Monday
Get Me to the Church
W
9pm
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If you thought Don’t Tell the Bride was a nerve-wracking way to tie the not, prepare to be horrified by W’s new marital challenge Get Me to the Church.
The series sees the bride or groom stranded in a far-flung corner of the world with their friends, but without their possessions or any local lingo or knowledge. Meanwhile, back at home, their partner must single-handedly sort out the wedding plans, and hope their spouse-to-be makes it in time.
This week Dave has 72 hours to race back from the Sahara to wed Ellen and win a five star honeymoon.
Tuesday
The Aliens
E4
9pm
RTS award nominee Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) stars as mysterious alien Lilyhot in E4’s new adventure drama.
It’s been 40 years since aliens crash-landed in the UK, but while they look and behave exactly like humans they are forced to live in segregation in a ghetto called Troy.
Troy is a lawless town where alien gangs make a living from smuggling alien hair to humans, who smoke it as a drug.
When border guard Lewis (Michael Socha) discovers that he is half alien, his life is thrown into turmoil. Things take a turn for the worse when his sister Holly (Holli Dempsey) is kidnapped and taken into Troy. With the help of alien cleaner Dominic (Jim Howick), Lewis must find a way to save his sister.
Wednesday
Famous, Rich and Homeless for Sport Relief
BBC One
9pm
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Big Issue founder John Bird leads a social experiment to test how four celebrities will cope with the harsh realities of homelessness in the UK.
This year’s Sport Relief volunteers are TV presenter Julia Bradbury, comedian Nick Hancock, ex-snooker player Willie Thorne and celebrity cleaner Kim Woodburn. In this two-part series they will get a glimpse at the problems that have caused homelessness to skyrocket in the UK, and learn about the struggles of day-to-day survival on Britain’s streets.
Thursday
Quantico
Alibi
9pm
New drama Quantico focuses on the lives of seven FBI recruits undergoing a gruelling 20-week training course at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
When recruit Alex Parrish discovers she’s been framed for a terrorist attack on New York’s Grand Central station, she must run for her life while working out which of her former classmates is the real terrorist before they can launch another attack.
Friday
Crufts
Channel 4
7.30pm
Clare Balding presents coverage from the world’s largest dog event, live from the NEC in Birmingham. Now in its 125th year, Crufts features a series of tests for the competing dogs. Tonight’s programme includes a look at a day in the life of a Crufts competitor and highlights from the Rescue Dog Agility Competition.
Saturday
You’re Back in the Room
ITV
8.30pm
Philip Schofield returns for a new series of the game show that sees five strangers take on simple tasks under the power of hypnosis.
This week, five contestants are set the task of pampering the Loose Women. However, hilarity will ensue as one contestant is under the illusion that she is a cosmetic surgeon, while another is convinced the ladies have bad body odour.
Sunday
Houdini and Doyle
ITV Encore
10.15pm
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Stephen Mangan (Episodes) stars as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle alongside Michael Weston (Six Feet Under) as illusionist Harry Houdini in a new series highlighting the two friends’ crime solving antics.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Metropolitan Police was overwhelmed by bizarre cases, and often turned to outsiders, including Sherlock Holmes creator Doyle, and Houdini for assistance.
This week the pair investigate the murder of a nun at one of the notorious Magdalene Laundries. A witness says the killer is a young woman who was tormented by the nun. However, the woman in question has been dead for six months already.