Back in Time for the Factory BBC2, 8pm
ALEX Jones presents the living history series in which a group of women step back in time to experience what factory life was like decades ago. Having started in the late 1960s, time now moves on to the 1970s, a decade that saw peak employment for women in the booming factories of Wales, from teenagers straight out of school to mothers trying to make ends meet. But while they may have worked as hard as their male counterparts – and also kept things ticking over at home – as the volunteers discover, not everything in those days was equal.
Serial Killer with Piers Morgan ITV, 9pm
NEARLY 30 years ago, Alex Henriquez was convicted for murdering two girls, aged 10 and 14, and a 21-year-old woman in the Bronx. He is serving 75 years but continues to maintain his innocence. Henriquez has never spoken publicly about his crimes, but now Piers Morgan attempts to uncover the truth. The presenter explores how a national outcry which followed the death of 10-year-old Jessica Guzman in 1990 prompted the New York Police Department to assemble a task force. They investigated the string of murders that haunted the Bronx for two years. Henriquez was a local businessman, and no-one suspected he would be the prime suspect. However, he was the last person seen with Jessica and was known to the other victims. Morgan is assisted by FBI veteran James Fitzgerald.
The Mighty Redcar BBC2, 9pm
THE documentary following the people of the North Yorkshire seaside town of Redcar catches up with 19-year-old James, whose hopes of starting a new life are jeopardised when he is arrested for a crime he adamantly claims he did not commit. Sixteen-year-old Kaitlyn is not happy at the prospect of having to move house yet again – especially as she is about to get her GCSE results – and 15-year-old netball player Safy is hoping to win a scholarship to a leading private school that focuses on the sport.
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