Brendan O'Carroll hosts a new panel show, there's a documentary about the Man Booker Prize, and Peter Kay's back with more Comedy Shuffle . . .
Pick of the day
For Facts Sake, 11.10pm, BBC One
Brendan O’Carroll hosts this new panel show all about ordinary people and their extraordinary facts, where members of the audience are invited down to play the game.
Tonight team captains Danny O’Carroll and Paddy Houlihan compete alongside members of the audience who are invited down to play the game.
Expert guest Kirsty Gallacher teaches viewers all about sport and Pat ‘Pepsi’ Shields plays The Bard himself, bringing to life some amazing truths about William Shakespeare.
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
New or Returning Shows
Barneys, Books and Bust-Ups: 50 Years of the Booker Prize, 9.00pm, BBC Four
The Man Booker Prize is the world’s most distinguished literary award for English fiction. Its winners instantly acquire a level of fame and wealth which most writers could never experience.
To commemorate its 50th birthday, this documentary looks back over the six decades of the prize, exploring how from humble beginnings the Booker quickly went on to revolutionise the sleepy world of literary fiction and become a central part of British cultural life.
Contributors include Booker winning authors Peter Carey, Penelope Lively and John Banville.
The Big Family Cooking Showdown, 7.00pm, BBC Two
Over three weeks, 16 family teams battle it out in the showdown studio kitchen. They face a series of challenges and are judged by Angellica Bell, herself a Celebrity MasterChef winner and cookery book author, and Tommy Banks, Britain's youngest ever Michelin-starred chef.
Tonight, the Whites from Hampshire take on the Penmans from Lincolnshire, the Stones from Dorset and the Abimbola-Younges from London.
Autumnwatch, 8.00pm BBC Two
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke have travelled to New Hampshire as billions of trees across New England turn into a riot of yellows, reds and golds.
Ending Tonight
Family Footsteps, 7.30pm, BBC One
The Laughlins step back into their family history begins in 1718, and presenter Gavin Andrews reveals a direct link to a famous ancestor known in America as the Moses of the Ulster-Scots.
New to Download
Blindspot: Seasons 1-3, Sky Box Sets & NOW TV
This edge-of-your-seat crime drama follows the mystery of a woman (Jaimie Alexander) found naked and covered with tattoos inside a holdall in New York's Times Square with her memory completely wiped.
The FBI soon figures out each tattoo contains clues to a crime they must solve and, ultimately, a conspiracy that could change the world.
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
Don't Miss
Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle, 11.40pm, BBC One
The show is a compilation of some of Peter Kay's funniest and most loved sketches from his stand up and TV shows including Car Share and Phoenix Nights.
As well as much-loved sketches, Comedy Shuffle also offers some never-before-seen outtakes and deleted scenes from his shows.
This episode includes Peter Kay's views on garlic bread, plus Max and Paddy flatten a cow and it is talent night down at the Phoenix Club for Brian Potter.
And there's a special appearance from Peppa Pig!
We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
Click here for full TV listings
