SATURDAY
The BRIT Awards
ITV1, 8.30pm
If you’re more of a 6 Music listener than a Radio 1 fan, you’re unlikely to be familiar with most of the nominees but you could treat tonight as a crash-course in 2020s pop and then amaze your younger workmates with your new-found knowledge on Monday! But proving the more the world changes, the more it stays the same, Kylie Minogue will receive the Global Icon Award and Blur are up for British Group and British Album gongs.
SUNDAY
Death In Paradise
BBC1, 9pm
When officer Marlon Pryce (Tahj Miles) gets a phone call from his old boss, Ray, it sparks another puzzling case for DI Neville Parker and the team – one in which a parrot is the only witness! After arriving at Ray’s house, Marlon’s stunned to find him dead – before he’s then knocked unconscious himself. And that’s not his only headache, as he also has a big decision to make after his sister’s offered a scholarship at a prestigious Jamaican school.
MONDAY
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Launch
ITV1, 9pm
Expect fever pitch excitement from the loyal fans huddled against the cold outside the iconic BB house as this year’s celebs are introduced on stage by hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, before entering their new home. Depending on generation, there’ll be some blank looks on viewers’ faces as well as appreciative ones at the array of diverse names from the likes of TV, music and social media. But will they recognise each other?
TUESDAY
Newark, Newark
BBC2, 10pm
Previously on Gold, this three-part comedy set in the Midlands market town, follows feisty but exhausted chip shop manager Maxine (Morgana Robinson) as she tries to ride out her divorce to Terry (Mathew Horne) and find a man who can make her sizzle like a deep-fried chip. But it’s hard to find ‘me time’ with dull Terry trying to win her back and her son dramatically coming out as gay on her 40th birthday… to the surprise of no-one.
WEDNESDAY
The Marlow Murder Club
Drama, 8pm
Death In Paradise creator Robert Thorogood is behind this new whodunnit, with the killings set closer to home. When retired Judith Potts (Samantha Bond) hears a gunshot, the police don’t believe her. So she goes searching for the truth helped by two friends…
THURSDAY
Crufts
Channel 4, 3pm/7.30pm
Time to put the rest of your life on ‘paws’ (sorry!) as the canine contest gets underway. More than 20,000 pups are assembling at the NEC in Birmingham for this four-day doggy celebration, with over 200 diverse breeds and pooches from all walks of life competing in various competitions, such as agility, heelwork to music, obedience and flyball. Orca the Lagotto Romagnolo won Best In Show last year, but who’ll win in 2024?
FRIDAY
Great British Cities With Susan Calman
Channel 5, 9pm
In this new six-part series, Susan takes us on a tour of UK cities to show how they were built. First up, she’s off to Liverpool and, while our minds are blown that it’s her first trip here, hers is blown when she learns that her literary hero, Charles Dickens, visited the city to research his iconic characters. Susan also discovers what great Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly was really like, and learns how a rival team got close to his heart.