TV Times top picks for today
What’s on telly tonight? Here the TV Times team of expert reviewers highlight the best shows on Tuesday 1st May
The Split, 9pm, BBC1
Respected lawyer Hannah Stern (Nicola Walker) faces some tough challenges, both professionally and personally, as the legal drama continues. After Oscar’s (Anthony Head) shock reappearance last week, Hannah and her sisters Nina (Annabel Scholey) and Rose (Fiona Button) are all on tenterhooks as they head to a London hotel to meet their estranged father after a 30-year gap. But will it be a happy reunion? Meanwhile, at work, Hannah finds herself negotiating the terms of a pre-nuptial agreement between superstar footballer Diallo Diopo and his bride-to-be Kelsey Ashworth (Chanel Cresswell). Another great episode. Rating: ****
My F-ing Tourette’s Family, 9pm, C4
Hayley and Richard rarely eat out or holiday abroad as a family because their sons, Spencer, 13, and Lewis, nine, have Tourette’s, which means they have uncontrollable tics. But that is about to change, as the family have decided to face the world in the hope more people will understand the syndrome. Rating: ***
This Time Next Year, 8pm, ITV
Four more hopefuls have big plans for the next 12 months. First up is Rebecca who, after a traumatic time at the dentist when she was younger, has avoided them ever since and only has a few good teeth left. Her hope isfor a gorgeous set of gnashers. Next up is Mandy, who dreams of being a published author, while amputee Samantha plans to walk in high heels for the first time, and Sean wants to meet the man who donated his bone marrow and saved his life. Rating: ****
More previews tomorrow.
