Richard & Judy: Keep Reading and Carry On (C4, 5.30pm)
JAMIE Oliver has helped people keep cooking, while Kirstie Allsopp has offered advice on craft projects. Now it’s the turn of Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan to take to early evening TV with some suggestions on how to keep occupied during the lockdown. They won’t just be raiding their own no doubt well-stocked bookshelves though, as they also hear from viewers, celebrity guests and well-loved authors.
Isolation Stories (STV, 9pm)
ACTORS and behind-the-scenes crew are largely sitting around twiddling their thumbs but some have landed gainful employment thanks to this new drama created by Jeff Pope of Philomena and Stan & Ollie fame. He’s commissioned fellow writers to devise 15-minute tales based on real events. A heavily pregnant Sheridan Smith stars as Mel, who is preparing to give birth alone. Robert Glenister and his son Tom play Ron and Russell, whose relationship becomes strained during lockdown. In Mike and Rochelle, Darren Boyd and Angela Griffin take on the roles of a hypochondriac and his psychiatrist.
Normal People (BBC1, 9pm)
AT a fundraising event at the club, one of Connell’s friends, Karen, does her best to show Marianne some kindness, but Rachel behaves coldly towards her, and the evening turns sour when one of the boys’ older friends gropes Marianne. Connell becomes anxious when his friends tease him about Marianne, suspecting they’ve guessed about their relationship. He makes an unexpected decision that hurts Marianne and causes a rift between him and his mother, Lorraine.
The Great British Intelligence Test (BBC2, 9pm)
MATHEMATICIAN Hannah Fry and doctor and broadcaster Michael Mosley join an Imperial College London experiment to assess the brainpower of Britons, putting members of the public to the test in a battle of wits as they pit young and old, males and females, and tech lovers and readers against one other. The results reveal new science about how people’s intelligence changes through their lives, while Hannah and Michael examine groundbreaking new science on how lifestyle and love of technology is changing the human brain.
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