TV picks

The White Lotus

Monday

Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Mike White’s disquieting satire of the super-rich has had us gripped for the past six weeks as we watched trouble breakout in sun-soaked Sicily.

Celeb Cooking School 

Monday 

E4, 10pm 

Hosted by radio and TV presenter Melvin Odoom, the reality series takes ten terrible celebrity cooks and puts them through a unique cookery competition. 

Travel Man: 48 Hours in the Basque Country

Monday

Channel 4, 8.30pm

Joe Lycett takes over from Richard Ayoade as Channel 4’s Travel Man-in-chief, with fellow comic James Acaster joining him for the first weekend away in the Spanish sector of the Basque Country.

Then Barbara Met Alan 

Monday 

BBC Two, 9pm 

Starring Ruth Madeley and Arthur Hughes, the drama tells the true story of the group behind the unstoppable and fierce campaign of direct action that significantly moved forward the battle for disabled rights in Britain. 

Our House 

Monday 

ITV, 9pm 

Tense new drama starring Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton sees an estranged couple find their marital home has been sold without their knowledge. 

Emergency

Monday

Channel 4, 9pm

The London Major Trauma System, a network of trauma hospitals, air ambulances and paramedics, was set up by the NHS after the 2005 7/7 bombings to treat critically injured patients in the city.

Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek

ITV

Tuesday, 9pm

Following last year’s impactful documentary Finding Derek, ITV revisits the Garraway family as Derek Draper continues to recover from the effects of Covid-19 at home.

Travel Man: 96 Hours in Iceland

Channel 4, 8pm

Joe Lycett takes his first steps in his walking boots for the new series of Travel Man, replacing Richard Ayoade after nine series.

For his first outing, Lycett will explore the sights of Iceland with comedian Bill Bailey.

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Sky Max, 7pm

We Wish You A Mandy Christmas

BBC Two

Monday, 10pm