TV Picks: 6–12 May 2019
By: Dan Owen
Tags: Tv Picks, TV, Listings, Television, UK

— EARLY SPRING BANK HOLIDAY—

✮ THE ALL NEW MONTY: WHO BARES WINS — ITV, 9PM.

Return of the lighthearted special where a bunch of celebrities learn a striptease routine, echoing the events of The Full Monty, to raise awareness of testicular and prostate cancer. Hosted by Alexander Armstrong & Ashley Banjo, with Joe Pasquale, Jack Fincham, Kelvin Fletcher, Willie Thorne, Rav Wilding, Matt Evers, Jason Cundy & Gorka Marquez. (Some of those are celebs, I promise.)

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Sex on Trial — Channel 4, 10pm. New series looking at the shocking stories of sexual assaults on US students. (1/3)

— TUESDAY 7th—

✮ CHERNOBYL — SKY ATLANTIC, 9PM.

New drama telling the events of the infamous 1986 nuclear disaster in the town of Chernobyl, part of Soviet Ukraine, and the efforts to prevent the radiation from the nuclear power plant becoming a European-wide disaster. Starring Jared Harris, Emily Watson & Stellan Skarsgård.

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The All-New Monty: Ladies’ Night — ITV, 9pm . Follow-up to yesterday’s celebrity striptease special, raising awareness of women’s cancers, featuring Coleen Nolan, Victoria Derbyshire, Martina Navratilova, Laurie Brett, Megan Barton-Hanson, Lisa Maffia, Danielle Armstrong & Crissy Rock.

. Follow-up to yesterday’s celebrity striptease special, raising awareness of women’s cancers, featuring Coleen Nolan, Victoria Derbyshire, Martina Navratilova, Laurie Brett, Megan Barton-Hanson, Lisa Maffia, Danielle Armstrong & Crissy Rock. 24 Hours in A&E — Channel 4, 9pm . Series 18 of the observational documentary inside London’s St George’s hospital.

. Series 18 of the observational documentary inside London’s St George’s hospital. Leaving Amish Paradise — W, 9pm. Documentary following two Amish families who leave their communities, who have lived lifestyles unchanged by 300 years of technological progress, and engage fully with the modern world.

— WEDNESDAY 8th —

✮ LUCIFER — NETFLIX.

The US supernatural drama about the Devil helping the LAPD returns for a fourth season, now transferred to Netflix after being cancelled by Fox. Starring Tom Ellis.

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Taskmaster — Dave, 9pm. Series 8 of the comedy challenge show. Hosted by Greg Davies & Alex Horne, with new contestants Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha & Sian Gibson. (1/10)

— THURSDAY 9th—

✮ DEEP STATE — FOX, 9PM.

Season 2 of the conspiracy thriller, now following the events of an ambush on US Special Forces that kills four men in Mali. Starring Walton Goggins, Joe Dempsie, Karima McAdams, Alistair Petrie & Anastasia Griffith. (1/8)

— FRIDAY 10th—

✮ SNEAKY PETE — AMAZON PRIME.

Season 3 of the US crime drama about a convict who adopts the identity of his cellmate. Starring Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Shane McRae, Libe Barer & Michael Drayer. (1/10)

— SATURDAY 11th—

✮ BRADLEY WALSH’S LATE NIGHT GUEST LIST — ITV, 9.15PM.

New series where the actor-presenter plays host to a bunch of celebrity friends, playing games and having a chat. Guests are Holly Willoughby, Emma Bunton, Jade Jones, Nigel Havers,

— SUNDAY 12th —

✮ THE BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION AWARDS — BBC1, 8PM.

Annual ceremony honouring the best of British TV. Hosted by Graham Norton with nominees including Bodyguard, Killing Eve, Informer, Save Me, A Very English Scandal, Sandra Oh, Hugh Grant, Jodie Comer & Ben Whishaw.

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