Shetland

Wednesday

BBC One, 9.00pm

Welcome back to Shetland, which must have the most murders per capita of any archipelago in the world.

Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty) and Alison O’Donnell (Holby City) return as Ruth Calder and Alison “Tosh” McIntosh. When Tosh’s friend Annie (Sarah MacGillivray, Outlander) goes missing, the detectives are forced to work a case that’s far more personal than usual. Their investigations bring them into contact with a mysterious professor (Ian Hart, The Responder) who claims to have been Annie’s tutor at Oxford University. Does something more sinister lurk beneath his concern?

The Old Man

Wednesday

Disney+

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) returns as Vietnam veteran Dan Chase. Now working with Harold Harper (John Lithgow, The Crown), the FBI suit originally tasked with tracking him down, the pair are trying to locate Emily Chase (Alia Shawkat, Arrested Development).

Dan’s daughter is working with the FBI, and has been kidnapped. What follows is a blood-soaked return to Afghanistan for the long-in-the-tooth double act.

The Day of the Jackal

Thursday

Sky Atlantic and NOW

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) stars in this modern-day retelling of the Frederick Forsyth novel – and its 1970s film adaptation – of the same name.

Redmayne is the Jackal, a ruthless assassin who’ll stop at nothing to get the job done. His opposite number is intelligence officer Bianca (Lashana Lynch, No Time to Die), hellbent on bringing him to justice.

Redmayne learnt self-defence techniques for the role, as he discussed on The Graham Norton Show, which is what prompted that viral moment from Saoirse Ronan.

Junior Taskmaster

Friday

Channel 4, 8.00pm

This spin-off series does exactly what it says on the tin. Instead of comedians that are adored by TikTok and your dad alike, Junior Taskmaster sets a series of challenges for 9-11 year olds.

Rose Matafeo (QI) hosts the show, taking over from Greg Davies (Live at the Apollo), who quite literally leaves big shoes to fill. Her stooge (sorry, assistant) is Mike Wozniak (Man Down). Let the child-friendly games begin.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

Sunday

BBC One, 9.00pm

Nearly a decade after the first series aired, Wolf Hall returns for more 16th century intrigue.

Mark Rylance (The Trial of the Chicago 7) reprises his role as Thomas Cromwell, while Damian Lewis (Billions) is back in a codpiece playing Henry VIII. The King is ecstatic about marrying Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips, Peaky Blinders), but it’s not all plain sailing. Cromwell’s friends at court are few and far between, leaving him to rely – as ever – on just his wits to survive. History buffs will know how that worked out for him.