Mcdonald & Dodds

BBC1, today, 7pm

ITV, today, 8pm

If you needed proof of how likeable or popular this odd-couple murder mystery is, then look no further than the calibre of guest stars appearing in the second season’s first episode.

Martin Kemp, Patsy Kensit, Cathy Tyson and Rupert Graves, play Mick, Barbara, Jackie and Gordon – a quartet of friends who achieved notoriety in the 1980s.they become the chief suspects after a hot-air balloon trip ends in murder. Meanwhile, Rob Brydon co-stars as the jobsworth Roy Gilbert from the Air Incident Investigation Agency.

Just when you thought there was no aspect of the animal kingdom left for Sir David Attenborough to cover, we join him in an aspect of the national world that has always fascinated him – colour. In this new two-part series he travels from the rainforests of Costa Rica to our snow-clad Highlands to indulge in his passion. Get ready for amazing footage of peacocks, mandrill baboons and birds-of-paradise.