TV Picks: 13–19 May 2019
By: Dan Owen
Tags: Tv Picks, UK, Television, Listings, TV

— MONDAY 13th —

✮ 15 DAYS — CHANNEL 5, 9PM.

New drama series about four siblings who return home to scatter their mother’s ashes, unaware their reunion will result in murder. Starring Catherine Tyldesley, Geraint Morgan, David Caves, Tom Rhys Harries & Freddy Carter. (1/4)

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Tricks of the Restaurant Trade — Channel 4, 8.30pm . Series 5 of the show offering an insider’s look at eating out and ordering takeaway. Presented by Simon Rimmer, Sophie Morgan & Adam Pearson. (1/6)

. Series 5 of the show offering an insider’s look at eating out and ordering takeaway. Presented by Simon Rimmer, Sophie Morgan & Adam Pearson. (1/6) One Day in Gaza — BBC2, 9pm . Documentary about the event of 14 May 2018 when 60 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,000 injured at the border of Israel.

. Documentary about the event of 14 May 2018 when 60 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,000 injured at the border of Israel. Victoria’s Palace — ITV, 9pm. Factual special looking at how Queen Victoria transformed Buckingham Palace into the impressive building it is today. Presented by Trevor McDonald & Julie Etchingham.

— TUESDAY 14th —

YEARS AND YEARS — BBC1, 9PM.

New drama about a family transformed over 10 years by the increasingly coarse political background of the country, triggered by a scandal during a live televised debate. Starring Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey, Ruth Madeley & T’Nia Miller. Written by Russell T. Davies.

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Mary Kills People — More4, 9pm . New Canadian comedy-drama about an ER medic and her assistant who botch an assisted suicide. Starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short & Holly Dale. (1/6)

. New Canadian comedy-drama about an ER medic and her assistant who botch an assisted suicide. Starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short & Holly Dale. (1/6) Bear’s Mission with David Walliams — ITV, 9pm . Survival special with Bear Grylls taking comedian and presenter David Walliams to Devon.

. Survival special with Bear Grylls taking comedian and presenter David Walliams to Devon. PTSD: The War in My Head — BBC1, 10.35pm. Documentary following three soldiers who died in 2018 after suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

— WEDNESDAY 15th —

✮ THE VIRTUES — CHANNEL 4, 9PM.

New drama from Shane Meadows about a recovering alcoholic whose ex moves to Australia and takes their nine-year-old son, prompting his return to his old life in Ireland where he was raised as a child in care. Starring Stephen Graham, Juliet Ellis, Shea Michael-Shaw, Vauxhall Jermaine & Stuart Wolfenden. (1/4)

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Mum — BBC2, 10pm . Series 3 of the comedy about an altruistic mother. Starring Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan, Dorothy Atkinson & Ross Boatman. (1/6)

. Series 3 of the comedy about an altruistic mother. Starring Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan, Dorothy Atkinson & Ross Boatman. (1/6) Sliced — Dave, 10pm. New comedy set inside a backstreet pizza parlour and following two delivery drivers. Starring Samson Kayo & Theo Barklem-Biggs. (1/3)

— THURSDAY 16th —

✮ DAVID HAREWOOD: PSYCHOSIS AND ME — BBC2.

Documentary about the Homeland and Supergirl actor, who was sectioned after having a psychotic breakdown when he was 23.

— FRIDAY 17th —

✮ PUPPY SCHOOL — CHANNEL 4, 8PM.

New series following the training of dog owners by experts Oli Juste, Katie Patmore & Hannah Molloy at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. (1/4)

— SATURDAY 18th —

✮ EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2019 — BBC1, 8PM.

Live final of the 59th annual song contest with commentary from Graham Norton.

— SUNDAY 19th —

✮ GENTLEMAN JACK — BBC1, 9PM.

New historical drama by Sally Wainwright about a controversial 19th-century landowner called Anne Lister (Suranne Jones), who transformed her family’s coal-rich land and secretly bedded women. Co-starring Sophie Rundle, Joe Armstrong, Amelia Bullmore & Rosie Cavaliero. (1/6)

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