Bad Move, ITV, 8pm
ESCAPING to the countryside is a dream many city dwellers have had over the years. However, the reality sometimes doesn’t live up to the bucolic image we have, which is something Steve and Nicky discovered to their cost during the first run of this sitcom, which is co-written by Jack Dee (who also stars as Steve) and Pete Sinclair. Part of the problem is their house – it’s a crumbling wreck that shows no signs of improving thanks to an infestation of moths and a troublesome septic tank.
Grand Designs, C4, 9pm
KEVIN McCloud meets Spanish architect Jaime and his wife Mimi as they embark on a mission to convert a Grade II listed folly in Buckinghamshire into a family home. Giving themselves a wildly optimistic six-month deadline to finish before the birth of their second child, it’s not long before the couple hit trouble. Jaime puts all his energies and creativity into the project, using innovative 3D mapping to squeeze living spaces into the tower, but it proves to be an exhausting struggle.
Trust, BBC2, 9pm
IN the 1990s and early 2000s, Brendan Fraser was everywhere – he seemed to be Hollywood producers’ actor of choice to play naive fish out of water in movies such as Encino Man, George of the Jungle and Blast from the Past. Then it all went quiet for a while, but in the last few years he’s been carving out a new career as a TV character actor, with roles in The Affair and now this gripping series in which he plays J Paul Getty’s trusted fixer Fletcher Chace.
Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure, STV, 9pm
JOANNA Lumley follows the Silk Road from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, travelling across the post-Soviet states of Georgia and Azerbaijan. From the resort of Batumi, on Georgia’s Black Sea, Joanna travels across the heart of the Caucasus region, passing through stunning mountain settlements, cities and vineyards, and finally the ultra-modern city of Baku, the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan.
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