"When even a kiss before betrothal was fraught with peril, a dance was the nearest genteel couples came to trying each other for size" says presenter Amanda Vickery

"This is about saving the fibre of our communities, the way we live. This casual, public contact, most of it associated with errands, gives people a feeling of identity"

The story of one of telly's best ever stand-ups was a design for life, says Jack Seale in his weekly TV review

"There were times when I’d think, ‘If I were just to have an accident on the way to the studio and win a couple of days off to recover, how brilliant would that be?’”

I Heart One Direction will be broadcast in the summer and follow the band's passionate army of followers around the world

The Queen of the high is turning her hand to the plight of unemployed over-65s in a new Channel 4 series

Simon Farnaby is going on a world-wide hunt for humans with extraordinary powers

The antique-magnate will travel the country saving charities in a new BBC2 series

"A wonderful array of characters makes the delightfully-named hour-long documentary a pleasure to watch"

Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi's catty new comedy, a behind-the-scenes look at sausage rolls and Chelsea Buns, and Russell Tovey's job centre sitcom