Brassic Ends Its Run with Influenced by Tarantino Last Episode

Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their humorous show about a close-knit group of endearing rogues running riot in a rural Lancashire town. You might expect the last episode to be a nostalgic highlight reel of alcohol, substances, and playful theft. But, the atmosphere turns much more somber as Vinnie (Gilgun) and the gang hole up in a bar with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a climactic 50th episode seemingly influenced by the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

The Show Dragons' Den

8pm on BBC One
Dancers from the ballet world enter the den this week, as mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range of inclusive dancewear – and send Peter Jones into a spin. Then, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a smart device for lost tape ends.

All Creatures Great and Small

9pm on Channel 5
The veterinary adventures are all fine, but this superior period drama earns its corn with tender character work. A particularly affecting episode weaves the stories of a lame shire horse and a missing young cow into a more serious storyline focusing on Tristan, whose behaviour prompts a fraternal intervention.

The Drama The Hack

9pm, ITV1
It’s been a long road. But the penultimate episode of this initially sluggish but eventually gripping series about phone hacking sees Nick, portrayed by David Tennant discovering details about the actions of the News of the World that the other media outlets simply are forced to acknowledge. Things are also looking up for Dave, who has a surprising new ally.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

9pm on BBC Three
Prepare for enthusiastic gestures: it’s time to stage Peter Pansy – The Rusical! That means the stress increases for the drag performers to perform vocally, dance, and act and ultimately slay as they get ready for the show. And what better guest judge than renowned West End star Mazz Murray, alongside Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.

The Series The Iris Affair

9pm, Sky Atlantic
Anyone afraid of insects will want to skip ahead as episode six begins, before something of a Mexican (or rather Sardinian) standoff occurs, when Cameron compels Iris to exchange her journal for the hostaged Joy – else she’ll be “shot repeatedly” from Meski’s menacing drone … What escape plan can they devise?