What’s On Air Tonight: Amol Rajan Learns How To Crack The Ceiling In The Classroom

Tip of the day: how to crack the ceiling in the classroom

In the sequel to his 2019 documentary How to break into the elite, Amol Rajan returns to this theme in his new two-part series. In between attending a high school in East London where students are encouraged to apply for high school scholarships at expensive private schools, Rajan meets two graduates, Chris and Adnan. A Hull native, Chris thinks he has the wrong accent to make a career as a civil servant, while Adnan, the son of a London hotel receptionist, prepares for an interview at Lloyd’s of London. It still seems that retained pronunciation is the key to career advancement, and Rajan is also investigating accent distortion within the law.

Easy Christmas Jamie

Decorate the kitchen with holly and sprinkle faux snow while Jamie Oliver pretends it’s high season, focusing on making “simple meals for the crowd” in the first of two programs. There’s a veggie pie that “even carnivores will fight for a bite” – unlike his border collie, Conker, who is far more interested in Jamie’s simmered beef ribs.

Traitors

Claudia Winkleman throws another ball as the show goes on for another week: Players must choose three of their own to complete a “probationary period”. Traitor Amanda is frustrated that “today we can’t kill anyone” and Alyssa remains the most dangerous traitor.

The Secret World of Christmas Chocolate

“The C-word really plagues Channel 4 programming when Joe Brand explores the annual battle for the best Christmas chocolate in the business, where nostalgia is everything and deviation from the norm can backfire spectacularly. Yet industry experts explain how the market was once dominated by Quality Street and Roses, until brands like Ferrero Rocher and Mars began to take control.

Beyond Yorkshire Farm: Reuben and Clive

Our farm in Yorkshire It may have been canceled after Amanda and Clive Owen broke up, but Channel 5 would never have given up on such a popular property. In this new series, Clive and his son Reuben go on an “exciting ditch adventure”. First, Reuben is assigned to dig some ponds out in the wild.

Lectures by Richard Dimbleby at 50

Jonathan Dimbleby, inspired by his father, looks back on half a century of annual performances and explores how the words of a decade ago resonate today. The selection of speeches includes speeches by Bill Gates, Terry Pratchett and King Charles III.

Vice Tokyo

This latest slot on BBC One was recently sold out Industryseems to be home to some of the channel’s best dramas. Besides Vice Tokyo courtesy of HBO as American crime reporter in Japan Jake (Ansel Elgort) appears to be making some headway in his investigation into loan shark suicides. But not before the leader of the yakuza gang asks for a favor. Meanwhile, Samantha (the excellent Rachel Keller) fails in her dream of opening her own club.