This week's top TV: 5 - 11 October

This week's top TV: 5 - 11 October

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Monday, 5th October 2015
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney

This week sees athletes and bakers battling it out for national glory

Monday

Rooney: the Man behind the Goals

BBC One

9pm

Gary Lineker presents a unique look into the world of England’s greatest ever goal scorer.

He observes Rooney’s training at both Manchester United and in the England camp, speaking to those who know him best, from wife Coleen to former colleague David Beckham.

 

Tuesday

Eternal Glory

ITV

8pm


James Cracknell (Credit: Twofour/ITV)

Eight sport stars take on a raft of physical and mental challenges to find out who is the ultimate athlete.

The new series will see rower James Cracknell, footballer Matt Le Tissier, javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread, long jumper Jade Johnson, middle distance runner Liz McColgan, rugby player Shane Williams, badminton player Gail Emms and sprinter Christian Malcolm push themselves beyond their comfort zone to win eternal glory.

 

Wednesday

The Great British Bake Off: the Final

BBC One

8pm


Finalists Tamal, Nadiya and Ian (Credit: BBC/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon)

The last nine weeks have passed in a blur of flour, chocolate and baking powder.

Now the final three contestants must pull out all the stops to impress steely-eyed Paul Hollywood and grand dame of the kitchen Mary Berry with their enriched dough iced buns and the most arresting of show stoppers.

 

Thursday

Unforgotten

ITV

9pm


Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar (Credit ITV/Mainstreet Pictures)

Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar play detective duo DCI Cassie Stuart and DS Sunny Khan in this cold case murder mystery.

When a skeleton is found in a cellar, the pair go in search of who this man was, and how he died.

Their investigations turn up the victim’s diary from 1976, which ends with a list of names and addresses of people who could help solve the case.

 

Friday

The Graham Norton Show

BBC One

10.35pm


Graham Norton (Credit: BBC/So TV/Christopher Baines)

Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep are on Graham’s red sofa this week, promoting the much-anticipated film Suffragette.

They’re joined by fellow Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, who is getting rave reviews for her role in West End hit Photograph 13.

 

Saturday

At Home with Steph and Dom

Channel 4

9pm


Steph and Dom with Jason Donavan (Credit: Channel 4)

Posh Goggleboxers Steph and Dom Parker move from the sofa to their landscaped garden as they welcome new celebrities to their home for a chinwag and no doubt a glass or two of something.

Visitors to the Parker’s Salutation Inn include Jason Donavan and a Jerry Springer, and if the couple’s booze up with Nigel Farage is anything to go by, this is worth staying in for.

 

Sunday

Homeland

Channel 4

9pm


Claire Danes stars as Carrie Mathison

Tumultuous doesn’t quite cover Carrie Mathison’s (Claire Danes) last few years working for the CIA. After falling in love with a terrorist, being institutionalised and having Nicholas Brody’s baby, she’s now quit the agency and moved to Berlin.

Having spent her career pursuing international criminals, Mathison must now deal with the consequences of finding herself on a hit list. 

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This week sees athletes and bakers battling it out for national glory