Rick Stein’s Food Stories
7pm, BBC Two
The chef heads to the Lake District, where the first hearty dish he tucks into is mutton hotpot. He also meets the delightfully named chef-forager Kevin Tickle, before learning the history of the yorkshire pudding, visiting the world’s biggest tofu factory and making his mum’s shepherd’s pie with son Jack. Hollie Richardson
The Search for Nicola Bulley
9pm, BBC One
In January 2023, a 45-year-old woman went missing while walking along Lancashire’s River Wyre, sparking a complicated police investigation and weeks of frenzied media coverage. Hopefully this documentary will have everything that was conspicuously absent from that initial response: thorough factchecking, ethical reporting and sensitivity for Bulley’s loved ones. Ellen E Jones
Taskmaster
9pm, Channel 4
The latest lineup has gelled fully now, built around the contrast between the comic personae of gleefully disruptive Rosie Jones and dourly unenthusiastic Jack Dee. This week’s antics involve a bitten vegetable, a luminous hat, a rocket and a member of the show’s crew who fatefully catches Jones’s eye. Jack Seale
Brassic
10pm, Sky Max
“I want to have a normal life,” bemoans Vinnie (a brilliant Joseph Gilgun). But it’s hard, when “I’ve got a gangster with half a head in a bunker full of cannabis!” This outrageous episode flashes back to wrap up last season’s cliffhanger: namely, how to clear up a mess with the help of Lola. A crocodile. Ali Catterall
Couples Therapy
11.05pm, BBC Two
How would you react to your partner painting the garage bright orange? It caused a lot of problems for Dr Orna Guralnik’s clients Rex and Joey. As always, the conversation about it is absolutely fascinating to listen in on – especially Dr Orna’s input. HR
