PICKS OF THE WEEK: 02-08 OCTOBER 2023

What to watch this week.

Boiling Point

Sunday, BBC One

As new restaurant Point North faces big money investors in the dining room, head chef Carly battles personal demons while chaos in the kitchen pushes her staff to boiling point.

Endurance: Race To The Pole

Monday, Channel 5

New three-part immersive documentary series following Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields as they relive the trials and tribulations of the deadly race to the pole at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Partygate

Tuesday, Channel 4

It will tell the inside story in dramatic re-enactments interwoven with news archive footage and documentary interviews, showing the horrors of Covid unfold across the nation, while staff at Number 10 kicked back at a string of parties lubricated by quantities of alcohol.

Payback

Wednesday, ITV1

Follows Lexie Noble, played by Morven Christie (The Bay, The A Word, Ordeal by Innocence), as she becomes entangled in a perilous police operation to topple a notorious crime lord, Cal Morris, played by Peter Mullan).

All Creatures Great & Small

Thursday, Channel 5

It is Spring 1940 and change is on the horizon for everyone in Skeldale House. James and Helen wonder when the right time might be to start a family, not knowing whether or not James will be called up to serve in the RAF.

Big Brother's Biggest Best Bits

Thursday, ITV2

New hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best relive their favourite moments from inside the Big Brother house, including their most memorable housemates, iconic tasks, and diary room rants.

Ghosts

Friday, BBC One

Mike approaches Alison to discuss their finances following the loss of their B&B business. However, Alison is more preoccupied with plotting revenge on the Ghosts for April Fool’s Day and recruits a playful Humphrey to execute her plans.

Big Brother UK

Sunday, ITV1 & ITV2

A new cast of carefully selected housemates, from all walks of life, will take up residence in the world’s most famous reality TV home for up to six weeks, with cameras capturing their every move, and the nation following every twist and turn.