Pick of the day: Grand Designs House Of The Year 2021
9pm, Channel 4
Prepare for some serious house envy as Kevin McCloud, assisted by Michelle Ogundehin and Damion Burrows, visits the abodes vying to win the Royal Institute of British Architects 2021 House of the Year award. As usual, the nominees are in loose categories, starting with homes that “take you by surprise”. These range from a transformed 14th-century Cumbrian fortress (gorgeous, by the way; gets my vote), and a renovated “1960s sci-fi” Norfolk water tower (inspired by a love of Thunderbirds), to a suburban London “house within a house”, whose owners built around the unlovely original rather than demolishing it.
Match Of The Day Live: The FA Cup
7.30pm, BBC Two
Stockport County vs Bolton Wanderers (kick-off is at 7.45pm). Alex Scott presents coverage of the first-round replay held at Edgeley Park, as the two sides battle it out for a difficult away tie against Rotherham United in the next round. The reverse fixture ended 2-2 at the University of Bolton Stadium, with all four goals scored in a thrilling second-half, to earn National League outfit Stockport a home game against a Bolton team two leagues above them – but presently in somewhat indifferent form – in the bottom half of League One. In-depth match analysis is provided by Dion Dublin and Ashley Williams.
Shetland
9pm, BBC One
“Don’t punish yourself for this,” DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) tells Logan Creggan, the traumatised Iraq War veteran who Perez prevented from shooting politician Eve Galbraith – before advising him to plead diminished responsibility. Anyway, that’s one photograph removed from the cluttered whiteboard at Shetland police HQ, as the finger of suspicion shifts towards Carrie McAndrew, the chef on Eamon’s boat, who was in debt to Niven Guthrie. Meanwhile, terminally ill Donna Killick claims someone tried to break into her house and that she needs protecting. Confused by all these names? You won’t be alone, as the exhausted Perez pinballs between yet more leads in his tangled investigation.
Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
9pm, Sky History
Al Murray and his alter ego The Pub Landlord continue in their quest to uncover the truth (or not) about Britain’s military prowess. This week, he (or they) return to 865AD, when the Great Heathen Army – the Vikings – invaded Britain. Guest John Thomson represents the northern Viking horde as the pair explore the truth behind what Vikings really looked like, before the duo delves into how these invasions started the north-south divide, while British cultural historian Dr Janina Ramirez provides some professional back-up.
Comedians Giving Lectures
10pm, Dave
Dave once again proving themselves among the big-hitters of new comedy programming, this week’s lectures are about procrastination, millennials and weight loss – “just like you get when you go round to your mum’s,” as host Sara Pascoe jests. Nick Helm gives the lecture on procrastination, or rather he demonstrates it with an act that includes dusting the stage with his socks and ends with a singalong that has the audience endlessly repeating the same four-letter word. How do you follow that? Well, with Janine Harouni’s brilliantly funny lecture entitled “millennials and their unexpected secret to success”. The largely millennial audience lap it up.
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