RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 (BBC1, 7.30pm)
IF you’re in need of gardening inspo or want to immerse yourself in some gorgeous, colourful creations, make sure you join Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell for coverage of the opening day of the horticultural show. On a VIP-packed press day, Nicki chats to fellow presenter and model Lisa Snowdon about her love of gardening, while James Wong hunts out the best houseplants. Frances Tophill tells you everything you need to know about building an insta-pond, and Mark Lane gets a first peek at the Great Pavilion.
Manhunt The Night Stalker (STV, 9pm)
IN 2019, the chilling drama Manhunt was broadcast, chronicling the painstaking investigation into French student Amelie Delagrange’s murder, and its eventual connection to the deaths of Marsha McDonnell and Milly Dowler at the hands of serial killer Levi Bellfield. Ed Whitmore and Martin Clunes are back for this sequel-of-sorts, exploring a case that went unsolved for almost two decades. Based on Sutton’s diaries, it follows the real-life story of the police pursuit of a serial rapist, whose 17-year reign of terror left thousands of elderly people in south east London living in fear.
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League (BBC2, 9pm)
THE penultimate episode of this series examines the origins of the celebrity footballer, and contrasts the fortunes of David Beckham with Keith Gillespie. Both were members of Manchester United’s iconic Class of 92, but while Beckham’s 60-yard wonder goal from the half-way line against Wimbledon made him a rock star, Gillespie was offloaded to title rivals Newcastle United, where he developed a gambling habit that went from bad to worse before he was “outed”.
Departure (5STAR, 9pm)
This tense new drama follows the Transport Safety and Investigation Bureau as its members look into the disappearance of a British passenger plane over the Atlantic Ocean. Madelyn Strong (Rebecca Liddiard) makes the fateful decision to board British Global Air Flight 716. When the aircraft suffers an explosive decompression and disappears from radars, crash investigator Kendra Malley (Archie Panjabi) is called in.
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