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The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Phil Harrison, Jack Seale and Hannah Verdier

TV tonight: old friends from Gavin & Stacey take a ride from Billericay to Barry

Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb in a dodgem car.
Entirely charming … Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb. Photograph: Photography by Aled LlywelynOwned by UKTV

Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry
8pm, Gold

Here’s undemanding comfort TV, as old friends Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb retrace the frequent journey of their Gavin & Stacey characters and travel, by electric car, from Billericay to Barry. It’s slightly mundane and entirely charming – the pair reminisce about their careers, hang out with Russell Tovey and are commemorated by Basildon council. It’s narrated by Joanna “Stacey” Page, which gives the whole enterprise the feeling of an unofficial reunion. Phil Harrison

Come Dine with Me
5.30pm, Channel 4

A new series of a show that doesn’t seem to deal in series, but rather in a perpetual repetition of a formula. It remains a very watchable formula, too – this latest run begins with a trip to Nottingham where DJ Janelle is basing her menu on her Caribbean heritage. Can her guests handle the heat? PH

Wolf
9pm, BBC One

This hysterical and oddly addictive crime drama reaches its penultimate episode and it is difficult to predict the endgame. Tonight, Penderecki gives Jack an unsettling gift while Bear warns the tormented copper that a journey into the woods may be a mistake. PH

Earth
9pm, BBC Two

We’re all just arboreal, fruit-eating primates: Chris Packham brings his series home by describing how humanity took over the globe and transformed it. He ends with some sharp lessons on how concrete, plastic, steel and glass are transforming it far too radically. Jack Seale

Long Lost Family: False Identity Special
9pm, ITV1

This reunion show never disappoints and is always sensitive and moving. A special episode focuses on two men born to unmarried mothers in Ireland, with the wrong parents recorded on their birth certificates. They discovered what happened as adults; here Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help them to unlock their true identities. Hannah Verdier

Court Martial: Soldiers Behind Bars
9pm, Channel 5

As anyone who has ever enjoyed a Saturday night out in a military town will know, sometimes soldiers overstep the mark. This documentary takes us behind the scenes at Colchester military corrective training centre for an insight into what happens to army personnel who find themselves on the wrong side of the law. PH

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