On TV tonight, The Repair Shop host launches his new series, Jay Blades: No Place Like Home on Channel 5, it's finals week on MasterChef on BBC One, dramas Life After Life on BBC Two and Noughts + Crosses on BBC One continue and the feel good series The Yorkshire Vet is on Channel 5 with plenty of new life being helped into the world by the team of dedicated vets. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
- Our hand selected recommendations for what's on TV Tonight include five TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Jay Blades: No Place Like Home, 9pm, Channel 5
The popular presenter of The Repair Shop returns to his home turf of Hackney, east London, to share his memories of growing up there and learn about the area’s colourful history in this fascinating three-part series. It’s fair to say that Hackney, which has been gentrified over recent decades, has changed quite a bit since Jay was last there 34 years ago, so there are some surprises in store, but it’s the history he never knew about that really touches him. From streets that were bombed in World War One to slave owners who lived in the locality and the persecution of Jewish residents, the series offers a compelling and stark insight into social history.
★★★★★ TL
MasterChef, 8pm, BBC One
It’s finals week! After cooking their socks off, the final five now face their toughest challenges. First, the amateur cooks must create a dish inspired by a public figure or a piece of art. They need to put their heart and soul into this one plate of food because someone’s going home at the end of this challenge. For the final four, it’s a trip to Ballymaloe Cookery School for a whirlwind education in local Irish produce to prepare a celebratory dinner for founders Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell and guests. Then it’s back to HQ to battle it out for a place in the final three… Tomorrow, the temperature rises as our chefs come face to face with Gordon Ramsay… Continues until Thursday.
★★★★ VW
Life After Life, 9pm, BBC Two
This captivating drama continues to be both thought-provoking and deeply moving as Ursula (Thomasin McKenzie) faces more brushes with death and subsequent rebirths. After last week’s trauma, she’s due some happiness, but her latest life gets even worse following her marriage to schoolteacher Derek, who soon reveals his true colours, to the shock of both Ursula and her brother Teddy (Sean Delaney). In her next life, things appear to be looking up when she finds romance. Unfortunately, she’s in Nazi Germany at the time and, as the storm clouds of World War Two gather, fresh heartache is just around the corner.
★★★★ CC
Noughts + Crosses, season 2, 10.40pm (times vary), BBC One
This second series of the dystopian drama is proving to be edge-of-your-seat stuff for Malorie Blackman fans, as we discover more about the fate of lovers Sephy and Callum (Masali Baduza and Jack Rowan). With the odds stacked against them, the couple plan to flee Albion so they can be together in safety. Hadley is thrilled when a worried Sephy turns up to meet him in secret – but will he really protect Callum like he promised?
★★★★ EB
The Yorkshire Vet, 8pm, Channel 5
Not even a vet as experienced as Peter wins every battle, which is evident as he tries to operate on Shetland pony Indie, who isn’t at all impressed with his stable-side manner. Matt, meanwhile, gets more than he bargained for while helping Tilly the cow give birth, Julian is speechless when he discovers what is causing guinea pig Minnie to feel poorly and there are puppies galore as Jack Russell Lottie gives birth.
★★★ JL
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Ozark, season 4 (part 2), Netflix
Laura Linney and Jason Bateman return for the final instalment of the acclaimed drama about Chicago couple, Wendy and Marty Byrde, who were forced to flee to the rural Ozarks with their two children to launder money for a Mexican cartel. The action picks up after the shocking death of fan-favourite Wyatt and his heroin-dealing bride Darlene, who were gunned down by Javi, the volatile nephew of crime boss Omar Navarro. With Wyatt's cousin Ruth (Julia Garner) vowing revenge, who will survive? And will Marty and Wendy ever be able to return to a normal life?
Best film to watch on TV today
The Vanishing, 9pm, Film4
Taking its inspiration from the so-called Flannan Isles mystery – the baffling disappearance of three Scottish lighthouse keepers from an island in the Outer Hebrides in 1900 – this intriguing psychological thriller is unnerving right from the start. Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan and Connor Swindells play the men embarking on a six-week shift tending the remote lighthouse. The gathering suspense is as slow burning as a lighthouse wick.
Live Sport
- UEFA Champions League, Villarreal vs Liverpool, 7pm (k-o 8pm), BT Sport 2
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 Jay Blades: No Place Like Home on TV tonight – a fascinating new series about Jay and the area he grew up in.
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Happy viewing!
