What to watch and review on Monday. Tonight's TV tips
What to watch and review on Monday, July 19.
Swim the Channel
Coronation Street (ITV, 7.30 and 8.30pm) Distraught David Platt struggles to come to terms with Kylie’s death. Meanwhile, former prostitute Leanne is still pregnant.
Brief Encounters (ITV, 9pm) More risqué parties hosted by the Ann Summers reps selling saucy lingerie and marital aids as this superior drama reaches episode three.
Forces Of Nature With Brian Cox (BBC1, 9pm) The Prof continues to hurtle through vast quantities of our licence-fee cash by jet-setting all over the world to prove the bleeding obvious. Is this great TV? Or a great big con? You decide.
Eden (Channel 4, 9pm) The start of a rugged reality TV series as 23 intrepid Brits are left to fend for themselves in a remote area of the Highlands. A weird cross between Castaway 2000 and those joke Bear Grylls Island shows as our heroes spend a year in the wilds of Scotland. Is it really real? Or just another tawdry telly format?
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Swim The Channel (BBC4, 9pm) Follow the unusual lives of the volunteers who aid and assist the Channel crossers on their epic swims from England to France. Pensioners Freda, Irene and Barry are there to help in Dover every weekend. Not forgetting the expert pilots who navigate the swimmers across the busiest shipping lane in the world. Plus an exclusive soundtrack by musical maestro Damon Albarn. What's not to like?