of 25 tonnes of spuds right through to dispatch. Meanwhile Cherry Healey learns about the difference between waxy and floury potatoes and finding out which type should be used for which job. And Ruth Goodman is myth-busting Walter Raleigh’s connection to potatoes. She discovers he couldn’t have brought them back from North America, because there weren’t potatoes there until 20 years after he died.

Shetland (BBC1, 9pm)

Calum is rushed to hospital after attempting suicide. He dies shortly afterwards and, to Jimmy’s dismay, Sandy admits to giving Calum the pen he used to kill

himself. Convinced that Aaron McGuire is the key to unlocking the murder cases and finding Zezi, Jimmy heads to Glasgow, where he joins forces with DI Sam Boyd from the trafficking unit. Could Glasgow businessman Gilbert Benson be the man behind one of Jimmy’s toughest assignments? Drama, starring Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson and Kate Dickie.

Safe at Last: Inside a Women’s Refuge (C4, 10pm)

Last week Channel 5 brought us the documentaries The Abused and How to Leave an Abusive Partner Safely, highlighting the problems faced by women in violent or coercive relationships and the difficulties in simply walking away. Now we get an insight into what life is like for those who have fled violent partners as, in a TV first, cameras go inside a women’s refuge. Those being filmed have agreed to be identified and we follow their stories over the course of a year as they begin rebuilding their lives. The documentary also highlights how the refuge is struggling to stay open, despite Theresa May’s commitment to tackle domestic abuse. Anti-abuse campaigner Julie Walters provides the narration.

WEDNESDAY The Junk Food Experiment (STV, 9pm)

In the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ate at a McDonald’s burger joint three times a day for a month to investigate the physical and psychological impact it would have on his wellbeing. This feature-length programme follows a similar format. Here, six famous faces – singer Peter Andre, The Chase’s Shaun Wallace, politician Nadine Dorries, actor Hayley Tamaddon, Olympian Tessa Sanderson and TV personality Hugo Taylor – put their bodies on the line by becoming guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to find out what eating junk food does to us over seven days. The results are collected and monitored by Dr Michael Mosley and may put the nation off burgers, kebabs and the like for good.

Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits (C4, 9pm)

Following the residents of the Country Durham town of Hartlepool as they became guinea pigs for the introduction of universal credit, and the shocking events that followed. The final episode follows Sophie, a young woman with epilepsy and ADHD who struggles to get through the application process for universal credit, and eventually runs out of money and loses her home. Meanwhile, as some people’s money problems grow, one line of business is booming – loan sharks. Using threats and violence to solicit money owed, they see themselves as a necessary evil but, when their clients also respond with violence, tensions reach boiling point.

The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On (BBC2, 9pm) in 1988 the publication of The Satanic Verses – the controversial book by Salman Rushdie – sparked a culture row in Britain and led to death threats against the novelist. Thirty years on, broadcaster and journalist Mobeen Azhar returns to Yorkshire, where the protest began, to examine the lasting effect the book has had on his community and to meet people often ignored by the mainstream media whose lives were for ever affected by the book. Mobeen hears from a range of people who were affected by the so-called Rushdie affair – from the men who took an early stand against the book and organised the original protests, to a writer who wrestled at the time of the book’s publication with the complex questions of free speech and her own religious beliefs, and a former member of the National Front who claims that the furore over the book became a recruiting tool for it.

Pure (C4, 10pm)

The comedy drama based on Rose Cartwright’s acclaimed memoir reaches its climax tonight in a double bill. As ever, Marnie is concerned that her sexual thoughts will arise once again during her best friend Olive’s visit from Scotland. However, buoyed by her new therapy sessions, she decides to come clean about her condition and is pleased when Olive doesn’t run away in disgust. As a result, Marnie decides to bring her two worlds together at a dinner party but, when matters don’t go quite as she had planned, she’s left feeling paranoid and wondering if everybody now hates her. Later, as everyone gathers for Amber’s birthday, Marnie becomes obsessed with the idea that she isn’t getting any better.

