A Place in the Sun (C4, 4pm)
NEW series. The return of the programme in which a property expert offers advice to British householders aiming to buy a home abroad. Jasmine Harman is on Spain’s Costa Blanca to help Wendy and Lee find a traditional countryside property. The couple, their two children, pet Dobermann and West African parrot are planning a permanent move to Spain and would like a four-bedroom detached house with plenty of outside space, all for a budget of £150,000. Can Jasmine find the perfect place?
Unsaid Stories (STV, 9pm)
GENERATIONAL, written by Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, is the first of four short dramas this week addressing topics relating to Black Lives Matter. When Oliver catches his 16-year-old daughter Justina sneaking out, the usual scenes of antagonism between parent and child follow. However, it soon transpires that Justina is sneaking out to a Black Lives Matter march. What follows is an enlightening, but bitter-sweet conversation for both father and daughter, as their views differ on what it means to fight for social justice.
Once Upon a Time in Iraq (BBC2, 9pm)
A LOOK at the consequences of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US-led coalition, with America forced to return to confront the brutal legacy when Daesh emerges to take over a huge swathe of the country. Omar Mohammed, a university professor from Mosul, recalls the night armed men invaded his city. For the next three years he lived under one of the most brutal regimes the world has ever known, witnessing daily executions, hands being cut off and stonings. Last in the series.
The Yorkshire Jobcentre
(C4, 9pm)
FOR most folks of working age, jobs help make them who they are. However, with more than five million people on Universal Credit and unemployment set to reach record levels, many could be heading to the Jobcentre. This new series goes inside one of Yorkshire’s busiest centres in the lead-up to the coronavirus crisis. In episode one, we meet Karen, 61, a former accounts worker who is struggling to compete in the job market, and Kenny, 32, who has lost his dad and his sister in the last year.
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