What's on TV 03-Apr-2021

NEW! Intruder EASTER MONDAY TUE WED THU 5-8 April, 9pm Channel 5 Drama This twisty thriller, running over four nights this week, centres on married couple Rebecca (Elaine Cassidy) and Sam (Tom Meeten). Their lives are shattered after a break-in at their home by two local teens, Tommy and Syed. Sally Lindsay plays Karen, a family liaison officer who gets caught up in the investigation, leading her on a murky journey involving murder and corruption. FULL STORY P13 it’s the final! MasterChef EASTER MON THU FRI 5, 8 & 9 April, times vary BBC1 Cookery The five remaining amateur cooks fight it out over three arduous nights for the coveted MasterChef trophy. First up, they’re tasked with cooking a five-course lunch at Plaisterers’ Hall in London, then later in the week the final three have to impress Michel…

NEW! ALAN TITCHMARSH: SPRING INTO SUMMER Easter Monday, 8pm (not Wales) ITV Factual Q What can you tell us about your new nine-part series? A It’s a half-hour show at 8pm on Mondays between the Corrie episodes. I’m hoping that it will give people a shot in the arm and take them out of themselves. If you don’t have a bit of countryside you can go into, we’ll bring it to you. It’s an outdoors programme, not a gardening programme, but gardening will be part of it. Q Will you be working with some animals? A Yes, viewers can expect lambs, chickens and heaven knows what else! I’ve kept chickens for over 30 years, so I love when we do chickens! Q What about humans contributors? A They’re great! When Tom from Mudchute Farm comes in, I find…

Best known for… Trevor played bumbling parishioner Jim Trott in the BBC1 comedy The Vicar of Dibley between 1994 and 2015 and became a hit with fans for his risqué innuendoes and his tongue-tied ‘no, no, no, no… yes’ catchphrase. Other achievements… He starred in BBC1 series Family Business in 2004 and in EastEnders (as Sid, a war veteran Alfie Moon met in France), as well as the movies Fred Claus in 2007 and Quartet in 2013. Family life… Trevor died from a dementia-related illness on 8 March. He was 89 and is survived by his wife, the actor Tilly Tremayne, and his four children.…

It’s the final! MASTERCHEF Easter Monday, Thursday & Friday, times vary BBC1 Cookery Following weeks of culinary challenges, the hunt for the UK’s top amateur chef reaches its roller-coaster conclusion this week. The first test for the remaining five is a lunchtime service involving a five-course meal for 20 members of the hospitality sector who have been delivering meals to those most in need during lockdown. As five becomes three, it’s time for the toughest test of the series – The Chef’s Table. And it couldn’t be more daunting with Michel Roux Jr hosting things at Le Gavroche, where the cooks must master some of his most famous dishes and serve them to the likes of Monica Galetti and Michel’s daughter, Emily Roux. The pressure doesn’t ease up back in the MasterChef kitchen, as the finalists…

LINE OF DUTY Easter Sunday, 9pm BBC1 Drama As DI Steve Arnott’s painkiller addiction spirals further out of control, pressure mounts on the troubled AC-12 detective in BBC1’s Line of Duty. Steve (Martin Compston) is secretly taking pills to cope with the nerve damage he suffered after being thrown down some stairs by attackers in series four. But Steph Corbett (Amy De Bhrún), the widow of murdered undercover officer John Corbett, discovered Steve’s reliance on drugs last week when he paid her a visit. Will she spill the beans? ‘The job is all Steve has,’ says Martin. ‘But he’s lost and having issues. There are some brilliant scenes where it goes really far out with where Steve’s at mentally.’…

★ Anthony Boyle and Toby Jones star in BBC2’s new drama Danny Boy. Based on the real-life experiences of Iraq veteran Brian Wood, it will tell the dramatic story of a former war hero who finds himself accused of murder. ★ Actor Frances McDormand plays a woman who leaves home in her van to travel around the American West as a modern-day nomad in the Star on Disney+ drama Nomadland. ★ Netflix epic fantasy series Shadow and Bone follows orphaned soldier Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li), who becomes part of an elite army after discovering she has a power that could free her country. ★ After its cancellation in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest will be back on BBC1 and broadcast live from Rotterdam. Getting another shot at representing…