The Comedy Series Brassic Ends Its Run with Tarantino-Inspired Finale
The creators Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their humorous show about a close-knit group of likable chancers causing chaos in a rural Lancashire town. One could anticipate the finale to be a nostalgic highlight reel of alcohol, substances, and playful theft. However, the atmosphere turns much more somber as Vinnie (Gilgun) and the crew barricade themselves in a bar with criminal figure Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode seemingly influenced by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
The Show Dragons' Den
8pm on BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range 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 veterinary adventures are all fine, but this excellent historical series earns its corn with tender character work. A particularly affecting episode weaves the stories of a lame shire horse and a missing young cow into a deeper plotline focusing on the character Tristan, whose actions lead to a fraternal intervention.
The Hack
9pm, 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 actions of the News of the World that the rest of the media simply are forced to acknowledge. Things are also looking up for Dave, who has a unexpected new supporter.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
9pm on BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to stage Peter Pansy – The Rusical! That means the stress increases for the queens to sing, dance, act and finally impress as they get ready for the show. And what better guest judge than renowned West End star Mazz Murray, alongside the panel including Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, and RuPaul.
The Iris Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Those with a phobia of creepy crawlies will want to fast-forward as the sixth episode starts, before a tense standoff, reminiscent of a Mexican or Sardinian scenario ensues, when Cameron forces Iris to exchange her journal for the captured Joy – else she’ll be “riddled with bullets” from Meski’s menacing drone … What escape plan can they devise?
