All Aboard! Scotland’s Poshest Train (Channel 4/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 1st December 2024)
On the final leg of his odyssey, Alan Cumming gets a taste of another luxurious journey that only happens twice a year. He visits the sacred island of Iona, known as the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, where he discovers the story of the historical Iona Marble Quarry, a precious stone first excavated in the late 1700s and exported around the world.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (BBC 1/HD | 11:10pm to 01:25am | Tuesday 3rd December 2024) ** FILM OF THE WEEK **
With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed to the world, Peter Parker asks Doctor Strange for magical help to undo the damage. However, a spell gone wrong unleashes dangerous foes from parallel universes on the world, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man. Comic-book adventure sequel, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch, with Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina among the stars of past Spider-Man movies reprising their roles.
Shetland (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 4th December 2024) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Tosh and Calder discover that Rossi has been conducting his own investigation into who killed Annie and Bergen and must figure out who the murderer is before he can exact his revenge. Alan organises a memorial for Annie but the family are left unsettled when an unwanted face arrives to pay their respects.
Why Bridges Collapse: The Baltimore Disaster (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 5th December 2024)
The March 2024 collision of 100,000-tonne container ship MV Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Just four minutes after its departure for Sri Lanka, the vessel suffered a series of blackouts that caused the engine and steering to shut down. Despite attempts by the crew to regain power, the ship was set on a collision course with one of the bridge’s main supports. With exclusive access to the investigators and the salvage operation, this documentary follows the inside story of what happened next, in the words of the people who were there.
Return to Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 6th December 2024) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **
Curl Up and Dye. Series 1, episode 3. A hairdresser is found strangled to death in her locked beauty salon, with no evidence of a break-in. All the victim’s colleagues possess keys, but each has a rock-solid alibi – and two of them claim they saw her alive before they left. Mackenzie is faced with a classic locked-room murder, but discovers that someone she knows may have the key to solving the case. Detective drama, starring Anna Samson and Lloyd Griffith.
All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.