Trump’s Plan for the NHS: Dispatches (Channel 4, 8pm)
IN a week dominated by Brexit , this strand examines what might be coming our way in any trade deal with Donald Trump ’s America. Reporter Antony Barnett also discovers the price we might end up paying for our vital medicines. When Trump came to the UK, he caused outrage by suggesting the National Health Service would be part of a trade deal. Since then, Boris Johnson has stated repeatedly the NHS is “off the table”. What’s the truth? Barnett discovers Trump, his political allies and US drug companies have the NHS in their sights.
Long Lost Family Twins: What Happened Next (STV, 9pm)
DAVINA McCall and Nicky Campbell presents a special edition dedicated to the stories of twins separated at birth. Mary Holmes and Elaine Allin were born just after the Second World War and raised in the same neighbourhood in Chesterfield, but forbidden from seeing each other. It wasn’t until they were in their 30s that the sisters were able to find each other – and even then it only happened by chance.
Who Are You Calling Fat? (BBC2, 9pm)
PART one of two. Nine people who live with obesity move in together to explore what it means to be larger-bodied in Britain today, examining whether they fell they should love their bodies and embrace their size, or strive to get healthier and lose weight. In the first edition, they meet and settle into a house in the Oxfordshire countryside and begin to share their personal stories.
Undercover Girlfriends (C5, 10pm)
NEW series. The return of the programme in which women secretly put their boyfriends to the test, watching on as their partners think they are taking part in a reality TV show in Rhodes. In the first edition, Ines, Sophie, Steph, Chantal and Ellie begin to monitor their respective partners Matthew, Ben, Joe, Aaron and Saeen from the moment they arrive. The women watch on as their partners are let loose on the infamous Faliraki strip.
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