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Better still, though, we love a good murder investigation. BBC2 s absorbing Death In Bollywood ran for three nights this week, but I suspect most crime addicts haven t even got round to watching it yet we ve all been glued to The Pembrokeshire Murders on ITV.
Keith Allen was outstanding as the ranting narcissist John Cooper, a serial killer finally trapped by his own callousness. Covered in blood after a double shooting, he took a pair of shorts from one of his victims and was spotted wearing them, days later.
The series, co-starring Luke Evans as a dogged policeman, has been ITV s most popular drama for years, with a live audience of more than 6.5 million . . . more than tuned in to David Tennant s star turn as psychopath Dennis Nilsen in Des last year (though millions more watched it later on catch-up).
Junior MasterChef Australia After a nine-year hiatus, the mini version of
MasterChef Australia is back. Be prepared to be surprised by the skill level and knowledge of these 14 aspiring chefs aged nine to 14. Also returning are judges Andy Allen, Jock Zonfrillo and Melissa Leong. Continues Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Black Narcissus Gemma Arterton (
Their Finest) stars in this remake of the 1947 movie based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of the rising tensions in a convent as the nuns try to establish a school and hospital in the Himalayas. Tuesday
TVNZ 1, 8.35pm A new season of this reality series follows families as they swap homes and budgets for seven days. The low-income household experience what life is like when money is no object while the high-income household invariably finds themselves shocked at how little some families have to live on.
George Clarke visits a real-life bolt-hole in the Waikato.
There are few places on the planet more festive than Finland in the winter. So it is the ideal destination for George Clarke’s Christmas special,
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Snow Special: Finland. In this seasonal episode, Clarke and
Amazing Spaces’ craftsman Will Hardie travel the length and breadth of Finland, from Helsinki in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north. Along the way, they see how the frozen landscape and climate have influenced the wonderful architecture of the country.
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George Clarke. In addition, Clarke is hoping to live out a childhood dream and witness the Northern Lights.
TV tonight: Micky Flanagan gives viewers the backstage treatment Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett
Micky Flanagan: Peeping Behind the Curtain
9pm, Sky One
Cockney comic Micky Flanagan gives viewers the backstage treatment at his 2017 sellout An’ Another Fing tour in this documentary. Culminating in a run at the O2 in London, it has since become one of the world’s biggest comedy tours, and this film charts Flanagan’s slow burn success from unvarnished archive footage of him performing in London pubs to then honing his brand of straight-talking observational comedy that can connect with an arena crowd.