{"id":688902,"date":"2026-07-13T08:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688902\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:05:08","slug":"tv-tonight-chris-packhams-wondrous-series-about-evolution-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688902\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Chris Packham\u2019s wondrous series about evolution | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evolution<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, BBC Two<br \/>Chris Packham begins his wondrous five-part series next to a Kenyan watering hole, laughing with pleasurable astonishment at the awesome creation that is the African elephant. Nobody would design an animal like that, so how did it evolve? The answer is an epic 4bn-year-old story of hunger, conflict and Earth-shaking natural disasters, all of which made the survivors stronger. Jack Seale<\/p>\n<p>Animal Control<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">6pm, Sky One<br \/>Four seasons have already aired in the US, and now this sitcom about Seattle animal control officers makes its way to the UK. The opener features a plot about a wild weasel in an attic and another where one of the team slips a snack into his colleague\u2019s pocket just as they approach a dozen ostriches. Alexi Duggins<\/p>\n<p>24 Hours in A&amp;E<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Channel 4<br \/>A return to the hectic Queen\u2019s Medical Centre in Nottingham for more emergency assessments. The parents of a 10-week-old baby are distraught after a choking episode; has any milk made it into his lungs? Elsewhere, a veteran bus driver is admitted with a nasty-looking leg infection that turns out to be very serious indeed. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, Sky Atlantic<br \/>The crown weighs ever heavier on the head of Rhaenyra Targaryen: having taken the Iron Throne, she now discovers the full extent of the perfidy she\u2019s up against. With even arch-schemer Daemon uncovering devastating secrets, the Game of Thrones prequel delivers a neat study of the difference between power and control. JS<\/p>\n<p>Outback Terror: The Falconio Murder<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">9pm, U&amp;W<\/p>\n<p>Peter Falconio, who was killed while driving across the Australian outback, with his girlfiend Joanne Lees. Photograph: Jayne Russell\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Twenty-five years on from a case that shocked Australia \u2013 a man shot in the outback while travelling with his girlfriend \u2013 a forensic search specialist who worked on the Soham double murder case and a retired FBI profiler who was part of the Madeleine McCann investigation join forces to try to solve this cold case. A nail-biting two-parter. Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>How to Trick Your Way onto the Property Ladder<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">10pm, Channel 4<br \/>Hypnotising an estate agent? Selling \u00a320 avocados? Pitching living spaces the size of Guant\u00e1namo Bay cells? This can only be Oobah Butler\u2019s takedown of the housing crisis \u2013 including a chat with Andy Burnham \u2013 as he attempts to get on the ladder. But there\u2019s no predicting the final moments when his mission takes an unexpected turn. 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