MURDERED BY MY FATHER, BBC1, 11.45pm

One of the annoying consequences of switching BBC3 to an online-only channel is that good dramas like this are in danger of being ignored.

This was shown online but how many of us pay attention to its listings now it has floated off to the internet? (The latter part of that sentence demonstrates my technical knowledge.)

I’d bet not many of us do, and the BBC must know this as they occasionally take something from BBC3 and put it on a “normal” channel so techno-phobes can view it. They did this even before BBC3 went online, perhaps knowing its “youth” slant deters older viewers.

The problem is that these programmes, as extras to the schedule, tend to get shoved into terribly late-night slots. That’s what’s happened here and it’s unfair because this drama deserves a wide audience.

It’s about honour killing. A girl is “promised” to a boy, but falls in love with another. Her father is a mild and gentle widower and so she hopes he might understand if she confesses. Yes, he might have done, had he not been driven to fury by her rejected fiancée calling her “filth” and “slag”.


BAKE OFF: CRÈME DE LA CRÈME, BBC2, 8pm

This week three Army cooks are pitted against a team from the posh Savoy Hotel and a young all-female trio.

Their first challenge is about “miniatures” and they’re each asked to bake hundreds of perfect and identical tiny pastries such as Opera Aux Fruits. These must be carefully assembled and a judge explains, “It’s like building a house and if any of those foundations are wrong it’s gonna fall down.” Everything must be geometric and precise, and a measuring tape is just as important here as a whisk or wooden spoon.

It’s fun to watch the macho army chefs try their hand at delicate little pastries. They’re more used to serving up quick, hearty food for hungry soldiers who’d scoff at such frilly little delicacies.

The Savoy team don’t cater for rough lads but fussy film stars and demanding millionaires and so whilst they have the necessary precision and attention to detail, they might lack the army team’s ability to organise and mass-produce.

For the second-round “showstopper” the teams must create an incredible dessert based on the dull old trifle, which allows the French judge to step up and start insulting soggy British puds.