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Killing Eve

Villanelle returns to London after her double murder and breaks into Eve’s hotel room – however, she doesn’t get the reception she was expecting.

Eve runs into Helene’s disgruntled ex-girlfriend Fernanda and Helene meets with an assassin-in-training, who wants a more prominent role in the organisation. Then, using Eve’s tablet, Villanelle arranges a meeting with psychiatrist Martin, demanding therapy and holding him hostage at his house. Meanwhile, Carolyn discovers more promising intel linked to The Twelve.

Dynasties II

The captivating nature series returns to provide fresh insights into the lives of some of the planet’s most charismatic animals.

We begin in the remote highlands of Patagonia, where a solitary mother puma named Rupestre battles to raise four cubs. The family faces extreme elemental forces, from driving white-out blizzards to 100mph winds and, to feed her cubs, Rupestre must grapple with giants – guanaco – which are nearly three times her size.

Hunting is not her only problem, however – more than 30 rival puma also stalk these hills, among them a fearsome male whose desire to mate with Rupestre puts her cubs

in mortal danger and a rival female who is determined to lay her own claim on Rupestre’s territory.

Then Barbara Met Alan

Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, disabled entertainers who met at a cabaret gig and fell in love, set about changing the conversation surrounding disability in the UK in the 1990s. It was their campaigning that led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.

Far from a worthy, joyless telling of the pair’s struggles, this is an immensely enjoyable and celebratory love story, with Baftanominated

Ruth Madeley (Years And Years) and Arthur Hughes (Help) heading a superb ensemble cast.

British Grandma On Death Row With Susanna Reid

In 2003, Linda Carty was convicted of the murder of young mum Joanna Rodriguez so she could steal her new-born son Ray. Almost 20 years on, she’s awaiting execution in Texas, making her the only British woman on Death Row anywhere in the western world.

Susanna, pictured, heads to the Mountain View Maximum Security Prison to hear Linda’s story. She also speaks to her

daughter Jovelle, who has campaigned on her mother’s behalf, as well as lawyers on both sides of the case.

The Island

Tom Allen invites four comics to make their own personal dream desert island. Each week, the host puts these four islands and their leaders to the test – who’s got the best house band? And you may think you want your island’s only drink to be Fanta Limon, but what happens when it attracts a swarm of angry bees?

Kemah Bob and Jason Forbes are on hand as they bring ‘live’ reports from the islands. This week’s guests are Sara Pascoe, Johnny Vegas, Ninia Benjamin and Ahir

Shah.

Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World

Joanna Lumley, takes a look at Rome, a city with a history to rival any – and a distinctive modern culture to boot. She visits the iconic Trevi Fountain, before meeting with one of the most famous of the world’s paparazzi. She also gets to unlock the Sistine chapel with its single key.

Not Going Out

Lee Mack’s fab sitcom returns with a tribute to the late Bobby Ball, who played Lee’s father Frank. It’s a year since Frank’s death and Wendy (Deborah Grant), having rediscovered a passion for painting, decides to create a portrait of him, but Lee and Lucy (Sally Bretton) can’t stand it. A shame, then, that it ends up on their wall.