The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard (C5, 8pm)
NEW series. The return of the behind-the-scenes look at the North York Moors Railway. Piglet’s been promoted, but seems to spend more time in his overalls than behind his desk as he grapples with an old American war-horse, the S160 Omaha. Lovable ticket inspector Bert Blower has a new trainee, and “king of the carriages” Kieran awaits a Flying Scotsman carriage returning to the railway after being vandalised two years earlier.
Our Coast (BBC2, 8.30pm)
ADRIAN Chiles and Mehreen Baig explore the Co Down coastline between Belfast and Strangford Lough, along the Ards Peninsula. In Belfast, Adrian road-tests the largest hydraulic crane in the world and helps park a 100-metre-long Dutch cargo ship. Mehreen goes kayaking on Strangford Lough to see how the currents of the UK’s largest sea inlet is placing the area at the forefront of renewable energy research. Helen Skelton tests the waters of the North Channel, one of the most dangerous swims in the world, and local comedian Shane Todd visits a bespoke racing-car factory.
Celebrity Britain by Barge: Then & Now (C5, 9pm)
TRAVELLING along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Bill Oddie, Jennie Bond, Anne Diamond and Pete Waterman eventually leave Yorkshire behind and head into Lancashire. Pete and Anne discover a Polish war memorial and learn about the role canals played in the Second World War. Bill goes in search of an elusive kingfisher, while Jennie walks in Charlotte Bronte’s footsteps. Later, Anne samples a Fat Rascal and Pete tries to turn Bill into a steam engine nut.
Bumps (BBC1, 9.30pm)
THE BBC’s Comedy Playhouse strand, which in the past has given us such much-loved sitcoms as Steptoe and Son, Till Death Do Us Part and Last of the Summer Wine, returns with another one-off that could potentially become a series. Written by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas, who also take supporting roles, it stars Amanda Redman as divorcee Anita, 62, who starts thinking about having another when she hears about an Indian woman who gave birth in her 70s. Anita already has two adult children.
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