The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Monday 8th December 2025)

Tenement. Series 1, episode 5. A Glaswegian grandmother’s childhood kitchen is lovingly rebuilt in miniature to help her reconnect with the tenement home – and the grandparents – she lost too soon. With no photos and only scraps of memory to guide her, miniaturist Abi faces one of her toughest builds yet.

The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Tuesday 9th December 2025)

Hospital. Series 1, episode 6. Sara Cox meets lifelong friends Sue and Kathie, who want a miniature of Winford Hospital in Somerset, where they trained as nurses in the 1960s. Crafter Hannah Lemon recreates a ward and a sitting room, capturing the hard work, laughter and friendship of their youth – a heartfelt tribute to their bond and the spirit of the NHS.

The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Wednesday 10th December 2025)

Farmhouse. Series 1, episode 7. Katie and Lee ask Sara Cox and the team to recreate Hollyhill Farmhouse, the place where their love story began and family life unfolded. The house, now lost to them, holds decades of precious memories. Can Ethan Goodbody’s miniature bring their old home – and all it meant – back to life?

Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 10th December 2025)

It’s the morning after the night before and Calder wakes to a slew of missed calls. Having identified the missing link in Shetland’s drug trade, Calder discovers damning evidence linking them to the murder of Eadie Tulloch. At the police station, Tosh and Sandy lay all the evidence in front of their latest suspect who frustratingly falls short of a full confession, and the detectives are further blindsided by a shock revelation about Lunniswick’s secret past. Crime drama, starring Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell.

The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (BBC 1/HD | 2:00pm to 2:30pm | Thursday 11th December 2025)

Bakery. Series 1, episode 8. Sara Cox and the team meet Steven, a fourth-generation baker who longs to see his family’s beloved bakery brought back to life in miniature. Though once the heart of local life, the business has since been lost to changing times.

Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Thursday 11th December 2025)

The finale finds the teams racing from Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city, in an epic push of over 1,000km to the finish line on the Guajira peninsula, the northernmost region of South America. They can either cut a course inland or follow the tourist trail along the Caribbean coast. After 33 days and nearly 5,900km, it still remains to be seen which team will triumph, be first to sign the all-important book and be crowned the winners. Narrated by John Hannah.

Return to Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 12th December 2025) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

‘Til Death Do Us Part. Series 2, episode 6. Mack is forced to interrupt Glenn and Daisy’s wedding when a guest collapses and dies, apparently poisoned by a fast-acting toxin present on the surface of a programme for the event. The happy couple are distinctly unhappy when the proceedings are halted and it may be that Mack has finally pushed Glenn too far. Detective drama, starring Anna Samson, Lloyd Griffith and Andrea Demetriades.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119