Saturday – Gold – David Jason: My Life on Screen 6pm
This three-part series looks back at the career of Sir David Jason, with the opening instalment explaining how he ended up starring in his first TV series, 1967’s Do Not Adjust Your Set.
Writer and co-stars Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones moved on to Monty Python, while Sir David began a long association with Ronnie Barker in Hark at Barker.
‘I owe him a great deal,’ he muses – he also went on to join Ronnie in Porridge and, of course, Open All Hours (and had a surprising role in The Two Ronnies). Packed with clips, interviews with co-stars and a guided tour from Sir David himself, this is an absolute treat. Continues tomorrow and Monday.
Sunday – ITV – Victoria 9:05pm
I was late to the first series, watched it on catch-up, and was surprised that I ended up enjoying it, as it is not my cup of tea as a rule. So Jenna Coleman returns as Queen Victoria for a second series of the lavish period drama. The first series was well received by critics and the viewing public who love a costume drama.
Set shortly after the birth of Victoria’s first child in 1840, Victoria season 2 catches up with the young queen, her courtiers, and the politicians of the day.
Monday – Sky Atlantic – Game of Thornes – 9pm
The season finale tonight and a long wait for the final series 2019 I have heard, a long wait. There is so much left dangling coming into this finale. All of which means there is going to be a lot to resolve in the hour and 20 minutes Monday.
So far this season we have seen emotional character reunions, storylines converge, old truths revealed and some truly gripping drama, but after the events in Beyond the Wall we have more questions than ever about what the finale may hold, and on a larger scale, how the show can possibly wrap up entirely.
Monday – Premiere Sky Cinema – Ouija: Origin of Evil 10:10 pm
In this horror sequel, a game of Ouija leads to supernatural activity. In 1967 Los Angeles, a widow making ends meet as a psychic (Elizabeth Reaser) is stunned when she obtains an Ouija board that actually enables her to talk to the dead pushing her income to a higher level. While it is great for her business, the board also allows a vengeful ghost to possess her nine-year-old daughter (Lulu Wilson).
Tuesday – Channel 4 – The Great British Bake Off 8pm
No longer on the BBC shock horror. I will miss the old crew but will give this Channel 4 show my support but will I like it? Critics who have seen the opening episode have given it the thumbs up saying it was the same show with a few tweaks.
Reports are commenting on a loss of 17-minutes airtime dual to ad breaks with the new judge Prue Leith, replacing Mary Berry as advised fans to record the show so they could fast-forward through the ad breaks. The £75m question is will the viewers follow the show from BBC to Channel 4 that cross over to commercial TV don’t always bring the audience.
Tuesday – Channel 4 – Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 9pm
Bear Grylls abandons 10 celebrities on an uninhabited island and we sit back a watch them suffer! What could be better?
Alone and marooned in just their clothes and with a handful of basic tools, they must survive entirely on their own wits.
They'll have to make shelter, hunt for food, and keep safe: Last year's series saw one contestant flown to hospital after falling from a cliff while another had to give himself stitches following an accident with a machete.
Wednesday – Discovery Channel – Treehouse Masters 8pm
Treehouse Masters, in my opinion, is one of the more original shows out there. It follows Pete Nelson who owns Nelson Treehouse and Supplies which obviously builds tree houses for their clients, which can range from families, zoos, museums etc. The show bears a striking resemblance to the old Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in where it follows the construction of these beautiful structures and then at the end reveals it to the family.
The difference between the two is that Treehouse Masters does it for paying clients, where the Extreme Makeover did it for free for families in need.
Thursday – Fox – Lucifer 9pm
Lucifer, bored from his sulking life in hell comes to live in Los Angeles only to help humanity with its miseries through his experience and telepathic abilities to bring people's deepest desires and thoughts out of them. While meeting with a girl in his nightclub (called Lux), a shootout involving him and the girl leads him to become a LAPD consultant who tries to punish people for their crimes through law and justice.
Friday – BBC 1 – Comedy Playhouse 10:35pm
The Comedy Playhouse strand ran on BBC One from 1961 to 1975 and spawned numerous, much-loved series including Are You Being Served?, Last Of The Summer Wine and Steptoe And Son. In 2015, Comedy Playhouse revived and further three pilots are to be aired on BBC 1.
Mister Winner is a sitcom starring Spencer Jones as Leslie Winner, a well-meaning but hapless chap who is prone to accidents, complications, and landing himself in unusual and often somewhat dangerous situations.
Leslie plans to propose to his girlfriend, Jemma Smith, but unknown to him, she is having doubts about their relationship, as he doesn't take life seriously enough. Jemma is a young professional from Croydon, who loves Leslie, but doesn't know if that is enough, as he doesn't have a job, any money, or take her anywhere. But he makes her laugh more than anyone else ever has.
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