TV Guide ITV3 Thursday

An elderly man reports an unusual break-in, during which the uninvited visitor left a mysterious statue on the kitchen table. It soon emerges that it is just the first in a series of unexplained events, as a police phone box arrives and then disappears from his garden, cement is delivered to his house for no apparent reason and a fire is started in his garage. Noakes advises Steve to keep well away as it is not technically a police matter, but the officer decides to investigate further. Rural drama, starring Trevor Ray, Georgie Glen and James Carlton

The duo are enlisted to design a memorial garden based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, but someone begins vandalising their work on a nightly basis. Matters are complicated still further by the death of a recovering alcoholic, whose body is found at the site. Mystery drama, starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris, with Phyllida Law, Joanna David and Daisy Dunlop

Primary school teacher Lizzy Swann is found dead at the bottom of a cliffside coastal walkway, but what appears at first to be a terrible accident, quickly becomes a murder investigation as Vera discovers evidence the body has been tampered with. Interviews with those who knew Lizzy paint a troubling picture of a guarded and paranoid woman who seemed to be burning bridges with friends and family alike in the days leading up to her death

Religious fanatic Steven Mullan is found beaten and drowned in his bath. Lewis and Hathaway discover he had been imprisoned for trying to kill well-known atheist Tom Rattan and had only recently been released. The inspector soon has reason to believe the Rattan family is hiding something from him - but nothing prepares him for the evidence Dr Hobson uncovers at the post-mortem. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox star, with guest appearances by Jenny Seagrove and Julian Wadham