PICKS OF THE WEEK: 28 JULY-03 AUGUST 2025, WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK

What to watch this week.

The Mayfair Witches

Monday, BBC One

Rowan tries to raise Lasher as a child but is confronted by his freakish spurts of rapid growth, enormous appetite and prodigious strength. Young Lasher is no ordinary human child. Realising that his proximity is mysteriously supercharging her healing powers, she takes a job at the Mayfair family's hospital.

Destination X

Wednesday, BBC One

Rob Brydon is the games master who takes 13 carefully selected players on board the X-bus and asks them one simple question - where the X are they? With blacked-out windows, all they have to do is try to deduce where in the world they are, because at the end of every episode, they must place an X on a map.

The closest stay on the bus - the furthest away is eliminated from the competition. In the end, one walks away with a cash prize of £100,000. Each of the ten episodes sees Rob take the adventurers on another incredible leg of the journey - a fantastical trek that turns Europe into a board game, with twists and turns around every corner.

The Gone

Thursday, BBC Two

Irish detective Theo Richter is poised to board his flight back to Dublin, having closed the kidnapping case that brought him to New Zealand. He plans to return to Ireland with Irish journalist Aileen Ryan as he starts to come to terms with a recent devastating diagnosis.

But when Aileen fails to arrive at the airport, Richter again teams up with Māori detective Diana Huia to begin the search. Aileen was following a lead on the identity of the Goat Man, responsible for the unsolved Mountain Murders over a decade earlier.

Mrs Brown's Boys

Friday, BBC One

Agnes and the Finglas gang return for more laughs, chaos and heartfelt moments in a brand-new season of Mrs Brown’s Boys. With her usual blend of no-nonsense wisdom and razor-sharp wit, Agnes Brown (Brendan O’Carroll) continues to meddle in the lives of her nearest and dearest – with hilarious consequences! In these brand-new episodes the Brown family navigate fresh misadventures, unexpected guests, and the chaos that only Agnes can create.

Cooking With The Stars

Sunday, ITV1

Across a series of exciting cooking battles, the show will see eight celebrities go head to head in the kitchen as they attempt to go from passionate amateur cooks to restaurant level chefs. Each celebrity will be paired with an accomplished chef who will mentor and teach them to produce delicious dishes that will be judged by the other professionals.

The celebrities hoping to cook up a storm this series will be actor Natalie Cassidy, reality TV star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, actor and comedian Hugh Dennis, author and interiors expert Kelly Hoppen, radio presenter Jordan North, media personality Jack Osbourne, reality TV star Jessica Wright and former footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Parenthood

Sunday, BBC One

This new five-part natural history series for BBC One and iPlayer explores the extraordinary strategies and ingenious tricks that animal parents employ to give their young a head start in life. From Orcas teaching their offspring to hunt Blue Whales, to Orangutan showing their young to make their beds, to Hippo families navigating the terrifying African night. Parenthood is an adventure – and our cameras are there to capture every gripping moment.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins

Sunday, Channel 4

In a world facing uncertain times, fourteen celebrities from the world of music, entertainment and sport are being called upon to take part in the most gruelling phase of Special Forces selection. This squad of fourteen celebrities will step up to that challenge as they learn how to defend their great nation, in the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.