Wednesday
Doc Martin ITV, 9.00PM
Now bearing the imprimatur of last series’ guest star Sigourney Weaver, Dominic Minghella’s amiable comedydrama returns for the further adventures of Martin Clunes’s comically brusque and businesslike GP in the seaside town of Portwenn. The wedding looms of bumbling local bobby Joe Penhale (John Marquez) and impetuous nanny Janice Bone (Robyn Addison), yet an outbreak of a highly contagious virus, a case of kidney stones, a dose of prenuptial nerves and a curate with a baffling medical condition all threaten to scupper the happy occasion. This is harmless, mildly aspirational stuff, with enough self-awareness and gentle self-satire to keep it watchable. GT
Bad Move ITV, 8.00PM
Sitcoms on ITV have a chequered recent history, but this new one – starring Jack Dee and Kerry Godliman as a couple escaping to the country – is a decent effort. The move goes predictably sour, but Dee’s pokerfaced cynicism and the eccentric locals (Miles Jupp and Philip Jackson among them) hold the interest. GT