The Comedy Series Brassic Ends Its Run with Tarantino-Inspired Finale

Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are concluding on their humorous show about a close-knit group of endearing rogues running riot in a countryside town in Lancashire. You might expect the last episode to be a greatest hits victory lap of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. However, the atmosphere turns much more somber as the character Vinnie, played by Gilgun and the crew barricade themselves in a pub with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a final 50th installment seemingly influenced by Quentin Tarantino.

The Show Dragons' Den

8pm on BBC One
Ballet dancers leap into the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey present their line of inclusive dancewear – and cause Peter Jones to become flustered. Next, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a clever gadget for lost tape ends.

The Series All Creatures Great and Small

9pm, Channel 5
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The Hack

9pm, ITV1
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK

9pm on BBC Three
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The Series The Iris Affair

9pm on Sky Atlantic
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