TV Guide Drama Sunday

02:25

The Brokenwood Mysteries

S11E03

A Halloween séance turns deadly when a participant is mysteriously stabbed in a locked room

04:00

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

06:00

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

07:25

The Bill

S25E64

Part one of two. A body is found in the river

Part one of two. Mickey goes undercover as a homeless man to investigate the mystery of a body found in the river wearing a down-and-out's coat over designer clothes. Having eliminated the dead man's ex-fiancee from the inquiries, he gains the trust of a girl living on the streets and discovers the entire homeless community of Sun Hill lives in fear of a shady character known only as Greg. Back at the station, Millie signs off from her final shift

08:20

The Bill

S25E65

Conclusion. Another down-and-out is murdered

Conclusion. After another night undercover on the streets, Mickey learns a second down-and-out has been murdered. The fears of the homeless community are underlined when Mickey's informant is badly beaten and suspicion falls on property developer Greg Simm (guest star Ralph Ineson), who has form for fraud and deception. It emerges the suspect had trouble with squatters holding up work on a development site, but evidence against him is hard to find. A bigger shock for Mickey is the news his new friend Nicola is in the frame for the murder

09:25

The Bill

S26E01

A depressed man is questioned over an assault

On Will Fletcher's last day at Sun Hill, Mickey questions a man accused of assaulting a doctor who he claims is having an affair with his wife. The suspect turns out to be severely depressed and unbalanced, but Callum's macho handling pushes him further toward disaster when he disappears with his baby son in his car. Realising his error, the sergeant tracks him down, only to see the distraught man deliberately smash into a parked vehicle, setting his own car alight

10:25

The Bill

S26E02

An accusation of gang rape causes friction at Sun Hill

A 16-year-old claims she has been gang raped by her boyfriend and three of his friends, and Jo goes out on a limb to fight her case, even when it becomes clear the victim is not the innocent she at first appeared. When the girl later asks to drop the charges after receiving threatening telephone calls, Jo begs Terry for more time to extract a confession, determined not to let the arrogant youths get away with their crime

11:25

The Bill

S26E03

A couple detain an intruder in their flat

An intruder detained in a couple's flat turns out to have been there before, though the residents claim to have no idea who he is. Jo discovers the suspect works as a security guard in the same building as the woman, and investigates the theory he has been stalking her, but extracting a confession puts her in a tricky position. At the end of an arduous shift, she discovers her hard work is to be rewarded with promotion to sergeant. Guest starring Kara Tointon, Barry Sloane and Gareth David-Lloyd

12:25

Kingdom

S03E01

Peter helps an injured Iraq War veteran deal with the future

Peter has the difficult task of trying to help an injured Iraq War veteran come to terms with his future, and Lyle meets a woman who claims she was sexually discriminated against by the Army. Meanwhile, Gloria deals with a demanding father and Beatrice adjusts to motherhood in her own way. Guest starring June Whitfield and Peter Sallis, with Stephen Fry and Karl Davies

13:25

Kingdom

S03E02

Crop circles are the talk of the town

Crop circles in a field grab the attention of the local sci-fi community, and a farmer initially angry about all the vandalism on her land soon sees an opportunity to charge people to view them. Meanwhile, Lyle falls for a paralegal working against him on a case and Beatrice fills in for Gloria on reception. Guest starring Sandi Toksvig, with Stephen Fry, Karl Davies and Hermione Norris

14:25

Kingdom

S03E03

A complex moral case emerges at the local medical research facility

Peter takes on a complex legal and moral case at the local medical research facility, while Nigel and Lyle try to save an order of nuns from eviction. Beatrice launches an adult chatline to fund Petra's school fees - but the new venture soon attracts a call from none other than the girl's father. Guest starring Jaye Griffiths and Anna Massey, with Stephen Fry, John Thomson and Karl Davies

15:30

Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph

Feature-length period melodrama, starring Honeysuckle Weeks

Feature-length period melodrama set in Victorian times, charting the relationship between feisty Newcastle rag-woman Aggie Winkowski and 10-year-old orphan Millie Forester. Determined to protect Millie from the seamy world of prostitution, Aggie resolves to take the youngster under her wing. Starring Honeysuckle Weeks, Perdita Weeks, Val McLane, Alec Newman, Crispin Bonham-Carter and Patrick Ryecart

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18:40

Call the Midwife

S12E05

Nancy grows suspicious of a young father's erratic behaviour

A pregnant mother with a chronic heart condition falls unwell. Nancy grows suspicious of a young father's erratic behaviour, and calls on Dr Turner who refers Spencer for an urgent psychiatry review. Matthew prepares for a visit from his father, and Timothy takes up paid employment with the council as a bathing assistant and finds himself working alongside an unexpected member of the team. Meanwhile, The Board of Health delivers some unwelcome news to Sister Julienne and elsewhere Shelagh is feeling out of sorts

20:00

Sister Boniface Mysteries

S02E01

The nun investigates a murder on the set of a TV show

Great Slaughter plays host to the summer roadshow of a popular children's TV programme Jolly Roger. Sister Boniface is called in to investigate when the editor is found murdered on set during the live show. Lorna Watson stars as the nun, moped rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist

21:00

Silent Witness

S14E05

Feature-length episode. Harry and Nikki investigate a shooting at the Dutch embassy

Feature-length episode. Harry and Nikki investigate a shooting at the Dutch embassy, where several people are killed and the ambassador's daughter Klara is wounded. Complications arise when orders are given to keep the identity of a dead bodyguard a secret, and an outside pathologist is appointed to explore the case. As Klara recovers in hospital, she gradually begins to remember who was responsible for the incident. Kate Ashfield (Collision), Lorcan Cranitch (Cracker) and Matthew McNulty (Lark Rise to Candleford) guest star

23:15

New Tricks

S11E09

Danny investigates the death of a modern-day Miss Marple

An elderly amateur sleuth who was a friend of Danny's is murdered, and he ends up embroiled in the case when his photo is found at the scene. However, the cold case copper becomes convinced that the secret to uncovering her real killer lies within the last case she was working on. Picking up where she left off, he travels to the village of Minchampton, where a woman was said to have been murdered by a local lad 25 years previously. Meanwhile, Sasha is left to cope with the investigating officer on the modern-day Miss Marple's murder - an overbearing contemporary from her Hendon training, by the name of DCI Grace Mackie - and Steve lets Gerry stay with him when he is evicted, but soon comes to regret the act of kindness

00:35

Sister Boniface Mysteries

S02E01

The nun investigates a murder on the set of a TV show

01:35

Hamish Macbeth

S03E02

Hamish investigates an old mystery

Hamish takes his holiday on the island of Laggan-Laggan, only to find himself caught up in a mystery from 20 years previously. Why are the Catholic priest and Protestant vicar shunned by the rest of the community? Light-hearted drama, starring Robert Carlyle, Alan MacNaughton and Tom Watson

02:30

Birds of a Feather

S03E11

Sharon tries social climbing

Sharon tries to climb the social ladder - but ends up meeting a snake. Comedy, starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph

03:00

The Count of Monte Cristo

S01E06

Edmond introduces Vampa, now posing as the wealthy Count of Spada, into society