Great Asian Railway Journeys (BBC2, 6.30pm)
MICHAEL Portillo sets off on the first leg of a new quest as he travels around south-east Asia, guided by his 1913 Bradshaw’s Handbook on a 2500-mile railway adventure across six countries. Beginning in Hong Kong, the former politician begins by examining how Britain seized the island and Kowloon from China after two wars over the trade of opium.
Holocaust Memorial Day (BBC2, 7pm)
SEVENTY-FIVE years after the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, more than 150 survivors attend a commemoration to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Through music, poetry and powerful personal testimony, all those who were persecuted by the Nazis, as well as those who were victims of later genocides are remembered. Among those taking part are cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason accompanied by his brother Braimah, actors Simon Russell Beale and Warwick Davis as well as the Fourth Choir. Huw Edwards presents.
The Windermere Children (BBC2, 9pm)
ALSO to coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day, the BBC airs this moving drama which explores a remarkable true story. Written by Simon Block and drawing on first-person testimony, The Windermere Children looks at the events of August 1945, when a coachload of young survivors of the Nazi Holocaust arrived at the Calgarth Estate in the Lake District. Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny and Iain Glen star as some of the counsellors charged with helping the children as they try to deal with their trauma, wait for news of their loved ones and make friendships which will sustain them as they build new lives in the UK.
Cold Feet (STV, 9pm)
JOHN Thomson, James Nesbitt, Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst return for another edition of Mike Bullen’s comedy drama. This week, Adam reaches out to Laura but risks upsetting his family as a result, while Karen and Jenny’s weekend away is hijacked by their mothers.
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