Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 25th October 2023) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
The teams face set out on the final leg to reach the finish line in Tromso and have to make the decision to take the more direct route with expensive public transport or venture east via the Baltic States passing through five countries. Race leaders Billy and Bonny Monger have a huge decision to make and Alex Beresford fulfills a childhood dream in Lapland. Mel and Helene Blatt have squeezed their budget to within an inch of its life and Harry and Emma Judd share a special moment while fishing in the fjords of Norway.
Grand Designs (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 25th October 2023)
Hackney, 2023. Kevin McCloud meet Graeme and Melanie who have huge ambitions for a home in Hackney. They plan to build on a tiny twin garage plot with no surrounding land that cost them £275,000 on a traditional Victorian terraced road. Architect Graeme has come up with an unapologetically modernist, bright red-clad design laid out to maximise space over three floors and has set out just 12 months to build it.
Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 26th October 2023)
Adrenaline. Series 8, episode 5. In Plymouth, the crew race to the rescue of a fisherman who’s fallen off his boat, and is now adrift in the water, with a sea temperature of just eight degrees. In Llandudno – Wales’ largest seaside resort – a father and son have capsized from their kayak, on its first outing.
All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 26th October 2023)
By the Book. Series 4, episode 4. James and Helen are keeping a secret, and following a visit to the Crabtree’s Farm, Carmody is challenged with learning how to be a vet outside of his books. The new farmers have a worrying illness amongst their herd and James wants to help them in any way he can.
Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 27th October 2023)
Scottish Borders. Series 6, episode 4. The presenter is on home soil exploring the beautiful Scottish Borders and the neighbouring Dumfries and Galloway. Just outside the town of Duns, Susan hears about Jim Clark, a local hero who became one of the greatest racing drivers of all time and Scotland’s first Formula One Champion. She also heads to the base of the Leaderfoot Viaduct, where the northernmost amphitheatre of the Roman Empire once sat.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.