DIY SOS: The Big Build (BBC1, 8pm)
TONIGHT’S touching episode sees Nick Knowles, his team, and hundreds of kind volunteers transform the home of three orphaned Cornish boys. After 15 years spent fostering more than 100 children, Stephen and Lynn Smedley were looking forward to a well-earned retirement. But their retirement idyll was shattered when their beloved daughter died suddenly, leaving her three boys orphaned. The grandparents and the three boys are living on top of each other in their tiny bungalow, so the DIY SOS team attempt to turn the cramped Carbis Bay property into something special.
Saving Britain’s Pubs with Tom Kerridge (BBC2, 8pm)
WITH coronavirus spreading and the public being urged to stay at home, Tom and the landlords face a moral dilemma – do they keep trying to trade, or close their doors? In March, the decision is taken out of their hands when Boris Johnson tells all pubs to close. Tom started this journey to save four pubs from going under – now every pub in Britain, his own included, find themselves in a fight for survival. In this final episode we see the chef attempting to stay in touch with the pubs, while also working out how to save his own businesses.
The Fall of Anne Boleyn: Execution (C5, 9pm)
IT’S May 19, 1536; the day Anne is set to be executed. Historian Tracy Borman discovers the astonishing details of that day, beginning in the early hours of the morning. At the Tower of London, Anne’s mood is swinging between despair and hope. Her marriage is over, she’s lost power and status and she’s been found guilty of adultery, incest and treason. In the National Archives, a rarely seen document reveals an alternative method of execution was chosen.
MasterChef: The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm)
THE final show of the week sees the third lot of quarter-finalists presented with an array of fruits, as well as other ingredients, and challenged to create a dish that makes great use of citrus flavours. They then have to cook two courses for restaurant critics Jay Rayner from The Observer and Tracey MacLeod, formerly of The Independent, who scrutinise the dishes in each and every detail.
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