On TV tonight, watch out for guest star Ben Miller as Doc Martin continues on ITV, new Star Wars series Andor begins on Disney Plus and Mary rustles up a cricket tea in Mary Berry: Cook & Share on BBC Two and Mel Giedroyc returns with a new series of Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker on C4. 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
*Please note that these TV shows are subject to change — we will update this page if any alterations should be made to the TV schedules.*
Doc Martin, season 10, 9 pm, ITV
Doc gets a shock when a familiar face jumps out at him swaddled in sheep pelts. It’s Stewart (returning guest star Ben Miller), who assures the doc he’s quite well, but agrees to a check-up that seems long overdue. At the surgery, one thing leads to another and before anyone can say ‘No!’, Al and Joe (John Marquez) have been roped in to road-test Stewart’s new survival course – which, with a bit of luck, they’ll live to regret. Let’s just say the park ranger is once again away with the squirrels and there’s a hairy situation in store for his recruits… Elsewhere, Chicken’s history is revealed and Mrs Tishell’s feathers are ruffled.
★★★★ ER
Andor, Disney Plus
As creator of the Bourne movie trilogy, Tony Gilroy has a reputation for mixing action with espionage. So it’s maybe no surprise that his 12-part contribution to the Star Wars universe is a spy thriller. The spy in question is Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), from the hit prequel movie Rogue One, and Gilroy’s tale is a character study of Andor’s unlikely journey from disaffected drifter to heroic freedom fighter. Set five years before that film, the gritty saga also delves into Star Wars’ winding history to explore the creation of the Rebel Alliance.
★★★★ SMA
Mary Berry: Cook & Share, 8 pm, BBC Two
Anyone for cricket? Mary is at Edgbaston to rustle up a cricket tea to remember for the hungry England players. In return for her delicious food, cricketing superstars Jonny Bairstow and Ollie Pope put Mary through her paces at the crease. From spray-painting last week to cricket in this episode, it’s joyous that 87-year-old Mary is always up for giving things a go with the energy of someone half her age. She also reveals how to make jumbo lentil rolls and shares a very tempting recipe for "ultimate" brownies.
★★★★ JL
Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker, season 2, 8 pm, C4
The woodcarving contest returns for series two, and familiar friendly host Mel Giedroyc is back with her chirpy schtick joined by two new judges, award-winning entrepreneur Sophie Sellu and design academic Tom Dyckhoff. The opening challenge is a dining table to seat six inspired by a country of choice. The 10 taking part are such an enthusiastic bunch it’s a shame they will have to be whittled down!
★★★ NT
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Simon Reeve's South America, BBC iPlayer
The adventurer is in South America to complete an epic 4000-mile trip from Peru to Paraguay with five new episodes. As usual Reeve takes on a journey that isn’t for the fainthearted, as he meets refugees, warlords and forgotten tribes. His new journey starts in the Guiana Shield, an area of pristine rainforest that spreads through Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, which is being ravaged by the illegal gold mining trade. There, he visits a remote Wild West-style mining town where everything is paid for in gold, joins a former rebel fighter at his gold mine in the Suriname jungle and even raids an illegal mine with the French Foreign Legion. He also visits Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, finding extraordinary stories and meeting remarkable people along the way. Epic stuff.
Best film to watch on TV tonight
The Last Right, 10.40 pm (not Scotland, times vary), BBC One
New York tax attorney Daniel (Michiel Huisman) travels to Ireland and ends up taking a stranger’s coffin from one end of the country to the other, along with his autistic younger brother, Louis (Samuel Bottomley), and lovelorn Mary (Niam Algar). A movie with enough charm and humour to put a smile on your face.
Live Sport
- Women's International One-Day Cricket, England vs India, 12.30 pm, Sky Sports Main Event/NOW
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, C4
- Home and Away, 6 pm & 6.30 pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Doc Martin on TV tonight — the Doc heads into the woods for his latest rescue.
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Happy viewing!
