What’s on TV tonight: Julian Fellowes’ American Downton The Gilded Age returns for a second season

Pick of the Day: The Gilded Age

Let’s return to 1880s Manhattan for the second season of Julian Fellowes’ The American. Downton“. The Easter service provides an opportunity to become reacquainted with numerous characters, especially the 61st Street neighbors of the Russells and Brookses. Railroad magnate George Russell and his ambitious wife Bertha (Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon) once again come into conflict with “old money” Brooks, while Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon reprise their roles as Aunts Agnes and Ada. The costumes are as elaborate as ever, and while they developed into something special in the first season, they’re still missing. DowntonCharm.

MasterChef: professionals

A new wave of chefs is donning aprons and putting their professional reputations on the line. Monica Galetti challenges four of them to a test of their ability to cook a parsnip dish in just 20 minutes, served with pickled pears and miso pumpkin sauce. The two chefs then move on to the next task: Marcus Wareing asks them to prepare a dish of boiled haddock and cauliflower cheese with garnishes.

Detectives: Destruction of organized crime groups

As the others Execution of duties Fans know: OPG stands for “Organized Crime Group.” This very real organized crime group operated in Rochdale, whose activities ranged from drug trafficking and witness intimidation to money laundering and fraud. An ax attack following a road traffic accident led officers to the gang members and gave specialist investigators access to a wider investigation aimed at ultimately bringing down the entire gang.

Long shadow

On their last visit to Yorkshire in the 1970s, police became convinced of the counterfeit tires and their manufacturer in Geordie. When young officer Andrew Lapthew correctly identifies Peter Sutcliffe as a likely suspect, his report is ignored due to Sutcliffe’s Yorkshire accent – a mistake that will have dire consequences. And when an increasingly desperate ACC George Oldfield (David Morrissey) visits Olive Smelt, who is convinced her attacker was a Yorkshireman, she too is ignored.

Rod Gilbert: a pain in the ass for SU2C

The Welsh comedian documents his life with head and neck cancer over 18 months, from diagnosis, initial surgery to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. On top of everything he’s dealing with, Gilbert is taking on a personal challenge: not only to raise awareness of his condition and how it can be prevented in the future, but also to raise money for the cancer hospital, which provides a vital supply to the role in saving the disease. his life.

Matt Baker: Traveling with Mom and Dad

The return of a good-natured travelogue in which a former Exhibition AND Country file The presenter travels around Britain with his parents Janice and Mike and their caravan. This journey begins in Lindisfarne – that is, if they manage to control the tides and cross the causeway connecting Holy Island to the Northumberland mainland. It’s about a friendly potter with an added story and even a hint of drama when the coast guard has to be called to help rescue a car stuck on a seawall at high tide.