Wednesday

Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

BBC ONE, 9.00PM; SCOTLAND, 10.45PM

The UK has the worst eating habits in Europe, says veteran food campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and the fallout is crippling the NHS. What we have to do, he says, is not just diet and exercise, but fight back against the tide of processed food being pushed at us. He begins this engrossing series by inviting children to do a supermarket shop without their parents. The results are striking, demonstrating the influence of advertising and how poor eating choices take root from an early age. There are many other striking moments in a show bursting with information, revelation and naming and shaming. His campaign to get 10,000 people in Newcastle to shed a communal 100,000lbs is inspired. But his drive to get WH Smith to stop, as he says, “pushing” chocolate from its tills will perhaps be what resonates most with viewers. GO

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

BBC TWO, 9.00PM

The story comes full circle in the final episode of Tom Rob Smith’s gripping drama series, to July 1997. As Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss) watches the news of Versace’s murder break, he’s horrified to learn that the police have identified him as prime suspect. GO