SIX HIGHLIGHTS FOR WHATEVER MOOD YOU’RE IN

IF YOU WANT AIRCRAFT RESCUE... THE GREAT BRITISH SPITFIRE RESTORATION SATURDAY, 8PM, CH4

Al Murray narrates this one-off programme, based on the More4 series Inside The Spitfire Factory, that follows restorers (led by Peter Monk, right) as they attempt to completely transform a 1943 Mk IX Spitfire from rusty remains to a wartime legend – and get her back in the air.

IF YOU WANT JACKPOT DRAMA... THE SYNDICATE TUESDAY, 9PM, BBC1

Lottery thief Frank (Neil Morrissey, right, with Genevieve Doang) does love his dog, and he’s distraught when he learns that Duke is missing, but a phone call from Keeley puts him in the picture. Will he agree to her demands for the syndicate’s winnings, or listen to Cheryl? It seems she has a plan…

IF YOU WANT NEW BEGINNINGS... PAUL O’GRADY: FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS WEDNESDAY, 8PM, ITV

This week, Paul meets a pair of Shih Tzu sisters who came from a puppy farm, and need to learn about domestic life, and an American bulldog named Sky (right), who was heartbroken when she had to leave her owner. They all need some extra help finding their new homes.

IF YOU WANT A HELPING HAND... GARDENING WITH CAROL KLEIN THURSDAY, 7PM, CH5

New, five-part series in which the green-fingered guru – and regular Gardeners’ World contributor – guides us through the spring from her own home in Devon. Carol (right) starts off with practical yet fun tips on planting potatoes if you don’t have much room in your garden.

IF YOU WANT MOVING STORIES... SAVEDBYA STRANGER THURSDAY, 9PM, BBC2

Anita Rani meets people who were helped by others during life-changing events in Britain and beyond – and are now looking to reconnect with their benefactors. In part one of four, Emina (right, with Anita) wants to find the doctor who helped her family to flee war-torn Sarajevo.

IF YOU WANT SIGHTSEEING... WORLD’S MOST SCENIC RIVER JOURNEYS FRIDAY, 8PM, CH5

We head across the Atlantic this week for a trip along the Hudson river, accompanied as ever by the mellow tones of narrator

Bill Nighy. We begin at its source amid the forested slopes of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, and end up 315 miles away in the Big Apple (right).