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TV tonight: real stories of abandoned babies and reunited families
TV tonight: real stories of abandoned babies and reunited families

The Guardian

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  • The Guardian

TV tonight: real stories of abandoned babies and reunited families

9pm, ITV1A new run of this affecting, long-running series which uses a mixture of fancy DNA technology and old-school sleuthing to reunite people with their biological families. We begin with Simon who, in 1966, was left in the outside toilet block of a mother-and-baby home in south Wales. We also meet Lisa, who almost 60 years ago, was left in another baby's pram. Can Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell and their team help the pair find some answers about their origins? Expect tearful revelations. Phil Harrison 7pm, BBC TwoBy any measure, Martina Navratilova has had a remarkable life. She was a tennis prodigy, winning a national title in Czechoslovakia at the age of 15. Her subsequent life has included gaining US citizenship, political activism and sadly, several bouts of cancer. There will be plenty to talk about then. PH 8pm, BBC OneThe roving Repair Shop 4x4 reaches Scotland. Highlights include daredevil action in Glasgow as Lucia ascends the 68-metre (225ft) spire of the city's cathedral to see first-hand how it is holding up to weather damage. Dom remains on terra firma but mucks in with flame cleaning and regilding the spire's golden cockerel weathervane. GV 9pm, BBC OneHave Elizabeth and Letitia maintained their intimacy? Have Fin and Sioned got itchy feet since returning to rural Wales? And has the race taught Caroline new powers of self-assertiveness? Six months after finishing their jaunt, the teams reunite to ponder their experiences. PH 9pm, BBC ThreeIt's makeup brushes at dawn for Cherise, Jake and Jade, but who will get a 'ding dong, darling!' from judge Val Garland, and who is weeping before they've even finished their final look? Luckily, the reality contest remains largely feelgood TV, even during this tense finale. Hannah J Davies 11pm, BBC TwoAn unvarnished take on the week's biggest stories (recorded so close to transmission that no details are available in advance). Which rather prompts the question: can one take a proper overview before the dust has settled? BBC world affairs editor John Simpson is having a go anyway. AC

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