On TV tonight, hoping to find a pudding fit for a queen, Mary Berry is one of the judges on new regal competition The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking on BBC One, Rob & Romesh vs Restaurants is on Sky Max/NOW, Spring Gardening with Carol Klein continues to blossom on Channel 5 and there are more money saving tips in Secret Spenders: Beat the Price Rises on C4. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking, 8pm, BBC One
A passion fruit-layered tart, and a lemon Swiss roll and amaretti trifle are among the chosen final puds deemed fit for the Queen. Around 5,000 people entered the nationwide competition to create a dessert to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and after weeks of sifting, the culinary confections have been whittled down to just five. Mary Berry and Monica Galetti are among the judges deciding which pudding will be victorious and tonight’s programme sees the finalists whipping up their creations in the kitchens of Fortnum & Mason before The Duchess of Cornwall announces the winner.
★★★★ TL
Rob & Romesh vs Restaurants, 9pm, Sky Max/NOW
Ever wondered what it might be like to open your own restaurant? Rob and Romesh give it a go under the expert guidance of Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, who owns four of his own. They'll be learning about front-of-house and sourcing produce (including foraging). And Tom even lets them loose in a real kitchen. Surely not in one of his gastropubs?! Diners, beware...
★★★★ MC
Spring Gardening with Carol Klein, 7pm, Channel 5
Spring has definitely sprung in Carol’s beautiful Devon garden and the space is now bursting with glorious and cheerful colour. Carol continues her mission to prove that gardening doesn’t have to cost the earth by showing how to grow lilies from a bulb as well as how to take cuttings from a camellia and a euphorbia for oodles of free plants. She’s also sowing beetroot and brassicas and making a start on creating a kitchen garden full of edibles and beautiful flowers.
★★★ JL
Secret Spenders: Beat the Price Rises, 8pm, C4
Anita Rani and the team of financial experts visit more couples falling out over their shopping habits, focusing on those surviving with one pay cheque. They include Molly, a Maidstone woman who wants her husband Damien to curb his enthusiasm in the supermarket, as well as Norfolk couple Charlotte and Amanda, who have a takeaway problem that a lot of people will recognise.
★★★ SM
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
The Pentaverate, season 1, Netflix
Austin Powers’ Mike Myers is rarely content with playing just one character, and in this quirky comedy, the chameleon-like star has a whale of a time tackling no less than eight different roles! Among them is veteran Canadian reporter Ken Scarborough, who is investigating a secret society known as The Pentaverate, which has been saving the world from disaster since the Middle Ages, but is suddenly under threat… He also portrays their oldest member, Lord Lordington. Look out, too, for Jennifer Saunders.
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Spontaneous, Netflix
Teenagers Mara (Katherine Langford) and Dylan (Charlie Plummer) have a lot to put up with at school – what with exams, dating, preparing for college and their peers inexplicably exploding in front of them… A blend of horror, comedy and romance, Brian Duffield’s debut movie (he wrote Underwater and Insurgent before this) from Aaron Starmer’s novel benefits from a snappy script and two leads who bring warmth and reality to their roles. The film has amusing as well as thoughtful insights into teendom, before veering into darker territory in the final third.
Live Sport
- Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal, 7pm (k-o 7.45pm), Sky Sports Main Event/NOW
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30pm, C4
- Neighbours, 6pm, Channel 5
- Home and Away, 6pm & 6.30pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking on TV tonight – which delicious dessert will be crowned top of the puds?
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Happy viewing!
