Great Indian Railway Journeys, BBC2, 8pm
NEW series. Guided by his Bradshaw’s 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey from
Amritsar to Shimla. Along the way he helps to feed people at the world’s largest free kitchen, and travels the railway routes used by millions of migrants during Partition. His route takes him through the Punjab, and at Kalka, he glimpses the Himalayas for the first time.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer, C4, 8pm
SCOTTISH Conservative party leader and occasional politician Ruth Davidson gets her rolling pin out. She joins actor, comedian, musician and director Tim Minchin, Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing, and singer Ella Eyre to do Bake Off battle. They have to contend with a signature challenge, a fancy technical, and the showstopper, which involves meringue towers. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood pass judgment, while Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig guide the celebrity contestants, and also offer shoulders to cry on for the runners-up.
100 Years Younger in 21 Days, ITV, 9pm
THE pressure is on the well-worn famous faces – soap legend June Brown, actress Claire King, former Catchphrase presenter Roy Walker, EastEnders stalwart Sid Owen, actress and presenter Sherrie Hewson, musician Shaun Ryder, astrologer Russell Grant and TV personality Sandra Martin – as they do everything they can to shave some much-needed
years off their brain, body and face ages before the professor reveals their final results to see if the subjects have reached their collective target of 100 Years Younger in 21 Days.
Gareth Thomas’ Silver Skydivers for Sport Relief, BBC2, 11.15pm
RUGBY player Gareth Thomas might have been brave on the field of play, but there is one thing that makes him shake with fear – heights. However,
he’s about to face that terror head-on by skydiving from 12,000ft above the Welsh countryside. Joining him will be a team of people over 60 who have also never skydived before. This programme charts their adventure.
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