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Tuesday night saw James Nesbitt’s mission to maintain a perma-scowl and find his lost son continue, as gruelling drama The Missing (9pm) topped off a successful evening for BBC One.

The picture postcard 1950s-set crime drama opened up with 5.2 million viewers at the start of October and features a tortured vicar and a Gruff Geordie cop called Geordie, his partner in bromance and crime-solving.

9pm last night brought the eighth and final episode of Downton Abbey’s (ITV) fifth series which saw the Crawleys up sticks and head for the smoky and hedonistic metropolis of London.

Thursday night saw two ‘niche’ period dramas go head-to-head in a prime time confrontation, with both ITV and BBC Two offering up explosive series finales.

Last night brought the latest instalment from Alan Sugar’s uncomfortable comedy show The Apprentice (9pm), with the fifth episode continuing to expose all the remaining contestants for the clueless oxygen thieves that they are.

Tuesday night saw the return of BBC One’s grim and challenging missing child drama The Missing (9pm), as James Nesbitt’s bereaved father continued the search for his misplaced five-year-old son across two separate time lines.

Last night saw ITV kick off a fresh week of telly by allowing Grantchester’s ‘hip’ crime-solving vicar Sidney a chance to let his hair down and put aside his killer-hunting instincts for just one night.

Thursday night saw Channel 4 launch a shiny new series of 24 Hours in A&E (9pm), one of the many similarly-formatted and cost-effective documentaries that the broadcaster has fallen in love with in recent years.

The tenth series of BBC One’s long-running and lucrative competitive-cretin show The Apprentice (9pm) secured the 9pm slot last night, although last night’s backstabbing antics yielded the lowest audience yet.

Tuesday evening saw James Nesbitt’s anguished face return to TV screens with the début of BBC One’s challenging new drama The Missing (9pm), cementing a solid evening for the broadcaster.