So far this short year, the TV schedule has already welcomed back an abundance of familiar police procedurals, with last night adding another entry.
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Tuesday night once again saw the second series of Happy Valley (9pm) cast a long shadow over its prime time competitors.
Monday saw the first instalment of ITV’s Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme lead a fairly underwhelming beginning to a fresh week of telly.
Thursday night saw nearly all of the main broadcaster’s prime time shows come crashing to an end.
Wednesday brought another evening of pageantry, celebrity, glamour and award-dispensing to ITV’s screen.
BBC One scored a successful evening last night, claiming eight spots in Tuesday’s top 10 shows and securing the 9pm slot with Happy Valley.
Monday night brought the return of the epically titled The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story as the ‘classy’ BBC Two drama saw the Juice go on the run.
9pm brought the début of the latest John Le Carre adaptation, The Night Manager (BBC One), a new six part series starring Tom Hiddleston.
After a bit of a tumultuous start, the third episode of this year’s The Great Sport Relief Bake Off ensured the short-lived show was well and truly back on track.
After a triumphant return last week, the second series of actually-really-good-I-swear regional cop show Happy Valley continued to deliver the goods yesterday as Sgt Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) experienced yet another trying week.