Brassic Ends Its Run with Tarantino-Inspired Finale
Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are bringing the curtain down on their comedy series about a tight-knit bunch of endearing rogues running riot in a countryside town in Lancashire. You might expect the last episode to be a greatest hits victory lap of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. But, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the crew barricade themselves in a pub with criminal figure Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode seemingly influenced by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Dragons’ Den
8pm, BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey present their line of inclusive dancewear – and send Peter Jones into a spin. Then, an ophthalmologist turned innovator has a smart device for lost tape ends.
The Series All Creatures Great and Small
9pm, Channel 5
The veterinary adventures are all fine, but this superior period drama earns its corn with emotional character development. A particularly affecting episode intertwines the tales of a injured draft horse and a missing young cow into a deeper plotline focusing on Tristan, whose actions lead to a brotherly confrontation.
The Drama The Hack
9pm on ITV1
It’s been a long road. Yet the second-to-last episode of this at first slow-moving but ultimately compelling series about phone hacking sees Nick, portrayed by David Tennant discovering details about the News of the World’s conduct that the other media outlets simply can’t ignore. The situation improves for 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 pressure is on for the queens to sing, dance, act and finally impress as they get ready for the show. And what better guest judge than renowned West End star Mazz Murray, together with Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
The Iris Affair
9pm on Sky Atlantic
Those with a phobia of creepy crawlies will want to fast-forward as the sixth episode starts, before something of a Mexican (or rather Sardinian) standoff occurs, when Cameron compels Iris to swap her diary for the captured Joy – else she’ll be “riddled with bullets” from the threatening drone controlled by Meski … What escape plan can they devise?
