Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC 1/HD 6:50pm to 7:50pm | Saturday 20th January 2024)
Bradley Walsh is rudely awakened in The Midnight Gameshow, Joe Lycett hands over his phone for a Send to All like no other, and an incredibly deserving Unexpected Star of the Show shares the stage with a mystery guest. Plus, Beverley Knight gives a spectacular music performance.
Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 21st January 2024)
Violet considers running for Mayor, but fails to notice that Fred isn’t his usual cheery self. Events take a dramatic turn and it looks like her campaign will have to be abandoned. A pregnant model who began her career in infancy makes plans for her child to follow in her footsteps. However, when the child is born, Nurse Crane has to help her cope with a difficult diagnosis. Reggie comes home for a few weeks holiday and helps Fred to make-over the small unkempt green space outside St Oswald’s church.
Silent Witness (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 22nd January 2024) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Grievance Culture (Part 2). Series 27, episode 4. Part two of two. Events continue to spiral at the university and Cara becomes collateral damage, while the riddle of the body in the Thames is solved. A breakthrough in the Cherry case is received from an unlikely source, but will the team get there before it is too late?
Waterloo Road (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 23rd January 2024)
Shola’s new obsession sends shockwaves through the school and Joe tries to help Mike out of a sticky situation. A crucial meeting reveals some life-changing news leaving Kim to make a difficult decision and Libby is on a mission to stay at Waterloo Road no matter what.
The Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain (Channel 4/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 25th January 2024) ** NEW SERIES **
Community. Series 1, episode 1. The year-long dispute in the coal mining industry, which was an attempt by unions to prevent the closure of collieries advocated by the government of the day. The strike proved bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village, Shirebrook, that came to be split down the middle in an increasingly violent struggle between striking and working miners. This episode tells the story of how Shirebrook descended into violence and division – a microcosm of what was happening in communities across the country.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.