Thursday night saw a traumatised Liam Butcher face off against his family’s greatest enemy and barely survive. Yes, ITV’s troublesome gang of overpaid footballers were back to plague EastEnders (BBC One, 7:30pm) by running away with a sizeable chunk of the show’s audience.

Last night saw the second series of Kay Mellor’s wish-fulfilment cautionary tale come to a close, with the final episode of The Syndicate walking away with the 9pm slot. For the past six weeks viewers have been watching the tale of five hospital workers who reap the dividends of the ‘Euro Lottery’.

Last night, amateur sleuths all across the country were rewarded for eight weeks’ worth of patience as ITV’s superior crime drama Broadchurch (9pm) came to a close.

Wednesday night brought another bothersome work/life balancing act for distracted crime fighting duo Scott & Bailey (ITV, 9pm), as the third series continued.

Last night brought the penultimate episode of TV’s most barmy and brutal competition since Takeshi’s Castle – yes, it was knitting needles at dawn as The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC Two, 8pm) stormed towards the final hurdle.

Monday, usually the most monotonous of days, was given a welcome shake up thanks to a British institution breaking a few pesky rules and brightening up last night’s schedule.

The BBC’s extremely controversial edition of Panorama – North Korea Undercover (BBC One, 9pm) saw their reporters hijack a student’s visit to the country under the grip of Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian dictatorship.

Saturday night saw ITV take another victory in the on-going battle with the BBC, siccing their most vacuous and piercingly gaudy programmes on each other.

Thursday night saw Victoria Wood’s epic globe-trotting quest (to ramble on about tea in expensive locations) come to an end. Tightening the budget slightly, the second night of the frivolous odyssey saw the comedy stalwart stick closer to home, swapping the stunning tea fields of Sri Lanka for Yorkshire.

Just when you thought the BBC prime time schedule couldn’t get any more twee, hysterically adored comedian Victoria Wood was back on our screen last night to educate us about something really important.

Tuesday evening brought another exciting instalment of Channel 4’s latest attempt to push the boundaries of the televisual medium, as Bedtime Live (8pm) celebrated its ground-breaking fourth episode.