PICK OF THE DAY

LUXURY CHRISTMAS FOR LESS

8PM, CH4 ★★★★ This new, two-part series is packed full of tips to help you to push the boat out this year and make up for 2020’s Coviddeflated celebrations. Sophie Morgan and Sabrina Grant are your hosts (right), providing a round-up of the season’s most indulgent treats and advice on how to get the best value for money. In this episode, they present a guide to buying real diamonds for half the price, and test perfumes that smell like they have a designer price tag for a fraction of the cost of the real deal. They also taste test smoked salmon and the essential Christmas pud.

CAROL KLEIN’S GREAT BRITISH GARDENS 7PM, CH5

★★★★

There are few British gardens that Carol has not visited at least once – and Llanover is one of them. She remedies that for the final episode of her enchanting series, meeting the seventh and latest generation to tend to this truly stunning private garden in Monmouthshire.

MARY BERRY – LOVE TO COOK 8PM, BBC2

★★★★ Mary’s daughter, Annabel, joins her for this episode devoted to cooking for family and friends. At Carmarthen Bay for a spot of foraging, Mary and Annabel are on the hunt for a special ingredient to go with Mary’s family-favourite fish supper. She also prepares a hearty beef roast, a tasty veggie tart and an irresistible chocolate cake.

CANCELLED 10PM, CH4

★★★

Richard Bacon presents this look at cancel culture and the fallout for those who have been publicly shamed for causing offence – jobs can be lost and lives and reputations ruined in the blink of an eye. Meeting those who have been ‘cancelled’, Richard asks: What is the cost to our rights and to freedom of speech?