{"id":338845,"date":"2026-03-10T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338845\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:47:08","slug":"tv-tonight-sharon-d-clarke-returns-as-the-formidable-dci-ellis-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338845\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Sharon D Clarke returns as the formidable DCI Ellis | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ellis<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Channel 5<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s all about hiding the evidence in plain sight \u2013 it\u2019s a Godfather move.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/sharon-d-clarke\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon D Clarke<\/a> is back as formidable DCI Ellis, who is parachuted in to rural northern England to solve failing cases, with DS Chet Harper (Andrew Gower) in tow. Their first murder is that of a village\u2019s well-respected businessman, but it turns out that many of the locals held secret grudges against him. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Sort Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, BBC One<br \/>More than 1,000 greetings cards, 762 trinkets and a collection of miniature pigs \u2026 Stacey Solomon and the SYLO crew have their work cut out at the Kings\u2019 home. With dad Gerry dealing with early-onset dementia, their compassionate approach to decluttering is all the more important in this tear-jerker. Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n<p>Aldi vs M&amp;S: Battle of the Brands<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, Channel 4<br \/>Colin the Caterpillar v Cuthbert the Caterpillar is a retail rivalry like no other. It\u2019s now four years since Marks &amp; Spencer and Aldi reached a deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/feb\/01\/marks-spencer-and-aldi-call-truce-in-colin-the-caterpillar-cake-war\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the high court over copycat claims<\/a>. But here\u2019s Kate Quilton on a mission to find out which of them is (unofficially) the best supermarket. HR<\/p>\n<p>Europe on the Edge With Katya Adler<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC Two<br \/>Katya Adler travels through Germany, ancestral home of the US president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>. With rising security threats, increased defence spending and tensions over migration and the far right, it\u2019s a country \u201cuneasy in its own skin \u2026 unsure of who or what to be\u201d. Later, in Barcelona, she encounters National Day of Catalonia \u2013 and a country still very much divided. Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<p>The Summit<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, ITV1<br \/>Only six climbers remain now as the adventurers enter the final stages of their epic, tetchy, potentially lucrative climb. And expect the contenders to thin out further as incessant game-player Dockers tries to form a secret group. When some chocolate goes missing, this building tension threatens to explode. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n<p>Storyville: Mistress Dispeller<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10pm, BBC Four<\/p>\n<p>Extraordinarily candid and raw \u2026 Storyville: Mistress Dispeller Photograph: BBC\/Elizabeth Lo\/ Emma D Miller\/Maggie Li<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIn China, people who discover their spouse is cheating can hire professionals to break up the affair,\u201d reads the opening to this striking film, which goes on to follow the real-life case of a \u201cmistress dispelling\u201d. As well as being extraordinarily candid and raw, it tells the wider story of a changing society. HR<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">I Swear (Kirk Jones, 2025), Netflix<\/p>\n<p>Spirited, essential \u2026 Robert Aramayo and Maxine Peake in I Swear.  Photograph: Graeme Hunter<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">One thing that has been lost in the furore surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/feb\/25\/bbc-to-conduct-fast-track-investigation-into-broadcasting-of-racial-slur-from-baftas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Davidson\u2019s outbursts<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/baftas-2026\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Baftas<\/a> is the film itself. As a plea for tolerance and understanding, Kirk Jones\u2019s award-winning biopic of Davidson \u2013 who has Tourette syndrome \u2013 is moving and persuasive. And in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/feb\/23\/robert-aramayo-teachers-hull-bafta-winner-actor-tourette-syndrome\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Aramayo<\/a> it has a lead who throws himself wholeheartedly into a life that oscillates between desperation and hope, tragedy and comedy. Scott Ellis Watson is his equal playing the young John, who starts to develop tics as a teenager and finds his life falling apart. Maxine Peake and Peter Mullan, as the two mentors who help him see his potential, add lustre to a spirited and essential watch. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Cheltenham festival racing  12.45pm, ITV1. Day one features seven races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Champions League football Newcastle v Barcelona, 6.30pm, Prime Video. Galatasaray v Liverpool, 5pm, TNT Sports 1, followed by Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Tottenham, 7.45pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ellis 9pm, Channel 5\u201cIt\u2019s all about hiding the evidence in plain sight \u2013 it\u2019s a Godfather move.\u201d Sharon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-338845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}