Friday's TV tips
This fascinating series, which explores some of the events depicted in the Bible and tries to work out whether they could really have happened, concludes with an insight into one of the most secret societies ever formed, the Knights Templar.
Hugely powerful during the Middle Ages, it is said to have owned the Holy Grail, know Christ’s bloodline, have discovered the New World a century before Columbus and carried out numerous good works while promoting religious faith.
But, as this programme reveals, after falling foul of France’s King Philip IV in the 14th century, the Templars were declared to be devil-worshippers and shunned.
However, scholars believe they merely went underground and inspired the formation of other secret groups.
The veteran cook visits Guildford Famers market, seeking culinary inspiration from the fresh, seasonal ingredients on offer.
Back home, she prepares asparagus soup, then uses the core ingredient again in a dinner party classic – chicken with lemon creme fraiche and asparagus.
Farmers markets offer a fine way to source specialty goods, such as sunblush tomatoes, olives and chargrilled artichokes – all of which Mary uses in her salad tapas.
Finally, she prepares a sausage supper and a Pavlova with red fruits.
Part one of two.
As the war blurs the line between friend and foe, Coulson and his team fight against the Inhumans, with several individuals forced to make shocking sacrifices that will leave their relationships and circumstances changed for ever.
Jiaying absorbs a SHIELD agent’s life force to heal her wounds, intent on unleashing the Terrigen crystals on the world, and Calvin finds himself having to prevent the woman he loves from succeeding in her quest.
Kyle MacLachlan, Dichen Lachman, Chloe Bennet and Clark Gregg star.
Filmed over a full year, Whiskey Business is a blunt and honest look at two brothers, Jack and Stephen Teeling, following their dream of continuing a 230-year-old family tradition of distilling fine quality Irish whiskey.
The four part series follows every step of their journey from breaking ground at their new site right through to opening their doors to the public on St. Patricks Day.
The documentary follows every success, setback, triumph and frustration that the brother’s encounter on their inspirational journey.
With over €10m invested and the livelihoods of over fifty staff in the balance, a lot more than family pride is at stake for the brothers Teeling.
The moving six-part World War One series following the nurses serving at Gallipoli and on the Western Front comes to an emotional end, and although it hasn’t been easy viewing at times, it’s been refreshing to see an epic war drama told from the point of view of the women involved.
Tonight. Alice, Hilda and Elsie finding themselves increasingly closer to the front line as the war continues and the final push begins.
Germans bomb the care centre where they are working, and with the possibility of death hanging over the nurses, they must persevere in the face of new dangers.
Tonight Clare is joined by two sports stars at different stages of their careers. First up, Italian jockey Frankie Dettori discusses his long career, in which he has been crowned champion jockey on three occasions.
The 45-year-old will also no doubt be discussing the scandal in 2012 when he was suspended from riding for six months after being found guilty of taking a prohibited substance, and how he took part in the 11th series of Celebrity Big Brother.
Meanwhile, Heather Watson, 23, is currently the top-ranked female British tennis player, and takes a break from preparing for the grass-court season to talk to the host.
Samuel L Jackson must be every chat show host’s dream come true. He’s always good value for money, ready with a quip or two and packed full of anecdotes about his life and career. Oh yes, and he’s cooler than ice-cream too.
So expect to be thoroughly entertained when the veteran actor drops by to talk to Graham; no doubt his starring role as Nick Fury in Avengers: Age of Ultron will be high on the agenda, and he may address the rumour that Fury will soon have his own spin-off movie too.
Jackson will be joined on the sofa by comedy actor, writer and Ricky Gervais’ erstwhile sidekick Stephen Merchant, whose TV series, Lip Sync Battle, is a cult hit over on the Spike channel, while US comedienne Amy Schumer and rock band Muse complete the line-up.
(2002) Director Roman Polanski deservedly received an Academy Award as Best Director for this hard-hitting account of one man’s suffering during the Nazi Holocaust. The Pianist is a highly personal project for the controversial film-maker.
As a child, he witnessed unspeakable atrocities at the hands of the Nazis in the Krakow ghetto, and survived thanks to the kindness of strangers, as does the laconic hero of his film, played by the Oscar-winning Adrien Brody.
But more than this, the tale is a testament to the endurance of the human spirit in the most horrific circumstances as seen through the eyes of Wladyslaw Szpilman (Brody), a popular Jewish pianist from a close-knit Warsaw family.
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