Your Home Made Perfect (BBC2, 8pm)
THE home makeover show that uses virtual reality to allow owners to see what their revamped properties could look like is returning for its third series. Laura Jane Clark is back, but this time her designs will be competing with those of fellow architect Julian McIntosh. The opening episode introduces them to Shelley and Steven from Bromley in south east London. The couple have a three-bedroom semi-detached property, but it’s badly in need of some TLC if it’s to meet their requirements.
Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue & Rupy (C4, 8.30pm)
PRUE Leith and fellow cook Dr Rupy Aujla attempt to transform the food and shopping habits of four families. Each clan is initially dubbed a “Food Waster”, ie folk who seem to create as much waste as they do meals with nutritional value. With the war on plastic more prevalent than ever, Leith and Aujla want to show the participants how a few quick and simple changes to their lifestyle can make a big difference to the planet. An added incentive to make those alterations is that they should also save money.
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace (STV, 9pm)
THE third series of this spin-off from the regular programme sees Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell and their researchers doing their best to find the birth families of people who were abandoned as babies. The
participants have never known anything about their biological parents and long to discover the circumstances surrounding what happened. The opening episode focuses on two baby girls found in Chesterfield in the late 1980s.
The Pact (BBC1, 9pm)
THE day of Jack’s memorial dawns, which seems to put more pressure on members of the pact. The police are also breathing down their necks, and it isn’t long before Arwel is arrested. Louie picks this moment to ask about long-held family secrets, while Max and Anna’s relationship comes under threat when he discovers their savings account is empty – only some quick thinking on her part can save the day. But she may only be putting off the inevitable because another blackmail message is on its way.
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