Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are wrapping up on their comedy series about a close-knit group of endearing rogues causing chaos in a countryside town in Lancashire. You might expect the last episode to be a greatest hits victory lap of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. However, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the gang hole up in a pub with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a final 50th installment apparently inspired by Quentin Tarantino.
The Show Dragons' Den
8pm, BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range of inclusive dancewear – and cause Peter Jones to become flustered. Next, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a smart device for misplaced tape edges.
All Creatures Great and Small
9pm on Channel 5
The animal-related escapades are all fine, but this superior period drama earns its corn with tender character work. An especially moving installment intertwines the tales of a injured draft horse and a vanished calf into a deeper plotline focusing on Tristan, whose actions lead to a fraternal intervention.
The Drama The Hack
9pm on ITV1
It’s been a long road. Yet the penultimate episode of this at first slow-moving but ultimately compelling phone-hacking drama sees Nick, portrayed by David Tennant uncovering information about the News of the World’s conduct that the other media outlets simply are forced to acknowledge. The situation improves for Dave, who has a unexpected new supporter.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
9pm, BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to present Peter Pansy – The Musical! That means the pressure is on for the queens to perform vocally, dance, and act and finally impress as they get ready for the show. And what better guest judge than renowned West End star Mazz Murray, together with the panel including Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, and RuPaul.
The Series The Iris Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Anyone afraid of insects will want to skip ahead as the sixth episode starts, before a tense standoff, reminiscent of a Mexican or Sardinian scenario occurs, when Cameron compels Iris to exchange her journal for the captured Joy – else she’ll be “shot repeatedly” from the threatening drone controlled by Meski … What escape plan can they devise?
