The home makeover show that uses virtual reality

THE home makeover show that uses virtual reality to allow owners to see what their revamped properties could look like is returning for its third series. Laura Jane Clark is back, but this time her designs will be competing with those of fellow architect Julian McIntosh. The opening episode introduces them to Shelley and Steven from Bromley in south east London. The couple have a three-bedroom semi-detached property, but it’s badly in need of some TLC if it’s to meet their requirements. Angela Scanlon hosts.

Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue Leith and Rupy Aujla

Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue & Rupy (C4, 8.30pm)

Prue Leith’s profile was never exactly low, but it’s been boosted since she took over from Mary Berry as one of the judges of The Great British Bake Off. Now she’s got her own series in which she and fellow cook Dr Rupy Aujla attempt to transform the food and shopping habits of four families. Each clan is initially dubbed a ‘Food Waster’, ie folk who seem to create as much waste as they do meals with nutritional value. With the war on plastic more prevalent than ever, Prue and Rupy want to show the participants how a few quick and simple changes to their lifestyle can make a big difference to the planet. An added incentive to make those alterations is that they should also save money – something we’d probably all like to do.

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace – Nurses Daphne, Sue and Gill who cared for baby Helen Knox after she was found

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace (ITV, 9pm)

The third series of this spin-off from the regular programme sees Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell and their researchers doing their best to find the birth families of people who were abandoned as babies – make sure you have plenty of hankies to hand because you’re bound to be wiping away tears at some point. The participants have never known anything about their biological parents and long to discover the circumstances surrounding what happened. The opening episode (the other two editions are being broadcast on Tuesday and Wednesday) focuses on two baby girls found in Chesterfield in the late 1980s. After delving into their stories, the team wonder if there could be a link between them – and what they uncover leaves all involved astonished.

Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Sky Arts, 9pm)

Broadcast to celebrate Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday today, this documentary follows The Pretenders’ prolific frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and lead guitarist James Walbourne as they spend 15 weeks in lockdown working on a new album featuring timeless new covers of Dylan’s songs. The film explores Hyde’s inspiration and creative process, and among the tracks they record are In the Summertime, You’re a Big Girl Now, Standing in the Doorway, Sweetheart Like You, Blind Willie McTell, Love Minus Zero, Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight, Tomorrow Is a Long Time and Every Grain of Sand.

The Pact: Cat (HELEDD GWYN), Nancy (JULIE HESMONDHALGH), Louie (EIRY THOMAS), Anna (LAURA FRASER)

The Pact (BBC1, 9pm)

It’s episode three and the gripping drama is beginning to gather pace. The day of Jack’s memorial dawns, which seems to put more pressure on members of the pact. The police are also breathing down their necks, and it isn’t long before Arwel is arrested. Louie picks this moment to ask about long-held family secrets, while Max and Anna’s relationship comes under threat when he discovers their savings account is empty – only some quick thinking on her part can save the day. But she may only be putting off the inevitable because another blackmail message is on its way.

ICU Nurse, Jenny McGee outside St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

The Year Britain Stopped (C4, 9pm)

The country is just starting to tentatively open up again, so perhaps now is the right time to look back at the lockdown – unless, of course, it’s something you’d simply rather forget. Ordinary folk discuss what happened to them, including a single mother whose son went missing, while scientists and frontline workers describe their experiences. But perhaps most interesting of all are the words of a nurse who treated Boris Johnson during his spell in intensive care; we also get a look at the news reports that would have been used had he died.