The post-apocalyptic zombie drama returns as Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) assumes leadership of Alexandria.

The 90-minute opening episode finds an enormous herd of Walkers grouped in a quarry on the edge of town, testing Grimes new-found authority.

 

Tuesday

River 

BBC One 

9pm

Stellan Skarsgård stars as detective John River, who is struggling to cope with the recent death of his colleague and close friend Jackie ‘Stevie’ Stevenson (Nicola Walker).

Created by Abi Morgan (The Hour, Suffragette), the drama centres on River, who must solve the murder of a teenager, while his mental state becomes increasingly fragile as he battles with pressure from the press and the police force to quit.

 

Wednesday

The Southbank Show 

Sky Arts 

9pm

Melvyn Bragg talks to Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch about his role in the Barbican’s sold out production of Hamlet.

Featuring exclusive extracts from the show, Cumberbatch explains why he wanted to take on Shakespeare’s Danish prince, and why he thinks there is a Hamlet in every actor.

 

Thursday

A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley 

BBC Four 

9pm

Historian Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance, and finds out how our personal thoughts and feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.

In this episode, Worsley finds out how the Victorians are responsible for many modern romantic gestures, from sending flowers to writing Valentine’s cards.

No Worsley-fronted series would be complete without some fancy dress, and this time she dons the garb of Jane Eyre to find out how romance was portrayed in popular novels from the period.

 

Friday

TFI Friday 

Channel 4 

8pm

Following this year’s slightly shambolic one-off, TFI Friday returns this week for a new ten part series presented by Chris Evans.

U2 will perform two songs live in the studio and Evans will also be joined by actors Steve Coogan and Saoirse Ronan and bands Take That and Slaves.

 

Saturday

James Bond's Spectre - With Jonathan Ross 

ITV 

6.30pm

With the latest James Bond film hitting cinemas later this month, film fanatic Jonathan Ross meets Bond himself, Daniel Craig, to get a behind-the-scenes look at the highly anticipated release.

Ross will also check out the impressive gadgets and classic cars used in the film franchise, and talk to the film’s other stars.

 

Sunday

Earth’s Wildest Waters: the Big Fish 

BBC Two 

8pm

Angling might not seem the most thrilling hobby to form the basis of a television show, but this series sees anglers pitted against one another to impress fishing legend Matt Hayes.

This week, the contestants join Hayes and host Ben Fogle, in Cuba where they must impress in three fishing tasks.

In Zapata National Park, they attempt to catch the tricky bonefish, before heading to the Bay of Pigs to try and net as many fish as they can using local methods.

Finally they leave the Caribbean Sea behind in search of the tarpon off Cuba’s Atlantic coast.