Brassic Ends Its Run with Influenced by Tarantino Last Episode
Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are wrapping up on their humorous show about a tight-knit bunch of endearing rogues causing chaos in a rural Lancashire town. You might expect the last episode to be a nostalgic highlight reel of alcohol, substances, and playful theft. However, the vibes are distinctly darker as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the gang hole up in a bar with criminal figure Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode seemingly influenced by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
The Show Dragons' Den
8pm on BBC One
Ballet dancers leap into the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range of adaptive dance attire – and send Peter Jones into a spin. Next, an ophthalmologist turned innovator has a clever gadget for misplaced tape edges.
The Series All Creatures Great and Small
9pm on Channel 5
The veterinary adventures are all fine, but this superior period drama earns its corn with tender character work. A particularly affecting episode weaves the stories of a lame shire horse and a missing young cow into a deeper plotline centring on Tristan, whose actions lead to a fraternal intervention.
The Drama The Hack
9pm, ITV1
It’s been a long road. Yet the penultimate episode of this at first slow-moving but ultimately compelling phone-hacking drama sees Nick, portrayed by David Tennant uncovering information 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 unexpected new supporter.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
9pm on BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to present Peter Pansy – The Musical! That means the stress increases for the drag performers to perform vocally, dance, and act and ultimately slay as they get ready for the show. And who better to guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, alongside Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
The Series The Iris Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Anyone afraid of insects will want to skip ahead as episode six begins, before a tense standoff, reminiscent of a Mexican or Sardinian scenario ensues, when Cameron forces Iris to swap her diary for the captured Joy – else she’ll be “riddled with bullets” from Meski’s menacing drone … How to get out of this one?
