Here are the picks of tonight's TV...
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (Channel 4, 8pm)
JO Brand presents the GBBO companion show, as she is joined by celeb fans, including actress Nicola Coughlan from Derry Girls, to review all the news from Festival Week, including some unseen footage. Tom Allen is also in the studio to review of the feast of treats the audience have brought along. There’s also an exclusive interview with the latest baker to leave the famous ensemble.
The Name of the Rose (BBC2, 9pm)
IN 1980, Italian writer Umberto Eco published his first novel, which went on to become a bestseller. Six years later it was adapted for the big screen, with Sean Connery and Christian Slater in the lead roles. Now it’s been turned into an eight-part TV series, this time starring John Turturro and newcomer Damian Hardung as 14th-century Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and novice Adso of Melk respectively. They arrive at a remote Benedictine abbey, supposedly to help resolve a dispute over poverty, but become embroiled in a chain of mysterious deaths. Turturro’s brother Nicholas, Rupert Everett and James Cosmo are among the supporting cast, while Peter Davison, in the guise of an aged Adso, narrates the proceedings.
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm)
THOSE taking part in the first of a new run - the 58th - of the satirical quiz should be clapping their hands with glee because, let’s face it, they have plenty of material at their disposal. Guest host Martin Clunes will be trying to keep order this week as team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton go head-to-head once again.
Pompeii: The Bodies in the Basement (C5, 9pm)
A NEW investigation into one of the most harrowing gravesites of the 79AD eruption, where more than 55 bodies were found cowering in a warehouse at a site that has long baffled archaeologists. While the skeletons at the back of the room have no possessions, those crowded at the front are laden with jewellery and gold – but why, in the chaos of their dying moments, were the bodies so starkly divided by wealth? This documentary examines the theory that the bodies apparently hoarding wealth were actually looters.
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