Your Garden Made Perfect (BBC2, 8pm)
HOMEOWNERS get the chance to see what two designs will look like before they pick their favourite. Viewers are introduced to Demi and Laura, who have a busy family life in Hertfordshire – and a lacklustre L-shaped garden that’s currently strewn with kids’ toys. While they both agree it needs a new lease of life, they have slightly different ideas about how it could be used. Demi loves entertaining, while Laura really wants a relaxing space where the family can spend quality time together.
Adrian Dunbar’s Coastal Ireland (C5, 8pm)
ACTOR Adrian Dunbar is probably currently best known for playing Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, but while fans wait for that acclaimed drama to return, there’s a chance to see him going back to his roots in a two-part travelogue. He’s travelling along the wild and rugged west and north coasts of Ireland, making a stop at the Mizen bridge, suspended 45 metres above sea level. He also joins an old friend, who also happens to be one of Ireland’s finest chefs, for lunch, and fulfils a lifelong ambition to make the treacherous sea crossing to Skellig Islands.
The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles (STV, 9pm)
SO far on their road trip, professional quizzers Anne Hegerty, Shaun Wallace and Mark Labbett have learned more about the brain power of animals and also pitted their wits against some child prodigies to see what they could reveal about how much our intelligence is innate and how much is developed. Now they are finishing their journey of discovery with a trip to Japan, where they come face to face with the future of artificial intelligence.
Back (C4, 10pm)
AS the sitcom continues, it seems life is looking up. Ellen takes it as a good sign when Stephen starts cycling everywhere, Cass decides that doing a part-time A-level course should be no barrier to embracing the full student experience and Geoff manages to change his relationship status. Sadly, it turns out that Stephen’s health kick isn’t all that healthy, Cass’s student house has no students in it, and Andrew thinks Geoff’s new partner may have an ulterior motive.
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