The Comedy Series Brassic Ends Its Run with Tarantino-Inspired Finale
The creators Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their comedy series about a close-knit group of likable chancers running riot in a rural Lancashire town. One could anticipate the last episode to be a greatest hits victory lap of alcohol, substances, and playful theft. However, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the crew barricade themselves in a bar with criminal figure Davey MacDonagh for a final 50th installment apparently inspired by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Dragons’ Den
8pm, BBC One
Ballet dancers leap into the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey present their line of inclusive dancewear – and send Peter Jones into a spin. Next, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a clever gadget for misplaced tape edges.
The Series All Creatures Great and Small
9pm, Channel 5
The animal-related escapades are generally good, but this superior period drama earns its corn with emotional character development. A particularly affecting episode intertwines the tales of a lame shire horse and a missing young cow into a deeper plotline focusing on the character Tristan, whose actions lead to a brotherly confrontation.
The Hack
9pm on ITV1
The journey has been lengthy. But the second-to-last episode of this initially sluggish 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. Things are also looking up for Dave, who has a unexpected new supporter.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
9pm, BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: 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 prepare for the production. And what better guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, alongside Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
The Series The Iris Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Those with a phobia of creepy crawlies 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 captured Joy – else she’ll be “shot repeatedly” from the threatening drone controlled by Meski … What escape plan can they devise?