Seven Days

SATURDAY

POINTLESS CELEBRITIES

5.55PM, BBC1 ★★★

The star players this week are Bonnie Langford, Arthur Smith, Annabel Giles, Tony Hawks, Diane Louise Jordan, Melinda Messenger, Les Dennis and Richard Herring.

CASUALTY 8.20PM, BBC1 ★★★

Jade takes Faith out for a night on the town, but is left feeling vulnerable after her drink is tampered with. Jacob, meanwhile, is furious with Tina over a note, and Ethan realises he needs to come clean with Fenisha.

ALAN CARR’S EPIC GAMESHOW

8.30PM, ITV ★★★

If you’re looking for more something a little more nostalgic than The Hit List on BBC1, Alan brings the classic song-guessing game, Name That Tune, back to life here.

KEEPING FAITH 9PM, BBC1 ★★★

As the third and final series nears the end, this penultimate episode finds Rose putting the second stage of her plan into action – and putting the futures of Evan and Steve into jeopardy. Plus, time is running out for Osian.

TUPAC SHAKUR: A LIFE IN TEN PICTURES

9PM, BBC2 ★★★★

Murdered in 1996 at the age of just 25, the rapper Tupac Shakur remains a top-selling recording artist, whose work and image live on. Here, ten photographs tell his life story, from publicity pictures to private snaps.

SUNDAY

COUNTRYFILE

6PM, BBC1 ★★★★

While Adam Henson is struggling with the unpredictable spring weather on his Cotswold farm, Helen Skelton helps to track adders in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north Yorkshire.

CALL THE MIDWIFE 8PM, BBC1 ★★★★ As the new series continues, Trixie is alarmed when a new mother with whom she bonded collapses at home and has to be admitted to the clinic. Plus, Sister Frances wants to become more worldly, and Cyril helps to find food and shelter for an evicted family.

CLIMATE CHANGE: ADE ON THE

FRONTLINE 8PM, BBC2 ★★★

The last of the series finds Ade Adepitan in Scandinavia. The Arctic is the Earth’s fastestwarming region, and Ade meets people who are fighting to reverse the damage we’re doing to the planet – among them Greta Thunberg.

LINE OF DUTY

9PM, BBC1 ★★★★

Time is running out for Hastings in this penultimate episode of the gripping thriller, and here he makes a final bid to root out institutional corruption while he still can. And with Carmichael back on the scene, he‘s going to have his work cut out…

GUY MARTIN’S BATTLE OF BRITAIN 9PM, CH4 HHHH

In the second of two parts, Guy continues his training at the UK’S only aerial combat school before being allowed to fly his own fighter plane, a Hawker Hurricane. In a dogfight with a Messerschmitt 109, how will Guy compare to Britain’s Second World War heroes?

MONDAY

GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS 6.30PM, BBC2 HHH

Michael Portillo returns with a new, 15-part series, showing weeknights. He begins by travelling from Oxford to Abingdon.

MASTERMIND 8PM, BBC2 HHHH The quiz comes to an end as the finalists show off their general and specialist knowledge, while John Humphrys asks the questions for the very last time in the regular series. He will be leaving the show – after 18 years – in the capable hands of BBC newsreader Clive Myrie.

HOW TO SAVE A GRAND IN 24 HOURS

8PM, CH4 HHH

Anna Richardson has enlisted experts to show families just how much they are spending on the likes of food, utilities, cleaning and home repair – and then help them to cut their costs. First up, the Kofis, whose takeaways alone set them back hundreds each month.

GRETA THUNBERG: A YEAR TO CHANGE THE WORLD 9PM, BBC1 HHH

In the final part, Greta learns that the drop in carbon emissions during the pandemic is not enough to keep the world on track in meeting its climate goals. She learns what everyone can do to help, from the foods we eat to the clothes we wear and, after an educational year, gets ready to return to school.

VIEWPOINT 9PM, ITV HHHH See Showtime, page 32.

BABY SURGEONS: DELIVERING MIRACLES

9PM, CH4 HHHH

Filmed in one of the UK’S top foetal medicine units, this new series tells the stories of pregnancy and childbirth through the eyes of the mums and the medical teams – led by Prof Basky Thilaganathan – who treat them.

TUESDAY

DREAM KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS 7PM, CH5 HHH

Mark Millar, the DIY SOS build manager, helps homeowners to transform these important rooms. In this first episode, one couple want a luxury kitchen, and nature-lovers have their hearts set on a rainforest-themed bathroom.

THE YORKSHIRE VET 8PM, CH5 HHH While Peter Wright tries to save a cow that has just given birth – the survival of her calf depends on him – Julian Norton performs a

difficult surgery on a 13-year-old golden retriever in a bid to prolong his life.

