TOP OF THE LAKE, BBC2, 9pm
ONE of TV’s best comedies nears its conclusion.
In tonight’s penultimate episode the police bring the nerd into the morgue to confirm that Cinnamon, affectionately known as his “GFE”, or “girlfriend experience”, is the corpse on the slab.
Naturally he can’t help snapping a few pics of her naked, rotting flesh on his mobile because this is a wacky comedy, isn’t it?
When Robin and Miranda pay another visit to the fertility clinic, Miranda starts her hysterics again and when they retreat to the beach to calm down Miranda reveals a secret, although its shock value is weakened by the fact that surely nothing can surprise the viewer anymore in this insane hodgepodge of crazy stuff.
And at the brothel another prostitute packs a suitcase and gets ready to depart, and silly little Mary can’t help wondering where she’s off to … Much has been said about the crude portrayal of men in this series, but the women are equally as ridiculous.
LEGO MASTERS, C4, 8pm
NEXT week, The Great British Bake Off returns but this time it’s without Mel, Sue, and Mary Berry and there will surely be much wailing and rioting in the streets.
Channel 4 might be trying to soften us up in advance, and get us gently back into the swing of things, by offering this programme which is like the Bake Off but with Lego bricks instead of buns and pies.
It’s a contest to find the best Lego builder, and 48 contenders have been put through a series of challenges and then gradually whittled down until we’re left with just eight of the finest Lego Masters.
The final eight have to assemble “a brick banquet” and then build a Lego chair sturdy enough for a real person to sit on.
Celebrity guests also pop up, such as Dara O’Briain and Richard Osman.
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