On TV tonight, I'm a Celebrity: South Africa starts, more celebrities take on the EggHeads, crime drama Blue Lights continues and there's another chance to see BAFTA-nominated drama Life and Death in the Warehouse. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
I'm a Celebrity: South Africa, 9 pm, ITV1
We can hardly believe I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! has been on TV for more than 20 years and has seen a whopping 254 celebs head to the outback to brave the challenges, critters and one another in a bid to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle (or Castle in 2020 and 2021!).
Now, Ant and Dec host as past faves – including cricketer Phil Tufnell, Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder and Olympian Fatima Whitbread – go back for more in this ‘All Stars’ version… in South Africa. It’s pre-recorded, so there’s no viewer vote. Instead, the celebs go head-to-head in trials to become the first ever I’m a Celebrity Legend. As soon as that title music starts, we know we’ll be right on the edge of our seats!
★★★★ VW
Celebrity EggHeads, 6:30 pm, Channel 5
Who’d take on the Eggheads? In the first of three celebrity specials this week, we get to find out. Tonight’s brave contenders are all well known in the world of soap, with Kellie Shirley (EastEnders), Natalie Anderson (Hollyoaks and Emmerdale), Jeremy Edwards (Hollyoaks) and Ricky Groves (EastEnders) turning out to take on quizzing’s finest.
Tomorrow, it’s faces (voices, really) best known from radio, and on Wednesday, it’s comedians. But will they still be laughing when the Eggheads have finished with them? Jeremy Vine asks the questions.
★★★ SM
Blue Lights, 9 pm, BBC One
Regular viewers – and if you’re not watching, frankly, you’re missing one of the best crime dramas on TV at the moment – may remember a brief glimpse of the ‘sneaky beakies’ in episode one. Tonight, they’re back as the surveillance operation into a major criminal gang reaches its conclusion. Police units get clear instructions on what is ‘out of bounds’, but with the rookies each dealing with their own issues, it’s probably not foremost in their minds.
Meanwhile, as Tommy (Nathan Braniff) takes his shooting test, Jen (Hannah McClean) is partnered with Gerry (Richard Dormer) on a quiet afternoon. But just saying the ‘Q’ word, apparently, can bring bad luck…
★★★★★ JP
Life and Death in the Warehouse, 9 pm, BBC Three
First shown last year and now up for a TV BAFTA for Single Drama, this powerful fact-based look at the dark world of working in a warehouse could change your shopping habits. Inspired by real stories of workers around the UK, it follows pregnant Alys (Ackley Bridge’s Poppy Lee Friar), who has a job in a distribution centre under a gruelling 60-hour week and a CCTV monitoring system that even checks how long she spends in the toilet.
Things take a horrifying turn when she is pressured by colleague Megan (Aimee-Ffion Edwards, currently to be seen in Dreamland on Sky Atlantic) to meet the company’s rigid ‘pick rate’ (the items picked per hour) and she’s pushed to the point of collapse.
★★★★★ HD
Best box set on TV tonight
The always-excellent Keri Russell stars as Kate Wyler, the newly appointed US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, who was hoping to be sent to Afghanistan rather than London. But as threats of war bubble over across the world, Kate has to make do with the UK, where she defuses international crises, forges strategic alliances, and adjusts to her new life and career.
Making everything harder is Kate’s need to balance the grandeur and majesty of working with heads of state with surviving her long-term marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell). The political thriller also stars Brits David Gyasi and Rory Kinnear, while Celia Imrie makes a guest appearance.
NC
Best film on TV tonight
Jaws, 9 pm, ITV4
A New England seaside town's tourist season is turned into a nightmare by a giant killer shark. The local police chief's efforts to protect the public are thwarted by the greedy mayor, forcing him to join forces with a grizzled fisherman and an enthusiastic marine biologist to hunt and kill the monster predator. Steven Spielberg's thriller, starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw.
Soaps
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
- Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star
Live Sport
- EFL: Luton Town v Middlesbrough, 7:30 pm (Kick-off 8 pm), Sky Sports Main Event
- Live Snooker: The World Championship, 7pm, BBC Two
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss I'm a Celebrity: South Africa on TV tonight.
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