PICKS OF THE WEEK: 28 OCTOBER-03 NOVEMBER 2024

What to watch this week.

Deal Or No Deal

Weekdays, ITV1

A brand-new series returns with host Stephen Mulhern back at the helm as a new batch of contestants prepare to go head to head with the notorious Banker. With tensions running high in the studio, who will have what it takes to beat the Banker?

MasterChef: The Professionals

Tuesday, BBC One

Thirty-two of the country’s most ambitious chefs are invited to battle it out in the MasterChef kitchen, in a bid to become the 2024 champion. Judging throughout the journey are culinary legend Marcus Wareing, renowned chef Monica Galetti and celebrated MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace, all hoping to unearth the next culinary superstar.

Prince William: We Can End Homelessness

Wednesday, ITV1

With access to the Prince over 12 months, this landmark documentary will follow Prince William as he launches Homewards across the country and the journeys of those currently facing homelessness or who have lived experience of the issue.

Ellis

Thursday, Channel 5

This new three-part series follows DCI Ellis, a tenacious cop who is parachuted into failing investigations. Each two-hour episode sees Ellis – accompanied by her right-hand man DS Harper – arrive at a different police station, where she must win over the local detectives and immerse herself in the cases she has come to solve.

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening

Saturday, ITV1

BAFTA winner Romesh Ranganathan hosts the celebrity game show where celebrities team up with their daughters, sons, mums or dads in the show where it doesn’t matter what you know - it’s what your mother and father think you know.

Asia

Sunday, BBC One

Filmed over the course of nearly four years, this is the first time that Asia has been the focus of a major BBC wildlife series. From the vast Gobi Desert to the jungles of Borneo, and from the polar wilderness of Siberia to the coral seas of the Indian Ocean, this series will showcase the breath-taking variety of Asia’s wildest places.

Seven one-hour episodes will feature thrilling wildlife stories from each corner of the continent.

Until I Kill You

Sunday, ITV1

The extraordinary true story of Delia Balmer, who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney, is the subject of this drama. BAFTA-winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland, A Spy Among Friends) will take the role of Delia Balmer while renowned actor and director Shaun Evans (Endeavour, Vigil) will play John Sweeney.