TV PICKS OF THE WEEK
PEAKY BLINDERS Tonight, BBC1, 9pm
Tommy takes Ruby to the doctor for a check-up, but he could do with a little medical attention himself as he dreams that he’s fighting a German soldier, and Lizzie wakes to find him having a seizure.
He assures her that after the Boston business, the Peaky Blinders will rest. However, that business still needs attention as Jack Nelson arrives in the UK from the US.
Officially, he’s in the country to buy liquor import licences, but unofficially he is on a fact-finding mission to learn more about the political situation in Europe.
LIFE AND DEATH IN THE WAREHOUSE Tomorrow, BBC Three, 9pm
From the Bafta-winning team behind Killed By My Debt and Murdered by My Father, this new drama explores working conditions in distribution centres, a world shrouded in secrecy where warehouse workers are subjected to a gruelling work regime and obsessive monitoring.
It tells the fictional story of pregnant warehouse worker Alys (Poppy Lee Friar), whose childhood friend Megan (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) joins the same distribution centre as a trainee manager. In a desperate attempt to keep her new job, Megan presses Alys to get her ‘pick-rate’ up, putting her baby at risk.
ROCK TILL WE DROP Tuesday, BBC2, 9pm
In last week’s episode, Martin Kemp and Lady Leshurr recruited their veteran musicians, but how will they gel as a band?
The initial signs aren’t all that encouraging, especially when it comes to the drummers.
Arty, 72, isn’t a fan of Lady Leshurr’s song choices and admits he’d rather go home than change his drumming style, while in Martin’s camp, 95-year-old Roy is starting to question whether he’s up to the
demands of a full set.
STACEY DOOLEY: INSIDE THE CONVENT Wednesday, BBC1, regions vary
Stacey spends 10 days living with the nuns of St Hilda’s Priory Order of the Holy Paraclete, in
Whitby. She finds that very little has changed at the convent in the 115 years since its foundation. But with fewer women being called to the vocation, it’s a way of life that’s dying out.
Can the sisters give Stacey a new insight into her own life, and how will she adjust to their routine, including eating meals in silence?
LOUISE MINCHIN: THE TRUTH ABOUT STALKING – TONIGHT
Thursday, ITV, regions vary
For its many thousands of victims, most of them women, stalking can be a terrifying ordeal – sometimes violent and occasionally deadly.
Former BBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin was subjected to a campaign of threats and harassment online in July 2020, with former soldier Carl Davies sentenced to two years and eight months in prison in December last year for posting “intimidating” messages “intended to maximise fear and distress” to Louise and her teenage daughter Mia.
Here, the presenter asks if enough is being done to tackle the crime.
GRANTCHESTER Friday, ITV, 9pm
The sixth season only ended in the autumn, but fans are already being treated to more episodes.
It’s summer 1959, and wedding season in full swing. Among the brides-to-be is Adele Fitzgerald, who lives on her declining family estate with her sister Maude.
The body of a dead man is found in the grounds and is quickly identified as the sisters’ errant brother.
QUEENS OF MYSTERY Saturday, Channel 5, 9.15pm
This comedy crime drama series kicks off with the first episode of a two-parter.
Newly promoted Det Sgt Matilda ‘Mattie’ Stone (Olivia Vinall) is assigned to Wildemarsh, the village where she grew up.
Her boss warns her that her job will not require the help of her crimewriting aunts Beth (Sarah Woodward), Cat (Julie Graham) and Jane (Siobhan Redmond).