The creators Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are wrapping up on their humorous show about a close-knit group of likable chancers running riot in a countryside town in Lancashire. You might expect the finale to be a nostalgic highlight reel of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. But, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the gang hole up in a pub with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode apparently inspired by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Dragons’ Den
8pm on BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey present their line of adaptive dance attire – and cause Peter Jones to become flustered. Next, an ophthalmologist turned innovator has a clever gadget for lost tape ends.
The Series All Creatures Great and Small
9pm, Channel 5
The animal-related escapades are generally good, but this excellent historical series earns its corn with tender character work. An especially moving installment intertwines the tales of a lame shire horse and a vanished calf into a deeper plotline centring on Tristan, whose behaviour prompts a fraternal intervention.
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 eventually gripping series about phone hacking sees David Tennant’s Nick discovering details about the News of the World’s conduct that the other media outlets simply are forced to acknowledge. The situation improves for Dave, who has a surprising new ally.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
9pm on BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to stage Peter Pansy – The Rusical! That means the pressure is on for the drag performers to perform vocally, dance, and act and finally impress as they prepare for the production. And what better guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, together with Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
The Series The Iris Affair
9pm on Sky Atlantic
Anyone afraid of insects will want to skip ahead as the sixth episode starts, before a tense standoff, reminiscent of a Mexican or Sardinian scenario occurs, when Cameron forces Iris to swap her diary for the hostaged Joy – else she’ll be “riddled with bullets” from the threatening drone controlled by Meski … How to get out of this one?
