The Comedy Series Brassic Calls it a Day with Influenced by Tarantino Finale
The creators Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their comedy series about a tight-knit bunch of endearing rogues running riot in a countryside town in Lancashire. One could anticipate the finale to be a nostalgic highlight reel of alcohol, substances, and playful theft. But, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the gang hole up in a bar with criminal figure Davey MacDonagh for a final 50th installment apparently inspired by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Dragons’ Den
8pm, BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range of adaptive dance attire – and send Peter Jones into a spin. Then, an ophthalmologist turned innovator has a smart device for lost tape ends.
The Series All Creatures Great and Small
9pm on Channel 5
The veterinary adventures are all fine, but this excellent historical series earns its corn with tender character work. An especially moving installment weaves the stories of a injured draft horse and a missing young cow into a deeper plotline centring on the character Tristan, whose behaviour prompts a brotherly confrontation.
The Drama The Hack
9pm on ITV1
It’s been a long road. But the penultimate episode of this at first slow-moving but eventually gripping phone-hacking drama sees Nick, portrayed by David Tennant discovering details about the actions of the News of the World that the other media outlets simply are forced to acknowledge. Things are also looking up for Dave, who has a unexpected new supporter.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
9pm, BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to present Peter Pansy – The Musical! That means the stress increases for the drag performers to perform vocally, dance, and act and finally impress as they get ready for the show. And what better guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, together with the panel including Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, and RuPaul.
The Iris Affair
9pm on Sky Atlantic
Anyone afraid of insects will want to fast-forward as the sixth episode starts, before something of a Mexican (or rather Sardinian) standoff occurs, when Cameron forces Iris to swap her diary for the hostaged Joy – else she’ll be “riddled with bullets” from the threatening drone controlled by Meski … How to get out of this one?
