Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs (STV, 8pm)
ROO, a nine-month-old terrier, is far too young to have puppies, but was found roaming the streets heavily pregnant. Paul meets her in this week’s show, as well as a Saluki cross, who arrives at Battersea after being found dumped with a case of mange and a bad wound on her leg. With her life hanging in the balance, no surprise for guessing who attempts to nurse her back to health.
DIY SOS: Children in Need Special (BBC1, 8pm)
FRESH from celebrating their 20th anniversary back in September, the DIY SOS team, including host Nick Knowles and interior designer Gabrielle Blackman, descend on Blackburn (the English one) to embark on a huge challenge in aid of Children in Need. Their mission is to transform a rundown church hall, originally built in the early 1800s, into accommodation and a support centre for Nightsafe. The charity was established in 1990 to meet the growing needs of homeless young people.
The Apprentice (BBC1, 9pm)
THIS week, the candidates are tasked to create advertising campaigns to entice people from the UK to visit Finland during the summer months. Half the team head to Finland to film an advert for television, whilst the others create a marketing campaign and a digital billboard to be displayed at London’s Piccadilly circus.
Grand Designs: House of the Year (C4, 9pm)
KEVIN McCloud, architect
Damion Burrows and design expert Michelle Ogundehin visit the final homes in the running for the 2019 Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year, featuring a property in London with a sculptured copper roof, a Warwickshire home made entirely from exposed concrete, a perfectly crafted timber wedge hidden in a Devonshire
arboretum, a Welsh house
covered with locally quarried stone and slate, and a London home built with an incredible attention to detail.
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