The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45pm)
THIS new series comes from the makers of The Repair Shop, although some viewers may also be reminded of Channel 4’s Four Rooms. Hosted by Nigel Havers, The Bidding Room is set in an emporium in the Yorkshire countryside where a group of expert dealers will try to outbid each other to buy extraordinary items brought in by the public. To make sure the sellers get the best deals, they will meet the room’s valuation expert who will talk to them about their item’s history what it’s potentially worth.
Devon and Cornwall (C4, 8pm)
NEW series. The return of the documentary examining life in the two counties in south-west England, following Cornish fisherman Phil Trebilcock as he heads out to sea to find lobster and crab. In foothills of Exmoor, farmers Rob and Sarah Taylor ready their native ponies for the show season, while on Lundy Island, warden Dean Jones is hopeful that the seabird colonies are making a comeback. Over on the south coast of Cornwall, shipwreck hunters Mark Milburn and David Gibbins are going in search of a passenger ship that sank in the 1800s.
Sitting In Limbo (BBC1, 8.30pm)
AFTER living in the UK for 50 years, Anthony Bryan is called in by his manager at the care home where he works and told she has received a letter from the Home Office claiming he has no right to work in the UK and is suspending him. A few months later, immigration officers arrive at Anthony’s front door and he is put into a van and taken to a detention centre. Drama based on a story from the Windrush scandal, starring Patrick Robinson, Nadine Marshall and Pippa Bennett-Warner.
Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas (BBC4, 9pm)
THE world’s oceans have been instrumental in shaping our destiny for millions of years. Now, it’s humankind shaping the destiny of our oceans. In this new film, viewers will embark on a journey to carry out an autopsy on the ocean itself. Leading oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski and zoologist Dr George McGavin will reveal the startling changes it’s undergoing, looking at the water’s toxicity due to industrial chemicals and investigating a plague of microplastics.
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