“Somebody had a shit in the shower” is not a run-of-the-mill exclamation, even in a TV reality show. In this one seven celebrities are banged up in the building that was HMP Shrewsbury. They are in the company of genuine screws and reformed ex-lags (who act as if they are still detained)
It’s the second series following the gloved and top-hatted shenanigans of late 19th-century New York as imagined by the Downton Abbey mastermind Julian Fellowes. However, if you didn’t catch the previous tales it’s probably wise to start from the beginning
The Traitors on BBC1 is one of the stand-out reality shows of recent times, with a cleverly conceived twist, excellent casting and some nifty editing. Will lightning strike twice for the BBC, with this revival of the 20-year-old American format that maroons two teams in a tropical location and pits them against each other in a battle of wits, brawn and cunning? The host, Joel Dommett, claims that it is the “most physically demanding and emotionally draining show on the telly”. Really?
Series four of The Met on BBC1 shows, up close and personal, the work of the Metropolitan police and begins in dramatic fashion: the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old in south London
Al Murray and his alter ego, the boorish Pub Landlord, delve into the history of the British Empire on Sky History/Now, with visits to Jamaica, Australia, South Africa and, in episode one, India