Farewell Liz | Essex Jungle | The Crimson Petal and the White | A Different Breed | If Walls Could Talk: the History of the Home | Justified
Farewell Liz
7.30pm, ITV1
Beverley Callard has played Liz McDonald, Coronation Street's most inventively dressed matriarch, since 1989, but she's finally packing up her high heels, mini skirts and that flamenco outfit she came back from Spain with recently, and leaving the cobbles for good. This pays tribute to the actress and the character, looking at her finest moments with the help of cast members past and present, including screen husband Charlie Lawson, who has a lot to say, so he does. Rebecca Nicholson
Essex Jungle
8pm, Channel 5
Why is it no surprise that in the county of Essex, as opposed to say, the county of Wiltshire, there are more reptiles and exotic animals kept as domestic pets in Essex than there are cats and dogs? We meet a variety of owners and the menagerie of often dangerous creatures they have chosen to house far away from their natural climes in places like Little Wakering and Westcliff- on-Sea. These include Rob, who risks deadly bites feeding his collection of rattlesnakes; Jackie, trying to arrange a blind date for her lonesome bearded dragon; and Chris, proud owner of a six-foot Asian monitor lizard called Hector who has his own suite with TV and bed. David Stubbs
The Crimson Petal and the White
9pm, BBC2
This excellent adaptation continues on its vivid and peculiar path, as Sugar becomes an increasingly crucial part of William's life, though to what end remains thrillingly unclear. He moves her into the Rackham house, to be governess to his neglected daughter, though Sugar ends up being of vital assistance to his wife, yet again, as the vile Dr Curlew tries to have her committed. It's moving towards a terrific conclusion next week. Rebecca Nicholson
A Different Breed
8pm, Sky1
The point-and-laugh-at-the-pet-owners documentary series continues. Over at the Purple Bone, Jacob is tapping his foot waiting for Julian as the two of them continue to play out their oddly cliched relationship for the cameras. Louise at Diva Dogs in Chelmsford is planning a wedding for her own dog, Lola. She's actually on the look out for a man dog to "marry" her little rat on a string. She even throws Lola a hen night and it's paw-dicures all round. Seriously. Just because it's easy to laugh at these weird people, doesn't mean you shouldn't. Julia Raeside
If Walls Could Talk: the History of The Home
9pm, BBC4
Dr Lucy Worsley continues her history of the British home with the bathroom. The idea of having a whole separate room to wash in is one, we learn, that dates from the Victorian era. So what did people do before? In medieval times, bathhouses were popular, but they became associated with prostitution. The Tudors, worried about disease carried by miasmas, preferred to wash their linen rather than their bodies ? hard physical graft for the womenfolk, who apparently used urine as a stain remover. Jonathan Wright
Justified
10pm, 5USA
As befitting a show that's all about consequences, the shootout that ended season one is still being chewed over as season two arrives. A lot of bodies and bullets have to be accounted for ("dotting the Ts," as Raylan's boss put it last season). But this doesn't slow things; in fact, it helps show how the characters have changed when Raylan is given an opportunity to move back to Miami, as Kentucky has had enough of him. When the dust settles, there's a great pair of new villains emerging, who quickly start making a big impression.
Phelim O'Neill
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/20/farewell-liz-essex-jungle
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