Kirstie: Keep Crafting and Carry On (C4, 5pm)
NEW series. Kirstie Allsopp offers creative ideas and craft projects for the whole family during the coronavirus lockdown, making the most of things she already has at home. In the first edition, she makes 3D flowers to represent spring and shows two fun makes that anyone could tackle, a beautiful paper garland to brighten up the home and a bug hotel to welcome insects.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30pm)
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as the competition reaches its climax after getting under way last July, when 28 teams entered the contest with high hopes. They were gradually whittled down to the final two after a grand total of 36 first and second-round matches, then the quarter- and semi-finals. The two teams will be endeavouring to succeed last year’s winners the University of Edinburgh and become the 49th champions of the quiz.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (C4, 9pm)
TWELVE more well-known faces leave their glamorous lives behind as they embark on a gruelling course in the Inner Hebrides. This year’s celebs are 1Xtra host Yasmin Evans, reality star Joey Essex, former model Katie Price, YouTuber Jack Maynard, TV presenters Anthea Turner and Helen Skelton, former Strictly dancer Brendan Cole, ex-footballer John Fashanu, Hollyoaks actress Nikki Sanderson, Paralympian Lauren Steadman, Rudimental’s DJ Locksmith and boxer Tony Bellew. In tonight’s first episode, the recruits’ first challenge is a terrifying 50-metre cliff free-fall on the island of Raasay.
The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories (BBC2, 9pm)
MAITRE d’ Fred Sirieix and doctor Zoe Williams open a restaurant with a difference, welcoming 20 unsuspecting diners for a slap-up meal. It all sounds normal enough, but at the back of house is a fully functioning gym, where a group of fitness fanatics are poised on exercise bikes, treadmills and rowing machines, ready to burn off every single calorie ordered and consumed by the diners. This experiment is based on scientific research that suggests that people eat 20% less when shown how much effort it takes to remove excess calories.
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