Below are my picks of the most notable new shows, returning or premiering on UK screens over the next 7 days...
LATE MAY BANK HOLIDAY
★ Britain's Got Talent (ITV, 7.30pm) Series 9's live semi finals begin. Continues nightly until Sunday. (8/13)Churchill: When Britain Said No (BBC2, 9pm) Documentary looking at Winston Churchill's post-war defeat at the General Election.
TUESDAY 26th
Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents (BBC3, 9pm) Series 5 of the show where youngsters go on holiday without their parents, unaware their mum and dad are watching their every move. (1/6)★ Impossible Engineering (Yesterday, 9pm) New series looking at amazing feats of engineering, beginning with a look at the construction of aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
WEDNESDAY 27th
24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4, 9pm) Series 9 of the documentary following the A&E department of St George's Hospital in south-west London. (1/8)Springwatch Unsprung (BBC2, 9pm) Series 9 of the post-show analysis wildlife show. Presented by Chris Packham, with guests Vic Reeves, David Lindo & Matt Brash. (1/3)
Modern Times: Secret Life of Cleaners (BBC2, 9.30pm) Documentary looking at the work of the country's six million cleaners, who are primarily immigrants.
★ Suntrap (BBC1, 10.45pm) Comedy drama about a reporter and master of disguise who's on the run from the authorities after uncovering a government conspiracy, and seeks refuge with his Fleet Street mentor on a Spanish island. Starring Kayvan Novak, Bradley Walsh, Emma Pierson, Jamie Demetriou, Jack Dee, Alan Williams & Klariza Clayton. (1/6)
THURSDAY 28th
Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car (Channel 4, 9pm) Documentary about the creation of the Lightweight E-type, Jaguar's most expensive car.★ Glee (Sky1, 9pm) Sixth and final season of the high school musical comedy-drama. (1/13)
FRIDAY 29th
Nothing. Have you cut your lawns yet this year?SATURDAY 30th
★ The Magic Show Story (ITV, 6.30pm) Exploration of the past 60 years of magic on television. Hosted by Stephen Mulhern with contributions from Darcy Oake, Dynamo, Anita Harris, Penn & Teller, Geoffrey Durham, Ben Hanlin, and others.Edwardian Farm (BBC2, 7.30pm) New series where a group of archaelogists live like Edwardians on a farm. (1/12)
SUNDAY 31st
Nothing. Why not clean out that cupboard?For a look at what the rest of the year's going to bring,
why not read and bookmark my TV Calendar?
