This week in TV sees the return of Meet the Richardsons, a new rock group search for pensioners and a remake of iconic spy thriller, The Ipcress File.
Emergency
Monday
Channel 4, 9pm
The London Major Trauma System, a network of trauma hospitals, air ambulances and paramedics, was set up by the NHS after the 2005 7/7 bombings to treat critically injured patients in the city.
Emergency follows the work of the medics in their busiest month of summer 2021, as they help 58-year-old Peter, who was crushed by a 400kg crate at work, 28-year-old Danilo, who sustained injuries all over his body after a motorbike crash, and former marine Wesley, who slipped off a chair and suffered life-threatening injuries.
Rock Til We Drop
Tuesday
BBC Two, 9pm
If you thought you’d seen every type of musical talent search on TV, Rock Till We Drop has arrived to prove there’s a gap in the market for one talented group of people who are often overlooked in the likes of The X Factor and The Voice…the over 64s.
Martin Kemp and Lady Leshurr look for rockers who missed out on musical stardom in their youth to form two rock bands to play the Isle of Wight Festival (all of whom would’ve been able to attend the first ever festival in the 60s).
With only six weeks to prepare, the mentors hunt for their lead singers at open mic sessions, with Kemp on the hunt for a soul voice and Leshurr looking for a rock singer with a reggae twist.
Meet the Richardsons
Thursday
Dave, 10pm
Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont give an exaggerated look into their home life in another series of their mockumentary, Meet the Richardsons.
After moving to a new place in Leeds, Lucy tries to impress the new neighbours and Jon eyes up an old pub after pining after the pub in his old shed in their last home.
The Ipcress File
Sunday
ITV, 9pm
This remake of the 1965 spy film of the same name, based on the novel by Len Deighton, sees the return of iconic spy Harry Palmer, a role that made Michael Caine a household name.
Set in 1962 Berlin during the Cold War, the new thriller stars Joe Cole (Gangs of London) as Palmer, a British army sergeant who avoids military prison when spymaster Dalby (Tom Hollander) recruits him for an undercover mission to the Pacific after the kidnapping of a missing British nuclear scientist.
The series also stars Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Ashley Thomas (Top Boy).