Martin Clunes: My Travels and Other Animals, STV, 8.30pm
FOR the past 10 years, Martin Clunes has travelled the world. In this new 12-part series he’s looking back at some of the most memorable and revealing experiences. The opening programme features Sean Ellis, an animal behaviourist who lives on the north coast of Devon with a pack of wolves. At the Mkomazi game reserve in Tanzania, Tony Fitzjohn is pioneering a breeding programme in the hope of saving the African wild dog. He also meets hermit Dave Glasheen, who lives with his pet dingo Polly on Australia’s Restoration Island.
Climate Change: The Facts, BBC1, 9pm
DAVID Attenborough narrates this eye-opening and, frankly, disturbing documentary about climate change in which climatologists and meteorologists explain its impact on both the human population and the natural world. Scientists James Hansen, Michael Mann and Catherine Mitchell discuss the science behind the extreme weather we have witnessed in recent years and reveal the dangers of rising sea levels and deforestation. Teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg also features.
Joanne Dennehy: Serial Killer, STV, 9pm
SUSANNA Reid gains access to police evidence from the investigation into Joanne Dennehy, one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. Over two weeks in 2013, the then 30-year-old Dennehy murdered three men and attempted to kill two others, becoming one of only three British women ever to be sentenced to spend the rest of her life behind bars. Five years on from Dennehy’s conviction, Susanna speaks to the lead detective, the father of her two children and relatives of victims.
The Gypsies Next Door, C5, 9pm
DOCUMENTARY following the struggle to co-exist between settled and travelling communities. Carol and her family cannot understand why her people are so vilified, while local man Arthur seeks to understand what brings the gypsies into parks and public areas – and Carol’s caravan is his first stop. Johnny and his family live in a chalet in Essex but his non-traveller wife Andrea feels ostracised and wants to move back into a normal house.
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