Jamie’s Meat-Free Meals (C4, 8pm)
NEW series. Jamie Oliver goes on a mission to change the way people think about vegetables, demonstrating a collection of vibrant, hearty and healthy vegetarian dishes that everyone can add to their kitchen. In the first edition, he kicks things off with a cottage pie with a rich gravy and super-fluffy mash, is inspired by Indian street food, then makes a chip butty packed full of flavour and crunch.
Celebrity MasterChef (BBC1, 9pm)
THE celebrity cooking contest is back for a new series – and it has a very impressive line-up. Over the next few weeks, we’ll see famous faces including Motown legend Martha Reeves and EastEnders stalwart Adam Woodyatt (who will no doubt be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his former on-screen brother-in-law, John Partridge, who won last year) trying to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Paxman: Why Are Our Politicians So Crap? (C5, 9pm)
BROADCASTER and author Jeremy Paxman assesses the current state of British politics, visiting the election battleground of Peterborough and canvassing the views of people on the streets and in the pub. In a series of feisty encounters with high-profile figures including Alastair Campbell, Ann Widdecombe, Roy Hattersley and Rachel Johnson, the former Newsnight presenter also tries to identify the causes behind the apparent breakdown in trust between MPs and the people they were elected to serve.
Rise of the Nazis (BBC2, 9pm)
NEW series. Dramatised documentary examining how Hitler and the Nazi party rose to power in Germany during the 1930s, revealing the greed, manipulation and frightening underestimation of Adolf Hitler’s ambition. In 1930, Germany was a liberal democracy, with elections, parliament and the rule of law, but just four years later its leader was a dictator and its government is in the hands of murderers.
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