Australia with Julia Bradbury, STV, 8.30pm
AUSTRALIA is a land of epic contrasts, from its spectacular natural beauty of vast seared red deserts, lush rainforests, coral reefs, bursting with unique wildlife, to its iconic urban architecture. Travelling by propeller plane, helicopter, camel, golf buggy, bicycle, boats, 4x4 and on foot, Julia Bradbury is embarking on an epic eight-part journey to discover the modern Land of Oz and the people who live there.
They Lend it, You Spend it: The Loan Shop, C5, 9pm
COMMUNITY First Credit Union is Yorkshire’s biggest loan shop and this two-part documentary follows the team as they make some difficult choices. From a new TV or a holiday to stopping an eviction, there are many reasons loan shop customers desperately want cash. Customer and bride-to-be Kerry, for instance, has applied for a loan to help pay for her wedding, which she has moved forward after her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In Barnsley, as the branch manager goes through Adele’s application for £500 to buy new carpets, she learns the customer is more than £1000 in debt to a doorstep lender.
Death in Paradise, BBC1, 9pm
THE team are left stunned by another murder connected to the killing of festival queen Tiana. But there is a new lead – a phone call relating to their initial suspect – so DI Jack and his officers travel over to nearby Rosalie Island where the owner and employees of a lucrative investment company all fall under suspicion.
The Death of Aimee Spencer, STV, 9pm
IN July 2016, Brighton police received a call that a young woman had fallen from the first-floor window of a flat and was unconscious. A week later she died. Katie Piper follows the investigation, from when police arrived and found Daniel Lewis – who was in such a drug-induced state he was unable to explain what had happened – to the conclusion of the case in January. The woman was Aimee Spencer, a webcam girl and Geordie Shore extra. But how did she come to die?
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