This week sees actors playing actors and footballers taking on football clubs
Monday
Scream Queens
E4
10pm
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Emma Roberts star in sorority slasher flick Scream Queens, a modern take on a whodunit, where anyone could be the murderer, or the next victim.
Roberts plays sorority queen Chanel Oberlin, who rues Kappa House with an iron fist, until Curtis’s character, Dean Cathy Munsch, insists that pledging must be open to all students, not just the silver-spooned elite.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc across campus.
Tuesday
Catastrophe
Channel 4
10pm
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s subtle but brilliant comedy about a couple thrown together by an unexpected pregnancy returns for a second series.
Now Rob and Sharon must adjust to a life of marital arguments, a screaming baby and crazy friends and family.
Wednesday
Alexander Armstrong in the Land of the Midnight Sun
ITV
9pm
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Pointless quizmaster Alexander Armstrong continues his journey around the Arctic Circle.
In this episode, he travels to the icy wilderness of Alaska, where he meets modern day gold prospectors, before finishing his trip on the international dateline between America and Russia.
Thursday
Class of 92: Out of Their League
BBC One
9pm
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In their heyday, ex-Manchester United players Phil and Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt, collectively known as the Class of 92, achieved unrivalled success as footballers.
Now they hope to impart their shared knowledge as they take over lower league team Salford City FC – a club seven tiers down from the Premier League and normally run by volunteers.
However, as they soon discover, running an amateur football club is not without drama.
Friday
Citizen Khan
BBC One
8.30pm
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Embarrassing dad and self-appointed community leader Mr Khan (Adil Ray) returns for a third series, adding grandfather to his list of responsibilities.
In this first episode, Mr Khan takes the family on a trip to stately home Farley Manor, where he meets resident aristocrat Lord Anstruther (Peter Bowls). However his plans to hobnob with the upper classes are jeopardise by Naani’s (Adlyn Ross) sticky fingers.
Saturday
The Dresser
BBC Two
9pm
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Ian McKellan and Anthony Hopkins star in this revision of Ronald Harwood’s play, adapted for television and directed by Richard Eyre.
It tells the funny and moving story of a touring theatre company attempting to stage a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear during the Blitz.
An hour before the production is due to start, actor/manager Sir (Hopkins) is nowhere to be seen, and his dresser Normal (McKellan) must scramble to keep the production alive.
Sunday
The Hunt
BBC One
9pm
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Sir David Attenborough reunites with Planet Earth colleagues Alastair Fothergill and Huw Cordey to reveal the difficulties predators face in catching their prey.
The opening episode explores the challenges predators face from their habitats, and watches leopards hunting gazelles in Zambia, and orca chasing humpback whales in the open ocean.
