Portrait Artist of the Year 2026<\/p>\n
8pm, Sky Arts
Stressful or soothing? It\u2019s always a fine line between the two with this portrait competition. Art historian Katy Hessel joins the judging team for the show\u2019s 13th series, with Stephen Mangan resuming hosting duties. The first three sitters are actors Lennie James, Sheridan Smith and Vanessa Williams. Who will break down in (happy) tears, telling a painter: \u201cYou\u2019ve captured something I thought I\u2019d lost\u201d? Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n
Echoes from Below: Exploring Britain\u2019s Caves<\/p>\n
8pm, BBC Four
Titan is the deepest cave shaft ever found in Britain. A gutsy scanning team head in there in an attempt to find out exactly how large it is \u2013 and it might even be too big for them to manage. The programme also looks at other cave discoveries, including the 17th-century \u201cwitches\u2019 marks\u201d at Creswell Crags. HR<\/p>\n
Winter<\/p>\n
9pm, ITV1
Richard Armitage probes corpses for clues as maverick Bristol pathologist Dr Ethan Winter, a man troubled by the murder of his fiancee and by the similarity of this show\u2019s premise to countless others. As a brutal murder proves not to be all it seems, Winter\u2019s hunt for the truth gets risky. Jack Seale<\/p>\n
Grand Designs<\/p>\n
9pm, Channel 4
Living in an old driving test centre felt like a good idea when Edinburgh artists Jana and Rory first had the opportunity. But the freezing winters have tempered their enthusiasm. Can they turn the site into a modern home on a limited budget? And can their kids live in a caravan while they try? Phil Harrison<\/p>\n
Cause of Death<\/p>\n
9pm, Channel 5
A sad and shocking look at the unexpected death of 16-year-old Danny Nicholls, who was found unresponsive on the living room floor by his sister. A medical investigation showed a hidden reason that could have suddenly stopped his heart from beating. HR<\/p>\n
Martin Compston: Living Las Vegas<\/p>\n
10pm, Channel 4
From Greenock to Vegas, baby! Line of Duty\u2019s Martin Compston relocated to America\u2019s playground when he married a local. In this episode, he brings his Tom Cruise-like glee to pole dancing, flying in a helicopter across the strip and meeting the \u201cking of Vegas\u201d, singer Wayne Newton, who at 84 is still going strong. Priya Elan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Portrait Artist of the Year 2026 8pm, Sky ArtsStressful or soothing? It\u2019s always a fine line between the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-623067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}