This week's top TV: 3 April - 9 April

This week's top TV: 3 April - 9 April

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Monday, 3rd April 2017
Credit: Channel 4

This week Child of Our Time returns for the next chapter of the millennial documentary, while One Born Every Minute and The Graham Norton Show return for new series.

Monday: Child of Our Time

BBC One, 9pm


The Child Of Our Time participants enter a new chapter in their lives (Credit: BBC)

The documentary following the lives of 25 millennium born children returns for another chapter in the individuals lives as they turn 16.

Child of Our Time has visited the children at different stages of their lives since the teenagers were born in 2000.

Robert Winston and Tanya Byron explore how the teenagers' changing brains are at a pivotal age, and what they choose to do at this time can shape their lives forever.

Tuesday: One Born Every Minute

Channel 4, 9pm


One Born Every Minute returns (Credit: Dragonfly TV)

The midwives and expectant mothers of Liverpool Women's Hospital return for a tenth installment of the fixed-rig documentary series.

44-year-old Derroll is set to become a father for the first time with his wife Maria, who he met online and is already a mum to four children. The episode also follows young expectant mother Jodie arrives at the hospital with Stephen, after a fling lead to Jodie falling pregnant, and hears the daily struggles and excitements of the members of staff at the maternity ward.

Wednesday: Henry IX

Gold, 9pm


Henry IX (Credit: Gold)

The three-part comedy series stars Charles Edwards as a king who suffers a mid-life crisis and attempts to modernise the monarchy by abdicating in favour of his 23-year-old son Alistair, played by Daniel Quirke.

Set in the fictional modern day Britain, the comedy series stars Sally Phillips as his aloof wife Queen Katerina and Kara Tointon as the palace's florist.

Thursday: Alone with the In-Laws

BBC Two, 8pm


Couple Chris and Stacey face time Alone with the In-Laws (Credit: BBC)

From the people behind Wife Swap, the show sees newly engaged couple Chris and Stacey meet with Reverend Kate Bottley (Gogglebox), who advises the couple to spend four days alone with their respective in-laws in an experiment to find out more about their partner from those who raised them. 

Friday: The Graham Norton Show

BBC One, 10.35pm

Graham Norton is back with a new set of guests to see in the 21st series of the talk show, returning just a month since the last series ended. 

Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman promote their new heist comedy Going in Style, comedian and sofa regular Jack Whitehall is joined by Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones) to talk about their roles in the Evelyn Waugh adaptation Decline and Fall, as well as music from Take That.

Saturday: Golf: The Masters

BBC Two, 7pm


The third day of Golf: The Masters on BBC Two (Credit: BBC)

Hazel Irvine presents live coverage of day three of the Masters at the Augusta National in Georgia, with commentary from Peter Alliss, Ken Brown, Andrew Cotter and Paul Azinger.

Sunday: Vera

ITV, 8pm


The series of Vera concludes (Credit: ITV)

The finale of the drama series follows an investigation into the discovery of a body on the Northumberland moors of a missing teenager.

Suspicions are raised in the girl's neighbourhood as it seems the girl's disappearance happened closer to home than first thought as DCI Vera Stanhope tries to find the killer.

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This week Child of Our Time returns for the next chapter of the millennial documentary, while One Born Every Minute and The Graham Norton Show return for new series.