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Christmas is over and the credit crunch is biting - we recommend some top programmes to stay in for this week. If you've missed ones from earlier in the week, remember you can watch them online using broadcasters' online catch-up services.
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Richard Hammond's Blast Lab (Saturdays, BBC2)
The Top Gear host brings us a science-based game show in which two teams compete in a series of experiments.
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Demons (Saturdays, ITV1)
Philip Glenister plays an American hunter of the undead who recruits a young lad, the last in the infamous Van Helsing line of vampire slayers.
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Lark Rise to Candleford (Sundays, BBC1)
The bucolic whimsy is piled on as postmistress Dorcas (Julia Sawalha) bats her eyelashes at a handsome newcomer in a new series.
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Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions (Sundays, BBC1)
Documentary from John "Lions in the Den" Downer about how huge swarms of animals affect our lives. Prepare to be dazzled.
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The Antiques Rogue Show (Sunday, BBC2)
Beautiful performances from Liz Smith and Peter Vaughan as the "artful codgers" who together swindled the art experts out of thousands.
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Above Suspicion (Sunday, Monday, ITV1)
Grim Lynda La Plante story with dainty Kelly Reilly as a rookie detective drafted into the hunt for a serial killer.
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Half Moon Investigations (Mondays, BBC1)
Bestselling author Eoin Colfer brings his popular schoolboy sleuth to the small screen, with Rory Elrick in the lead role.
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MasterChef (Monday–Thursday, BBC2)
How do you follow last year's storming contest? With another helping of John Torode and Gregg Wallace, of course! The heats start this week.
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The Diary of Anne Frank (Monday–Friday, BBC1)
Masterful telling of this famous story, based on Anne Frank's. The terrific cast is lead by newcomer Ellie Kendrick.
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Oz and James Drink to Britain (Tuesdays, BBC2)
TV presenting's unlikeliest couple, Oz Clarke and James May, return for more boozy antics, driving a Rolls on a quest for quality tipples.
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Rick Stein's Memoirs of a Seafood Chef (Wednesday, BBC2)
Stein guides us through his career with clips from his hit TV series and a tribute to Chalky, his much-missed dog.
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Life of Riley (Thursdays, BBC1)
Sitcom with Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon as the head of a rowdy household. Young children will probably love it.
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Victorian Farm (Thursdays, BBC2)
Terrific history-comes-to-life series from the Tales of the Green Valley team. The historians work on a Shropshire farm as if it were 1885.
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Natural World (Friday, BBC1; not Wales)
An enchanting film reveals the extraordinary life cycle of the cuckoo, which hijacks other birds' nests.
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QI (Fridays, BBC1)
As the quiz switches from BBC2 to its new home on BBC1, all things maritime come under the panel's scrutiny.
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