Love Your Garden (STV, 8pm)
ALAN Titchmarsh and co are back with a new series, ready to transform the gardens of some very deserving people. They begin in Hull, where they’re turning a suburban plot into an exciting wildlife retreat for an inspiring, nature-loving teenager. Although some viewers who don’t have green fingers may wonder if that just involves giving up on mowing the lawn and letting nature take its course, there’s a lot more to it than that.
Back in Time for the Corner Shop (BBC2, 8pm)
NEW series. A family of five works in a corner shop to reveal how such businesses have changed over the course of the past 100 years, aided by presenter Sara Cox and social historian Polly Russell. The first episode covers shops from the Victorian era to the First World War. The family must learn to bake their own counter goods, measure loose products like tea, flour and sugar by hand, and make deliveries with a horse and cart.
The Split (BBC1, 9pm)
HANNAH finds her personal and professional lives colliding when she is forced to work with
Nathan and his new protegee on the Hansen case. She desperately tries to clean up any evidence of her affair, only for Christie to uncover a secret about her past that leaves him consumed with anger – and secrets threaten to spill out at an anniversary party. Guest starring Anna Chancellor.
Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (BBC Four, 9pm)
FOR years, the story of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 has bolstered a sense of Britain as an island nation manifestly destined for imperial greatness. Tales of Sir Francis Drake calmly finishing his game of bowls and Elizabeth I rousing her troops at Tilbury with the “heart and stomach of a king” have become iconic. However, as Lucy discovers, history has been manipulated and mythologised somewhat by generations of writers, politicians and artists.
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