This week's top TV: 29 May - 4 June

This week's top TV: 29 May - 4 June

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Monday, 29th May 2017
Claire (Robin Wright) and Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) in season 5 of House of Cards (Credit: Netflix)

Lots of new series start this week including the third installment of Fargo andseason 5 of House of Cards, plus there's a Question Time election special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

Monday:

Springwatch

BBC Two, 8pm


Martin Hughes-Games, Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham, Gillian Burke. (Credit: BBC/Glenn Dearing)

Springwatch returns for another series with Martin Hughes-Games, Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham and Gillian Burke.

They're at a new location this year, the National Trust's Sherborne Estate, based in the heart of the Cotswolds. Here they'll gain insight into the daily lives of the animals that live and breed there.


Tuesday:

House of Cards

Netflix, from midnight

Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) returns for the anticipated fifth season of House of Cards. Underwood is currently at war with protestors, his opponents and the press as another election campaign looms.


Wednesday:

Fargo

Channel 4, 10pm


Ewan McGregor in Fargo (Credit: Channel 4)

Fargo returns for a third series with Ewan McGregor playing a double role. He plays Emmit Stussy, a self-made parking lot 'king', who prides himself on being a success story.

McGregor also plays Emmit's younger pot-bellied brother Ray, who resents his sibling, and the first episode plays on their sibling rivalry which ends in chaos.


Thursday:

Catching a Killer

Channel 4, 9pm


Det Supt Simon Steel, DC Nikki Smith, DI Stuart Blaik, DC Natalie Golding. (Credit: Jude Edginton/Channel 4)

In May last year, mother of three Natalie Hemming disappeared without a trace. Within 48 hours this became one of the biggest missing persons cases Thames Valley police has ever witnessed.

This Channel 4 documentary follows the police investigation hour-by-hour as they try to work out if Natalie is alive or dead, and has extraordinary access to Natalie's friends and family as they struggle to deal with what's happening around them.


Friday:

Question Time: Leaders Special

BBC One, 8.30pm


David Dimbleby (Credit: BBC/Mentorn/Des Willie)

Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be quizzed and questioned by David Dimbleby in a special edition of Question Time.

The leaders won't be debating each other directly, but they will be taking concerns and questions from the audience separately.


Saturday:

Britain's Got Talent: Live Final

ITV, 7.30pm

The eleventh series of Britain’s Got Talent comes to a close tonight.

The series has showcased the best talent on offer, and now the final acts, including DNA and Kyle Tomlinson, go head-to-head to be crowned the winner. The champion or champions will secure a life-changing cash prize of £250,000 and a spot at this year’s Royal Variety Performance.


Sunday:

One Love Manchester

BBC One, 6:55pm

Ariana Grande leads the concert organised to help fundraise for those affected by the Manchester bomb attack.

Other performers include Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Take That.

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Lots of new series start this week including the third installment of Fargo andseason 5 of House of Cards, plus there's a Question Time election special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.