MAKE-UP: A GLAMOROUS HISTORY

9PM, BBC2 HHH

In the second of her eye-opening series, make-up artist Lisa Eldridge revisits the Victorian era, when natural beauty was prized – but, as cosmetics fans know, the ‘no make-up’ look can take an awful lot of effort.

SNACKMASTERS 9PM, CH4 HHHH

Chef Sabrina Gidda, who was recently runner-up in the Central heat of Great British Menu, and rival Tom Brown, a finalist on the show in 2018, try to re-create a Snickers bar this week, with industry insiders telling them what they’re doing right – and wrong. OUR YORKSHIRE FARM 9PM, CH5 HHH

This week, five-year-old Clemmy is getting ready to join her elder siblings at school – leaving just Clive, Amanda and youngest child Nancy at home. But when the weekend rolls around, the whole family pitch in to clear the barns at their new derelict farm.

WEDNESDAY

THE REPAIR SHOP

8PM, BBC1 HHHH Master saddler Suzie Fletcher meets kindred spirit Sara, who brings in a 19th-century ladies’ side saddle that she bought in Texas. Plus, Will Kirk sets about restoring a dominoes set believed to have seen action during the First World War, during the Christmas truce of 1914.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

8PM, CH4 HHH

In Sheffield, Kirstie Allsopp helps househunting scientists Lois and Ahmed, who have been outbid on eight properties – by just a few thousand pounds. Is their strategic approach costing them their ideal home?

THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE

9PM, BBC1 HHHH

It’s gentlemen’s classics week in the sewing room, and judge Patrick Grant will be keeping a close eye on proceedings – after all, that is his area of expertise.

BENT COPPERS: CROSSING THE LINE OF DUTY

9PM, BBC2 HHH

As this true-crime series comes to an end, it’s the late 1970s, and corruption within the City of London Police is out of control. An investigation – Operation Countryman – is launched, but will anyone be brought to book?

THE SECRET LIVES OF SLIM PEOPLE 10PM, CH4 HHH

The eating habits of two people who don’t think they’re very different from the rest of us are put under surveillance – by secret cameras and private investigators – to see why they remain slim, despite a love of chocolate and takeaways. Sabrina Grant presents.

THURSDAY

DRAGONS’ DEN 8PM, BBC1 HHHH

An Irish entrepreneur reveals the story behind her active shapewear range, and touches the Dragons’ hearts – but the Mancunian pair pitching a music-sharing app are taken to task over their optimistic forecasts.

THE DOG HOUSE 8PM, CH4 HHH Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton arrives at Wood Green to find a dog she can share with her mum – will Leilo the ridgeback, who has long-term medical needs, be the one for them?

ESCAPE TO THE FARM WITH KATE HUMBLE

8PM, CH5 HHHH

Farmer Tim takes the day shift in the lambing shed, while Kate works nights – and she’s up at 4am to deal with a ewe who is struggling to give birth. Plus, Kate forages for gorse flowers to flavour a chocolate mousse.

THIS IS MY HOUSE 9PM, BBC1 HHH

In the last of this fun series, guest panellist Katie Piper helps Bill Bailey, Judi Love, Jamali Maddix and Emily Atack to decide which of four possible Erykas is an artist living with her partner in a stylish London home.

FRIDAY

ROYAL WEDDING: A DAY TO REMEMBER 7.30PM, BBC1 HHHH

A look back at the events of April 29, 2011, when Prince William married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey.

FOOD UNWRAPPED 8PM, CH4 HHH This week, Jimmy Doherty heads to France to find out what the white skin on Brie is made of, Helen Lawal learns how candy floss is inspiring a food revolution, and Briony May Williams traps crayfish.

TRIP HAZARD: MY GREAT BRITISH ADVENTURE

8.30PM, CH4 HHH

For the last leg of her fun journey, Rosie Jones and Jenny Eclair to explore the great outdoors on the island of Anglesey, and discover that they’d make terrible farmers.

GARDENERS’ WORLD 9PM, BBC2 HHHH At Longmeadow, Monty Don shares tips on growing Mediterranean herbs, and begins to sow seeds for salad root crops.

CHURCHILL: CURTAIN CALL HHHH

9PM, CH5

Following a second stint as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill continued to serve as an MP until 1964, although he’d largely retired from public life years before. This final part looks at his declining years, including time spent in high society on the French Riviera.

THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE 9.30PM, BBC1 HHHH

Steve Coogan’s comedy creation is still going strong, 30 years after his radio debut, and he returns for a welcome new six-part series. As it begins, Alan is enjoying his career revival, but his role on This Time may be in jeopardy.