Monday

Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle

Sky Atlantic

10pm

Veteran broadcaster Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) has put his foot in it again. To make amends, he leaves behind his comfortable life and roomy detached house for the open road, with only his Land Rover and dog for company. As he travels through the country, Partridge meets those living in ‘unreported Britain’. He hopes that by moving among street gangs, payday lenders and food scavenging freegans, he will become a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster.

 

Tuesday

World War One Remembered: the Battle of Jutland

BBC Two

7pm

Today marks 100 years since one of the greatest sea battles in British naval history. The Battle of Jutland saw 250 of Britain and Germany’s most powerful warships fight head to head in the North Sea, as the fate of the First World War hung in the balance. In this hour-long special, David Dimbleby presents highlights from the day’s commemorations, with tributes led by the Duke of Edinburgh and the German president to remember the one in ten sailors who lost their lives.

 

Wednesday

Versailles

BBC Two

9.30pm

Sumptuous and steamy period drama Versailles hits our screens this week. It’s 1667 and 28-year-old French king Louis XIV is attempting to stamp his authority on court and country. As he turns his father’s former hunting lodge into the magnificent Palace of Versailles, his reign is threatened by resistance and betrayal, even from those closest to him.

 

Thursday

International Football Live: England v Portugal

ITV

7.30pm

Roy Hodgson’s side faces Portugal in the final friendly before Euro 2016 begins. With England’s first fixture against Russia just nine days away, Hodgson will be looking to field a strong side against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.

Mark Pougatch will be joined by Ian Wright and Lee Dixon in the studio for live coverage, while commentary comes from Clive Tyldesley and Glenn Hoddle, with Gabriel Clarke reporting from the pitchside.

 

Friday

Fraud – How They Steal Your ID

ITV

9pm

With exclusive access to the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit, this documentary joins detectives as they hunt for elusive major criminal ‘Mr Posh’ who has hijacked the credit card accounts and identities of hundreds of British victims. The career criminal has mastered a new crime known as telephone banking fraud, calling banks posing as different customers. Impersonating everyone from a female pensioner to an Asian businessman, he’s stolen tens of thousands of pounds in a single day. With just his voice to go on, detectives from the City of London and Metropolitan Police will have their work cut out to unmask and capture the evasive criminal.

 

Saturday

12 Years a Slave

Channel 4

9pm

Chiwetal Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch and Lupita Nyong’o star in the network premier of the triple-Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave. Based on a true story, Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery in pre-Civil War America.

 

Sunday

Escape to the Chateau

Channel 4

7pm

Moustachioed TV presenter Dick Strawbridge and his wife Angel dream of starting a new life in grand chateau on the other side of the Channel. However, they will need ingenuity, imagination and sheer hard graft to restore the crumbling 19th century building to its former glory.  With two very young children in tow, moving to a new home without electricity, heating or sewage systems will prove a challenge for the pair.