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Thursday night brought an end to David Attenborough’s fascinating – and sometimes slightly traumatic – Life Story (BBC One, 9pm).

Thursday night brought the second ever clash between two of terrestrial telly’s big hitters as BBC One’s boardroom farce once again went head to head with ITV’s itchy jungle histrionics.

The TV viewing nation was given sweet relief from Kendra Wilkinson’s jungle anxiety in I’m a Celebrity…, with ITV replacing the big budget reality mayhem (and most of the evening schedule) with some good old fashioned football.

After a full week of everyone playing nice and getting along, Monday evening saw a fog of tension descend upon the jungle set as Edwina Curry locked horns with Hugh Hefner’s discarded and broken pet, Kendra Wilkinson.

Once again, Saturday night’s biggest hit came in the form of the perpetually tap-dancing, perma-smiling celebrities of Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One, 7pm), which easily eclipsed ITV’s hyperbole spectacular The X Factor (8pm).

Thursday night saw BBC Two’s critically acclaimed sexy-serial killer show The Fall (9pm) up the tension as Gillian Anderson’s DSI Stella Gibson moved closer to catching her man.

For the first time since it reared its maggot-infested head on Sunday, last night brought the first real competition for the latest series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (9pm).

After dominating for two days running, last night night saw rival broadcasters breathe a sigh of relief as a friendly international match pushed ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! out of the schedules for the night.

Monday night saw a brand new week of TV, peaking with the first proper night in the jungle for ITV’s desperate celebrities.

Friday night saw the UK’s most famous and semi-familiar faces gather together to use their heightened powers of self-promotion for the good of charity, as another night of annual Children in Need bizarreness got under way.