Springtime on the Farm (C5, 8pm)
NEW series. The return of the programme celebrating the hard work of farmers around the country, with Helen Skelton and Adam Henson seeing how they are responding to the Covid-19 crisis and showing how nature carries on regardless. Working safely within the new social distancing guidelines, Helen presents from her Yorkshire country garden and Adam from his Cotswold farm, while Cannon Hall Farm’s Rob and Dave Nicholson will be filming the all-important lambings as they attempt to catch all of the last-minute action.
The Nest (BBC1, 9pm)
IF Sunday’s penultimate episode left you desperate to know what happens next, at least you didn’t have to wait a week to find out. Alone and betrayed by all those closest to her, Kaya becomes increasingly reliant on Siobhan. But can the pair ever free themselves from the history they share? Devastated that the teenager has revoked their rights to visit the baby, Emily regrets how bitter their relationship has become, but Dan launches an aggressive legal battle against Kaya. Last in the series.
Quiz (STV, 9pm)
IF you’ve seen the trailers for this new three-part drama, showing over consecutive evenings, you will have had a glimpse of Michael Sheen’s uncanny Chris Tarrant impersonation. Quiz takes us back to a time when the nation was gripped not just by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? but the case of the “Coughing Major” Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen), who was accused of cheating his way to the top prize. In the opening episode, TV producer Paul Smith (Mark Bonnar) puts everything on the line to make his new quiz show a hit.
Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry (BBC2, 9pm)
ON Christmas Day, Dolly Parton: Here I Am became BBC Two’s most-watched music documentary of the year. So, the channel has decided to give us another helping of the country music legend for Easter. It begins with a TV special marking the 50th anniversary of Dolly becoming a member of The Grand Ole Opry. It’s followed by the documentary Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou and another chance to see Parton’s 2014 Glastonbury set.
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