THURSDAY Back in Time for School (BBC2, 8pm)

Throughout this series, the pupils and teachers have experienced seven eras of British educational history, from the age of Empire in 1895 all the way through to the end of the 1990s. Along the way, they have lived

lessons, life and school dinners as they would have been. But their adventure isn’t quite over yet and tonight they return for a reunion party where, along with presenter Sara Cox and social historian Polly Russell, they reflect on their 100 years of time travel. Finally they explore what the classroom of the future might be like. How will they react to the thought of pupils one day being taught by artificial intelligence?

In the Line of Fire with Ross Kemp (STV, 9pm)

ITV’s Crime and Punishment strand sees the ex-EastEnders star head out on the streets with members of the UK’s tactical firearms teams and normal beat bobbies. Sadly we’re growing accustomed to seeing armed officers and he’s keen to hear about their experiences, as well as how some of their unarmed colleagues may have tackled certain crimes differently had they been carrying a gun. Among those he meets is Dave Sturman, the West Midlands Police’s detective superintendent in charge of the region’s mobile armed support to surveillance team, who discusses the tactics employed to deal with difficult situations, while Kemp tries to weigh up whether having more armed police would be beneficial or detrimental to the public’s safety.

Who Needs a Man When You’ve Got a Spray Tan (C5, 9pm)

Three out of every five families living in the Knowsley area of Liverpool have a single parent. Some of them discuss their lives and struggles to make ends meet in this eye-opening three-part documentary. Among those featured is Stephanie, who dreamed of becoming a singer, but falling pregnant in her teens ended those aspirations. She now has three children and feels the time is right to revive her career, but overcoming her nerves before a charity performance won’t be easy. Meanwhile vlogger Danielle juggles raising three sons with her job as a beautician and keeping her online fans happy. There’s also a chance to meet Natalee, who has six kids aged between nine months and 16 years, and Nicole, who has just split with her daughter’s father.

Death in Paradise (BBC1, 9pm)

Old mates Jay, Gerald, Adam and David arrive on St Marie ready for the holiday of a lifetime at the Crystal Bay Horse Ranch. The occasion soon turns sour when the island is shaken by a torrential storm and ranch owner Hannah advises the men to wait it out in their tents. By morning, Jack thinks he has seen the worst of it, until he opens up the locked police station and finds the body of a man lying on the floor. It’s Adam, with scratches on his arms and laceration marks around his neck.

FRIDAY Athletics: European Indoor Championships (BBC2, 6.30pm)

Coverage of the opening session on day one from the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, where it could be a golden night for some of Britain’s leading female athletes, who include Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Laura Muir. Johnson-Thompson is scheduled to be in action in the pentathlon, which concludes in this session, and will be hoping to regain the title she won four years ago in Prague, breaking Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British record in the process.

Secret Scotland with Susan Calman (C5, 8pm)

Susan heads behind the scenes at the famed Gretna Green, the UK’s wedding capital, and uncovers the secrets of weddings past. She then follows the course of the Tweed, trying her hand at flyfishing as she goes, before meeting the weavers at the last commercial handwoven tartan mill in the world. It’s there Susan discovers that her own ancestors would have needed a large wardrobe for all of the tartans to which the Calmans can lay claim.

Soft Cell: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (BBC4, 9pm)

Formed during the late 1970s in Leeds, Soft Cell went on to become one of the more colourful pop bands. Here, cameras follow vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist Dave Ball as the English synthpop act reunite for an emotional farewell concert at London’s O2 arena last September, which also marked their 40th anniversary. Footage follows the build-up to the gig and provides an intimate portrait of the duo at work, as well as revisiting places of their youth.

QI (BBC2, 10pm)

The most recent series of the mind-boggling quiz has been its 16th, meaning Sandi Toksvig and her guests switched their attention to the letter P. In this compilation of the season’s best bits, there are questions on panimals, peril, piecemeal, parts, public and private, pictures, picnics, plants, pubs, pain and punishment, pot pourri, procrastination, phenomena, pathology, pastimes of past times and post. Phew! Permanent participant Alan Davies is joined by prominent panellists including Jimmy Carr, Ed Balls, Susan Calman, Stephen K Amos, Danny Baker, Aisling Bea, Cally Beaton and Nikki Bedi.