Tutankhamun: Waking The Dead Channel 5, 9pm

Professor Bettany Hughes (left) sets up her own incident room to learn more about the life and death of Egypt’s boy king, drawing on the latest forensic science as well as a century of historical research. She learns more about the world he grew up in and points out that Tutankhamun was always surrounded by royal intrigue – his father was disgraced and his mother was brutally murdered. ★★★★☆