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Love Life (S1)
From Wednesday 22 May at 21:00Dreamer Joe bumps into his ex, Lucy, who is heavily pregnant and married. Only Lucy’s not married – she lied to Joe, and the real father has no clue she’s expecting his baby.
Then Joe uncovers a bombshell – the father is Lucy’s ex-boss, Dominic, who is married to the increasingly prickly Penny, and they’ve been trying to have a child for years. Dominic doesn’t know that Lucy is pregnant – until Joe accidentally tells him. And with Penny convincing herself that she and Dominic have as much right to the baby as Lucy does, it becomes a complicated mess.
Love Life is warm drama about how good people come to terms with the trials and pain of love. And a baby.
Case Sensitive: The Point of Rescue
Monday 27 May at 21:00When Geraldine Bretherick and her daughter are found dead in their luxury home, the case divides new DS Charlie Zailer and her DC Simon Waterhouse. Is it a murder, suicide or something even more sinister, and how watertight is the alibi of the distraught husband Mark?
Meanwhile, when Sally Thorne, a young working mother with a husband and two small children hears of the deaths, she is deeply shocked. Months before she’d had a brief but passionate affair a man called Mark Bretherick. Sally feels the need to get in touch with Mark again to offer her sympathy… only to find herself dangerously entangled with a disturbed murderer.
As Time Goes By (S7)
From Tuesday 28 May at 22:15This warm and witty comedy stars Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as long-lost sweethearts Jean and Lionel, who lost touch after a whirlwind romance in the early 1950s but met up again 38 years later and remarried.
In this series, Jean suspects that Lionel is going deaf, while he is convinced that she is having problems with her eyes. Judy decides to give her romance with Alistair another chance, but Sandy is getting fed up with boyfriend Harry's obsession with sport. Jean also becomes embroiled in a protest over a new bypass when they visit their country home, and gets the entire gang to help out with a party for the residents of a local old folk's home.
Lark Rise to Candleford (S4)
Tuesdays at 21:00The residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return in this warm-hearted and award-winning adaptation of Flora Thompson's novels.
Newcomer Gabriel Cochrane arrives in Candleford with a vendetta against the evil banker Steerforth, who he feels has tricked him into losing his business. Dorcas makes an ill-judged intervention, Minnie becomes worried that Alfie might fall out of love with her and Emma is left in a precarious financial position following a robbery. Plus there is a poetry competition that includes an epic poem about postal rounds, an undiscovered letter, a snake in town and Twister ends up in trouble again.
Doctor Who (S6)
Saturdays at 19:15The Doctor returns, alongside newlyweds Amy and Rory, to face monsters, mysteries and adventures across time and space.
The trio find themselves in 1960s America, battling the invasion the world forgot, then journey on the high seas of 1696 aboard a pirate ship, to solve the mystery of the Siren. In a bubble universe at the very edge of reality, the Doctor meets an old friend with a new face, and after a solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a factory on earth, the Doctor faces a race against time in an attempt to prevent an all-out civil war.
With the stakes higher than ever and astonishing twists and revelations, this is Doctor Who at its very best!
Alan Carr Chatty Man (S10)
Saturdays at 20:45Alan Carr welcomes a glittering array of celebrities from the world of entertainment to his sofa, pours dubious tipples to get guests loose-lipped and serves side-splitting high jinks along the way.
Saturday 18 May guest list: Alan chats to broadcasting legend Bruce Forsyth, and the comedic talents of Steve Coogan, Jo Brand and Seann Walsh hit the sofa. Plus girl group Little Mix sing their new single How Ya Doin'? live in the studio.
Bedlam (S1)
Saturdays at 21:30 (WARNING: Video contains scenes some viewers may find disturbing.)Converted from a former mental asylum, Bedlam Heights is now an apartment building that offers the ultimate in stylish, modern living. But behind the mod cons and luxury fittings lie unimaginable horrors. This is a building tainted by abuse, suffering and death, and the ghosts of its dark and violent past are out for revenge.
Kate – a direct descendent of those who ran the pre-Victorian asylum for generations – lives and works at the apartments and is a prime target, but she thinks anyone who believes in ghosts is foolish. But everything changes when her adopted and troubled cousin Jed arrives...
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle (S1)
Saturdays at 22:15Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle showcases arguably one of Britain's finest stand-up comedians, and shows him at his masterful and hilarious best.
Each episode sees Stewart explore a different aspect of modern life – whether it’s the tidal wave of banal celebrity books, the state of television today, or why political correctness seems to have ‘gone mad’ – in a stand-up routine that’s illustrated with sketches featuring an ensemble cast of well-known comic talent.
