Wednesday night saw BBC One’s latest short-lived period drama, Jamaica Inn (9pm), come to a crashing end after three consecutive nights of refined gothic melancholy.
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Tuesday brought another triumphant evening for gloomy soap EastEnders (BBC One, 7:30pm) as Ian Beale had the harrowing teatime task of identifying his daughter Lucy’s body.
EastEnders has always seemed to soar when characters are turned into a snotty, blubbering mess due to some horrible storyline, and last night’s bombshell was no exception.
How to Get a Council House (9pm); much more worthwhile than the sensationalist title would suggest, the programme followed a few of the 4.5 million people currently on the waiting list and the stark realities of everyday life.
Even though “The Great British…” isn’t in the title, the concept should be pretty familiar to the masses.
At long last, last night’s TV schedule brought some swift, sweet retribution for long-suffering fans of Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic, 9pm) as the balance of power was finally and ferociously shifted in the ‘good guys’ favour.
The past weekend saw four of the most talented people the country has to offer once again join forces to save Saturday night TV and bestow their humble judgement on the masses of the great unwashed clamouring to be on TV.
Emmerdale (ITV) treated viewers to a double helping as Donna Windsor returned to the tempestuous small town to drop a bombshell or two (metaphorically speaking – it’s not quite turned into Hollyoaks just yet).
7.2 million viewers and a 35% share tuned in to see the café waitress contemplate sleeping with sleazy builder Pat Phelan, easily securing Wednesday’s number one slot.
Things were getting a little more drastic over on Channel 4 as the second episode of expensive historical epic, New Worlds (9pm) slipped even further than last week’s fairly deflated debut.