The creators Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their comedy series about a tight-knit bunch of endearing rogues running riot in a countryside town in Lancashire. One could anticipate the last episode to be a nostalgic highlight reel of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. But, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the crew barricade themselves in a bar with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode apparently inspired by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
The Show Dragons' Den
8pm, BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey present their line of adaptive dance attire – and cause Peter Jones to become flustered. Then, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a smart device for misplaced tape edges.
All Creatures Great and Small
9pm, Channel 5
The animal-related escapades are all fine, but this superior period drama earns its corn with tender character work. A particularly affecting episode weaves the stories of a injured draft horse and a missing young cow into a more serious storyline focusing on the character Tristan, whose behaviour prompts a fraternal intervention.
The Drama The Hack
9pm on ITV1
The journey has been lengthy. Yet the second-to-last episode of this at first slow-moving but eventually gripping phone-hacking drama sees David Tennant’s Nick uncovering information about the News of the World’s conduct that the other media outlets simply are forced to acknowledge. The situation improves for Dave, who has a surprising new ally.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
9pm on BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to present Peter Pansy – The Musical! That means the stress increases for the queens to sing, dance, act and finally impress as they get ready for the show. And what better guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, alongside Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.
The Iris Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Those with a phobia of creepy crawlies will want to fast-forward as episode six begins, before something of a Mexican (or rather Sardinian) standoff ensues, when Cameron compels Iris to swap her diary for the captured Joy – else she’ll be “shot repeatedly” from Meski’s menacing drone … What escape plan can they devise?
