What’s On TV Tonight? Our Pick Of The Best Shows: Wednesday 18th October

Doc Martin 18th October

The TV Times team of expert reviewers highlight three of the best shows on telly tonight…

What’s on telly tonight? Here the TV Times team of expert reviewers highlight three of the best shows on telly tonight for Wednesday 18th October…

Doc Martin, 9.00pm, ITV

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Look who’s back! Martin Clunes’s mate Caroline Quentin is reprising her role of the Doc’s nemesis, holistic vet Angela. This time she’s got a nephew in tow, Toby, who is full of questions for anyone who will listen, which drives Louisa up the wall at school. But it looks like both Toby and Angela are in need of medical attention at the surgery – will they be too stubborn to see the doc? Meanwhile, Ruth and Bert grow ever more concerned for Mrs Tishell, who is now locking herself away and talking to her late husband Clive. So they decide that the only person who could talk her round is compassionate, sensitive pillar of the community… Martin. This could be interesting! Rating: *****

The Apprentice, 9.00pm, BBC1

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There’s always one task where Lord Sugar goes all ‘modern’ on us (remember the bizarre "wearable" technology task from 2014?). Now it’s time for "Robot Wars", as the candidates are given a prototype android to brand and pitch to retailers and a toy robot to sell to independent stores. Some monumental bickering leaves Karren fuming, and with some dodgy pitches and robots that don’t behave, it’s all thoroughly entertaining. But who’ll be programmed to leave the boardroom? Rating: ****

Long Lost Family Australia, 10.00pm, Really

The hit series embarks on a trip Down Under as Long Lost Family gets an Australian version

The hit series embarks on a trip Down Under as Long Lost Family gets an Australian version, in which intrepid presenters Anh Do and Chrissie Swan travel the length and breadth of the country to try and unite family members who have been separated for decades. This week begins with mum-of-four Emma, 36, who’s looking for her birth father Ken. All she knows is that he lived on Phillip Island, Victoria, where her parents met as teens in the summer of 1978. In New South Wales, Sian Cavanagh, 27 [pictured], is looking for the half-sister she’s never met and desperately wants to find. But does Alana know she exists? Rating: ****

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David Hollingsworth
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David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.


Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 


David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.


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