Stranded on Honeymoon Island<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC One
Davina McCall plays matchmaker in a dating series that isn\u2019t a million miles away from Married at First Sight, except the pairs hook up at a speed-dating event and are sent to a tropical island with basic supplies and a composting loo (\u201cI\u2019ve never had \u2018the poo chat\u2019 with a man!\u201d squirms one bride). We meet the first three couples \u2013 a refreshingly diverse mix of people with \u201csheer blind optimism\u201d \u2013 and it all goes well until a bombshell drops. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n
The Lost Neanderthals<\/p>\n
8pm, BBC Four
It is amazing what a tooth can tell you. That is one of the main takeaways from this absorbing film about the Mandrin Cave in southern France, a natural shelter for humans since prehistoric times. The archaeological treasure trove is where the remains of a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin were uncovered, revealing details about what life was like 50,000 years ago. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n
Nazis, U-boats and the Battle for the Atlantic<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC Two
The first in a two-part documentary about one of the second world war\u2019s most crucial campaigns features vivid footage of deep-sea wrecks off the coast of Ireland. We also hear from David Brew \u2013 he sadly grew up knowing little about his father, whose Royal Navy ship was torpedoed by a Nazi sub. Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n
Long Lost Family: The Mother and Baby Home Scandal<\/p>\n
9pm, ITV1<\/p>\n
Emotional \u2026 Jean Byrne with her daughter, Cathy. Photograph: ITV<\/p>\n
Jean was sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd in Surrey when she was 16 \u2013 just one of the unmarried mothers caught in the scandal of mother and baby homes. Now she is looking for her long-lost daughter in a two-parter that will unlock the deepest emotions. HR<\/p>\n
Mudtown<\/p>\n
9pm, U&Alibi
The intensity ramps up in this drama about a magistrate, Claire (Erin Richards), who deals with a case too close to home. When her friend Beca (Lauren Morais) brings her son, Sonny (Lloyd Meredith), over for dinner, Claire reconsiders his involvement in the recent shooting. HR<\/p>\n
Limbs in the Loch: Catching a Killer<\/p>\n
10pm, BBC Two
William Beggs was a \u201cvery normal, very engaging, very charming\u201d member of the Young Conservatives. He also harboured dark thoughts and fantasies \u2013 and had a shadowy, horrific past. When teenager Barry Wallace was found dismembered and dumped in Loch Lomond in 1999, Beggs was the prime suspect but he had vanished. This deeply disturbing true-crime account continues. Ali Catterall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stranded on Honeymoon Island 9pm, BBC OneDavina McCall plays matchmaker in a dating series that isn\u2019t a million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-110929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}