Wednesday, 25/1/2017
The National Television Awards 2017 (ITV, 7.30pm)
Have you voted? If not, you may have missed out on an opportunity to make sure your favourite actor, TV personality or programme receives an award they richly deserve. Dermot O'Leary will present ITV's coverage of the event at London's O2 arena, while Queen of the Jungle Scarlett Moffatt will deliver news and gossip from backstage via social media. Among the most hotly contested categories will be TV Judge, where Len Goodman, who recently retired from Strictly Come Dancing, will go head-to-head with The Great British Bake Off's Mary Berry. The Drama award is contested by Casualty, Cold Feet, The Night Manager, Happy Valley and Game of Thrones, while Sarah Lancashire, Tom Hiddleston and Cillian Murphy are also among the big names in the running for trophies.
Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC1, 8pm)
As the 'last of the McKellen's', the award-winning actor and civil rights champion Sir Ian McKellen admits to a degree of melancholy as delves into his family history, but the results pay off greatly. On his journey back through his family history, he discovers one of his ancestors was a Victorian political activist, and another relative was also linked to the theatre. Finally, Ian learns that previous generations of his family have a surprising link to an ancient druidical landmark in the Lake District.
Italy's Invisible Cities (BBC1, 9pm)
Using new 3D technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the Italian city of Florence, and with the help of historian Ross King and the team, they discover the hidden secrets of Florence's great cathedral and its architectural genius. The pair also learn more about the Medici's fraught relationship with Michelangelo, as he fell from favour when he supported a rebellion against his own masters, and visit the world-famous Uffizi - including the Botticelli room. Last in the series.
Women Who Kill (C4, 10pm)
With more than 30,000 women in prisons in America serving lengthy sentences for murder, this documentary looks at some of the extraordinary stories of women who committed these crimes, and the reasons why they killed people they knew and loved. They include Amber Hilberling, who was 19 and pregnant when she pushed her husband out of a window, Patricia Ignacio, who admitted to bludgeoning her cousin to death with a rock, and Ana Trujillo, who murdered her boyfriend by stabbing him with a stiletto shoe.
In Therapy: Danielle Lloyd (Channel 5, 10pm)
The former glamour model (and one-time Miss Great Britain) becomes the latest celebrity to undergo a series of psychological evaluations with one of the UK's leading psychotherapists, Mandy Saligari. During the sessions, Danielle reveals her innermost secrets and looks back over some of the most difficult moments in her life, including the breakdown of her marriage to footballer Jamie O'Hara, and the controversial row over the alleged racist bullying of Shilpa Shetty during Celebrity Big Brother in 2007.
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