ITV

This week's TV picks includes new time travel comedy Timewasters, the return of BBC drama Our Girl, a doc exploring the crucial hour in a murder investigation, and celebrity fugitives in Celebrity Hunted.

Linda Robson (Birds of a Feather), Pam St Clement (Eastenders), presenter and former darts player Bobby George, actor Christopher Biggins and ex-footballer Josh Fashanu take an unconventional trip across the US to discover the issues surrounding marijuana in the states where the drug has been legalised. 

Paddy McGuinness is back as Take Me Out returns back to our screens next year, with two special episodes to celebrate 10 years of dating success.  

One will feature a line-up of thirty fabulous single older ladies looking for love, and the second will be a fun flip as McGuinness brings thirty of his favourite male contestants back for another chance at love.

With seven weddings and three babies having come from the show, McGuinness chats to the couples and reminisces about the moment their eyes met across the Take Me Out love lift. 

Factual: The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Monday

BBC Two, 9pm

​In the first episode of the three-part series, Chris and Xand Van Tulleken explore the latest research into how humans grow and the dramatic changes the body goes through.

The twins uncover why humans experience childhood longer than any other creature on Earth, and look at the incredible power of breast milk.

Michael Palin will star as William Makepeace Thackeray in ITV’s upcoming adaptation of Thackeray’s 1848 novel Vanity Fair.

Manhunt will see Martin Clunes play Sutton, the lead detective on the investigation into the 2004 murder of Amelie Delagrange, which was eventually linked to the murders of Marsha McDonnell and the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler.

Amanda 'Milly' Dowler, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, was reported missing in March 2002, before her remains were found six months later in a woodland, while Marsha McDonnell died after being attacked near her home in London.

The three-day Convention featured keynotes from James Murdoch, Ofcom chief Sharon White and the Secretary of State Karen Bradley MP, as well as some lively panel discussions.

Watch highlights from the event below, or scroll down to watch the sessions in full. You can read more about this year's RTS Cambridge in the October issue of Television magazine.

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are returning to host the skating extravaganza, with Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean taking seats on the judging panel alongside two more judges who are yet to be announced.

Celebrity skaters will take to the ice in a bid to twirl their way to victory, with a new line-up of skating professionals, and more ambitious routines than ever before.

Drama: Doctor Foster

Tuesday

BBC One, 9pm

The highly anticipated second series revisits Doctor Gemma Foster two years on from when it was dramatically revealed that her husband Simon (Bertie Carvel) was having an affair with the much younger Kate (Jodie Comer).

British soaps have made huge strides in portraying the lives and loves of gay characters since the genre’s first on-screen kiss in EastEnders three decades ago.