One to Watch: Great British Menu – The Final, 8pm, BBC Two
It’s the grand finale of Great British Menu as the winning chefs cook their dishes at a banquet for the heroes of the NHS.
Having arrived at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, the chefs are shown the incredible location for tomorrow night’s event – the almost 300-year-old Great Hall. But there’s a shock in store as Oliver reveals that it’s the banquet guests who will be voting for their favourite dish on the menu to elect an overall Champion of Champions.
The chefs waste no time in getting down to business, helping transform a temporary marquee into a field kitchen and beginning the mountain of prep needed to deliver their dishes to the diners. They even do the ward rounds with a selection of cakes for the hospital’s night shift.
The next morning, with just hours to go, the chefs are up against it – but as they continue their cooking, for some, disaster strikes. The pressure only intensifies as the guests arrive, including NHS Heroes from across the country, guest judges who helped select the menu, and banquet host actor Jenny Agutter, star of Call The Midwife and a passionate supporter of NHS staff.
With the guests seated it’s time for the chefs to pull together and deliver their dishes. The evening reaches an emotional climax as one chef is crowned Champions Of Champions.
Walking Britain’s Lost Railways: Lake District, 9pm, Channel 5
From the 1960s, the axe fell on 4,000 miles of Britain’s rail network. Decades later, Rob Bell is going on journey to uncover those lost railway lines and celebrate the new life that has been created from their remains, exploring Britain in a new and surprising way. Beginning in Penrith Station, Rob is advised that this week’s lost line begins over the busy motorway between a fence and a walking track—not an easy route to find. Clues that the old track even existed are not clear, but once Rob makes sight of the spectacular Mosedale viaduct, he knows he is on track.
At an iconic inverted bridge, Rob learns about engineer Thomas Bouch, who was knighted for his contributions to engineering but suffered disgrace in later life, when his Tay Bridge in Scotland collapsed, killing 80 people. He died shortly afterwards with his reputation in tatters.
Keswick hides a beautifully preserved station just behind the Keswick Hotel, which hosted royals and movie stars. This lost line served mainly miners and thousand-tonne loads of minerals and ore, and Rob discusses with explosives expert Ian how this economic backbone sustained the entire region.
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The Last Leg, 10pm, Channel 4
 The award-winning series returns tonight for what is not only its 15th series but is also a spanking new ten-episode run on Channel 4.
As always Adam Hills oversees proceedings looking at the topical stories from the past week. Adam is joined by show stalwarts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker who are reunited to bring once more their honest, upbeat brand of satirical comedy.
As ever, the hashtag #isitok paves the way for the gang to round up, examine and explain the leading and most entertaining news stories of the week. A live audience and guests from the worlds of comedy, entertainment and politics join them to help dissect the week’s events and talking points.
The first guests to join the team are Jessica Hynes and Chris O’Dowd.
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The Big Audition, 9pm, ITV, STV and UTV
This week, in the second episode of the series that goes behind the scenes of the casting world, employers are casting for a hand model, a children’s TV presenter and a John Lennon for a top Beatles tribute band.
Kids’ TV channel CITV are searching for a new presenter for their flagship show Scrambled. It’s the audition of a lifetime for hopefuls including seasoned presenter Tinea, inexperienced Huddersfield lass Alyce and Kerry, a former professional dancer whose dancing career ended suddenly when she broke her leg running for a tube. To succeed, the auditionees must remember their lines, deliver their best jokes and, in their biggest challenge, deal with Mr Cuddle Monster, the cheeky puppet.
Also this week cosmetics brand ‘Barry M’ are auditioning for a hand model and The Upbeat Beatles, one of the world’s most successful Beatles tribute bands, are casting for a new John Lennon. All the auditionees face a nail biting wait until the end of the day, when they’ll find out if they’re leaving with a life-changing new job.
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A Discovery of Witches, 9pm, Sky One
Tensions between the creatures grow as the witches find out the vampires are studying DNA in this the fifth edition of the eight-part series.
As they seek a ruthless way to split up Matthew and Diana, Matthew crosses a dangerous line when he hunts out the witch who broke into his lab. Back in Sept-Tours, Ysabeau is also desperate to separate Diana and her son. She tries to shock Diana with a taste of hunting and a tour through Matthew’s dark history. But it’s not revelations about Matthew’s past that will come between him and Diana.
As Matthew returns to France, with shocking news about Diana’s DNA, something unexpected tears the two lovers apart.
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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?, streaming from today on Netflix
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening — women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity.
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? revisits those photos, those women and those times — and takes aim at our current culture revealing all too vividly the urgent need for continued change. The film offers candid and riveting interviews with women such as Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Judy Chicago and Laurie Anderson tackling topics ranging from identity, abortion, race, childhood and motherhood.
The programme is a Netflix original documentary directed by Johanna Demetrakas.
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Rob Bell, walks more of those lost railway lines, Channel 5 at 8pm
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