The Comedy Series Brassic Ends Its Run with Tarantino-Inspired Last Episode
The creators Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their humorous show about a tight-knit bunch of endearing rogues running riot in a countryside town in Lancashire. You might expect the finale to be a greatest hits victory lap of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. However, the vibes are distinctly darker as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the gang hole up in a bar with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode seemingly influenced by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Dragons’ Den
8pm on BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range of inclusive dancewear – and cause Peter Jones to become flustered. Next, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a clever gadget for misplaced tape edges.
The Series All Creatures Great and Small
9pm on Channel 5
The veterinary adventures are generally good, but this superior period drama earns its corn with emotional character development. An especially moving installment intertwines the tales of a lame shire horse and a vanished calf into a deeper plotline focusing on Tristan, whose actions lead to a fraternal intervention.
The Drama The Hack
9pm on ITV1
The journey has been lengthy. But the penultimate episode of this initially sluggish but ultimately compelling series about phone hacking sees David Tennant’s Nick uncovering information about the actions of the News of the World that the other media outlets simply can’t ignore. Things are also looking up for the character Dave, who has a surprising new ally.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
9pm, BBC Three
Prepare for enthusiastic gestures: it’s time to stage Peter Pansy – The Rusical! That means the stress increases for the queens to sing, dance, act and ultimately slay as they prepare for the production. And what better guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, alongside Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
The Iris Affair
9pm on Sky Atlantic
Those with a phobia of creepy crawlies will want to skip ahead as episode six begins, before a tense standoff, reminiscent of a Mexican or Sardinian scenario occurs, when Cameron compels Iris to swap her diary for the captured Joy – else she’ll be “shot repeatedly” from Meski’s menacing drone … What escape plan can they devise?
