Saturday afternoon brought a sense of occasion for many football fans across the UK as the final of the 133rd season of the FA Cup wrapped up as many were basking in the sunshine.

After opening with 2.5 million viewers, the latest reality contest to take The Great British Bake Off format a step too far, saw the audience trickle away over the following thrilling weeks.

Coast Australia (BBC Two, 9pm) featured landscapes so vast and epic it makes you wonder why they even bothered with the UK in the first place.

Tuesday night saw Sally Wainwright’s superior small town drama Happy Valley (BBC One, 9pm) slip further into darker territory as West Yorkshire’s most sadistic kidnapper literally lost the plot.

For once Cowell’s talent soap for children seemed positively gritty, hard hitting and edgy compared to offering on the other side.

Thursday night saw BBC One’s latest observational documentary wrap up after four episodes and a hugely successful run, as the traffic wardens of Parking Mad (9pm) hung up their ticket-issuing tools for the last time.

Wednesday night saw the return of everyone’s favourite rogue agent, bringing havoc to the streets of London.

Happy Valley (9pm) saw Sarah Lancashire’s bruised and broken copper, Catherine Cawood, spend an hour of prime time telly flitting between looking haunted, rattled and damaged.

At 9pm on ITV was the second part of Prey, best described as a procedural Bourne-type thriller set in Manchester and starring John Simm.

The Broadchurch-esqe drama from Walford was Thursday’s most watched show, as friends and family of Lucy Beale slowly started to uncover the truth about her life before her demise.