16:01 – Worzel Gummidge
Worzel’s Wager (Series 3, Episode 5)
Scarecrow-based psychodrama
16:27 – Tom and Jerry
Advance And Be Mechanized
More listless antics from once credible cat-and-mouse franchise
16:33 – The Crystal Maze
Series 5 (01/13)
Crystal-hunting buffoonery hosted by Ed Tudor-Pole
17:24 – Batman: The Animated Series
House And Home (Season 2, 05/20)
Bat-based battery
17:47 – Shelley
Gainfully Employed (Series 1, 03/07)
Loafing lols
18:12 – Gormenghast
Episode 1/4
First part of this over-ambitious but oddly compelling BBC adaptation of Meryn Peake’s classic novels from the year 2000, featuring a cast of just about every living British actor at the time. Newborn Titus Groan is destined to rule Gormenghast, a kingdom based on complicated and unbreakable traditions. Meanwhile an ambitious kitchen slave schemes to escape his destiny and overthrow the old order.
19:12 – Star Maidens
Kidnap (5/13)
Anglo-German softcore sci-fi spectacular
19:37 – M*A*S*H
Ain’t Love Grand (Season 7, 25/26)
Comedy set during the Korean War.
20:02 – Detectorists
Series 1, 05/06
Dirt-digging dramedy
20:31 – The Avengers
The Cybernauts (Series 4, 03/26)
Avenging antics
21:24 – Columbo
Mind Over Mayhem (Season 3, Episode 06)
Pedantic Policeman Pursues Perps Persistently (7)