Easter Special
30 MARCH—5 APRIL
THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
1 TV This Town
Easter Day 9.00pm, Easter Monday 9.00pm BBC1 Social tensions in Birmingham in the early 80s provide the backdrop for Steven Knight’s latest family epic — a story of young people trying to forge their own path and avoid lives that others wish them to lead. Levi Brown, Michelle Dockery and Ben Rose are among the stars.
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2 TV MasterChef
Easter Monday 6.30pm, Wednesday 9.00pm, Friday 7.30pm BBC1 (BBC2 in Wales on Wed and Fri) A new batch of amateur cooks are hoping to impress John Torode and Gregg Wallace as the series celebrates its 20th birthday — but why does nobody think to bake them a cake?
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3 TV Mammals
Easter Day 7.00pm BBC1 In the opening episode of this natural history spectacular, David Attenborough describes the nocturnal search for prey. From hyenas in Tanazania’s Ngorongoro Crater to leopards hunting in trees in Zambia, the action, in eerie, night-vision monotones, is thrilling and chilling in equal measure.
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4 TV Avoidance
Fri 9.30pm (10.40pm Wales) BBC1 Romesh Ranganathan’s sitcom returns for a second series. Jonathan (Ranganathan) is trying to win back his ex, Claire, but wearing lycra probably won’t help in that department…
5 STREAMING Ripley
Available from Thursday Netflix Thanks to a mesmerising Andrew Scott and crisp monochrome photography, you can really feel the chill of evil in this handsome new take on Patricia Highsmith’s anti-hero, Tom Ripley.
6 TV Paul O’Grady’s Great Elephant Adventure Easter Day
8.00pm ITV1 The late, much-
