7-DAY TV PICKS
THE GREAT POTTERY THROW DOWN Tonight, Channel 4, 8pm
JUDGES Rich Miller and Keith Brymer Jones set challenges close to their hearts this week as the amateur potters tackle terracotta.
The latter is a renowned designer and maker of ceramics, best known for his homeware range, so it’s no surprise to see him set a task involving the creation of cookware.
Rich, meanwhile, is also a ceramicist and decides to test the potters with a technical involving engraving tiles.
DIY SOS: THE BIG BUILD Tomorrow, BBC1, 9pm
BEAT the winter blues with this edition of the renovation show filmed in scorching temperatures in 2019 – which means it also features the welcome sight of large groups of people working in close proximity.
Nick Knowles and the team are in Barnstaple in Devon, where they meet Jan and Lucy, parents to triplets.
Two of the youngsters – Daisy and Amber – suffer from an incurable kidney disease which means they have to travel to Bristol – a four-hour round-trip
– four days a week for dialysis, so Nick wants to help extend their home to create space for a dialysis centre.
HOLBY CITY
Tuesday, BBC1, regions vary
GET ready to shed a tear or two as Dom’s life hangs in the balance. Even if he awakes, his life will be changed forever by his injuries.
While Hanssen wonders if he did the right thing, Ange is left devastated by what’s happened.
Elsewhere on the ward, Sacha battles to save Jodie’s baby and Cameron announces his plans for a new career.
THE BAY
Wednesday, ITV, 9pm IT’S the penultimate episode of the mystery drama’s second series, and Lisa is throwing herself into her work.
It’s not just the case that has her rattled, however, as a rash decision leaves her reeling. Fortunately she has a new line of inquiry to pursue, and the evidence against one suspect continues to mount.
But surely there’s more to the case...
Meanwhile, Manning jeopardises the investigation, and Abbie starts to question Penny’s loyalties.
PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES
Thursday, ITV, 9pm PIERS’ guest this week is
boxer Chris Eubank. As well as his many world title fights, Chris recalls his involvement in a car crash which saw a man die, how he became Lord of the Manor of Brighton, his relationship with Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali and his legendary sartorial elegance and extravagance.
He also describes his reaction to Michael Watson’s injuries sustained in their infamous 1992 fight and his pride at his son Chris Jr’s boxing career.
KATE HUMBLE’S COASTAL WALKS Friday, Channel 5, 8pm
KATE walks some of Britain’s most beautiful coastal paths, beginning with an 11-mile walk in Exmoor along one of the world’s most beautiful coastal paths: the South West Coast Path.
Starting at Porlock Weir, she heads to the tiny parish of St Bueno’s, before going inland to see the valley that inspired RD Blackmore’s novel, Lorna Doone.
Then, after a stop-off at Kipscombe Farm which is now home to an ancient variety of longhorn cattle, the presenter heads to the remains of an iron age fort and meets author Raynor Winn.
Finally, Kate rides the world’s highest and steepest waterpowered railway before finishing her walk in the incredible Valley of Rocks.
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY Saturday, ITV, 7pm
THE ever-popular Geordie duo return for a new series of their light entertainment show.
Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow is live in the studio for an incredible End of The Show Show, TV presenter Stephen Mulhern returns for an epic Ant v Dec and 2014 X-Factor runner-up Fleur East is ready to give one viewer the surprise of their lives.
Also tonight, Harry and Jamie Redknapp are the victims of a brand new I’m A Celebrity Get Out Of Me Ear.