Emmeline Pankhurst: The Making of a Militant
BBC4, 7.30pm A HIGHLIGHT of the TV month was Michelle Keegan’s face when she realised the part Emmeline Pankhurst played in her distant relative’s life. If that episode of Who Do You Think You Are? proved intriguing, then this profile of the suffragette leader should colour in a lot of the grey areas left by that documentary and the Meryl Streep movie, Suffragette. Actress Sally Lindsay takes a look at the personal loves, losses and political passions that transformed this working mother from Manchester into a militant activist campaigning for votes for women.
The Family Farm BBC2, 8pm
THE first of a new four-part series sees Kate Humble present a show in which three families agree to work on a North Wales hill farm, living in a purpose-built yurt village. And if that sounds like a lot of hard work, you’d be right. Hill farming is exhausting enough on the best of days, but when the weather is not so kind, it will push the brave participants to their limits. Episode one focuses on working with sheep, which must be gathered, sheared and sold at market.
24 Hours in Police Custody C4, 9pm
OFFICERS from Bedfordshire Police are called in when a teenager is rushed unconscious to A&E with injuries that suggest she’s been tied up and then assaulted. When she comes round she says her injuries, which include a fractured skull, were sustained during drunken sex with her boyfriend, but before officers can fully investigate, she disappears from hospital. With the victim untraceable, the police declare her a high-risk missing person. Cameras follow every twist and turn of the investigation.
Versailles BBC2, 9pm
THE exposure of a secret from Madame de Maintenon’s past threatens her place in Versailles, while the queen plans a betrayal that could have serious consequences for the king. The conflict between the citizens and the court of Versailles worsens after the protests in Paris, placing Fabien Marchal in peril, while Philippe gets dangerously close to the mystery prisoner, tracking him to a hovel in the woods.
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