What’s On Drama
Today Sunday 5 March 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Drama
today.
06:00
Teleshopping
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home
07:40
The Bill
S18E54
Kerry Young is taken hostage
Kerry Young is taken hostage while investigating a routine report of a house break-in, and Nick Klein tells Phil Hunter he may have jeopardised the drugs operation by letting it slip in an unguarded moment that he is a police officer. Behind the scenes, Mickey Webb stirs up a hornets’ nest by telling Peter Marsden how Superintendent Tom Chandler raped his sister, setting the scene for a volatile confrontation at Sun Hill. Beth Cordingly and Rene Zagger star
08:40
The Bill
S18E55
The serial killer strikes again
When another body turns up on the banks of the Thames, Klein fears his club `colleague” Sandie could be the Sun Hill serial killer’s latest victim, and Chandler walks into a tight corner when he visits Anne Merrick to prove his innocence. Back at the station Cryer says too much to headline-hungry hack Simon Kitson, unwittingly setting Stamp on course for a lot of grief, and Hunter’s intelligence on the Dutch drugs shipment seems too good to be true
09:40
The Bill
S18E56
Merrick’s revelation prompts a full-scale investigation
Merrick’s shock revelation that Chandler raped her prompts a full-scale investigation at Sun Hill. While Meadows relishes the opportunity of subjecting the superintendent to a battery of uncomfortable forensic tests, Gold and Sharpe question Merrick and begin to wonder whether she’s telling the whole truth. Meanwhile, an angry mob surround PC Stamp’s house, leaving the understandably furious constable determined to find out who has been spreading rumours that he’s a paedophile
10:40
The Bill
S18E57
Chandler faces the rape interrogation
Chandler realises his career is on the line as Chief Superintendent Henry prepares to interrogate him over the rape of Anne Merrick and is forced to beg McAllister to provide an alibi. The atmosphere at the station is fraught as Ackland and Carver panic about having their secret affair discovered by Stamp, the Ashton-Young-Gilmore triangle gets messy, and a teenage mother arrives at Sun Hill demanding to see PC Best. Drama, starring Steven Hartley and Natalie Roles
11:40
Call the Midwife
S02E07
Chummy returns from Sierra Leone
Cynthia’s district nursing rounds find her tending a diabetic man who turns out to be a terrible bully to his wife, while Jenny looks after a black mother-to-be being subjected to racial prejudice from her neighbours. Nonnatus House prepares for the return of Chummy from Sierra Leone – but she has her own surprise. Miranda Hart, Jessica Raine and Bryony Hannah star
13:00
Call the Midwife
S02E08
Chummy and Peter prepare for the arrival of their baby
There’s a buzz of excitement at Nonnatus House as Chummy and Peter prepare for the arrival of their baby, Fred has a visit from his pregnant daughter and Jenny’s love life is looking up when she is introduced to a potential new gentleman friend. However, change is in the air in Poplar and soon the friends are forced to stand together as their home comes under threat. Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Cliff Parisi, Ben Caplan and Pam Ferris star
14:20
Catherine Cookson’s The Round Tower
Drama set in the 1950s about a teenager disenchanted with her privileged upbringing
Feature-length drama set in the 1950s, starring Emilia Fox as the rebellious teenage daughter of a successful businessman and his devoted wife, whose disenchantment with her privileged upbringing ultimately provokes a scandal in their small town. Keith Barron and Jan Harvey also star
17:35
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
A woman witnesses a murder on a train
Miss Marple’s bloodhound instincts are triggered when a friend thinks she sees a murder on a train. When police cannot find a body and cast doubt on the story, Miss Marple decides to investigate. She thinks the body could be found on the banks belonging to Crackenthorpe house, a stately mansion and enlists professional housekeeper Lucy Eyelesbarrow to go undercover. The body of the woman is eventually discovered in a barn. Mystery, starring Joan Hickson
19:55
Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
S01E03
A cabinet minister is murdered
Cabinet minister Derek O’Callaghan begins receiving death threats and later dies in suspicious circumstances while being operated on at a nursing home, raising fears that he has been murdered. Feature-length crime drama, starring Patrick Malahide and William Simons
22:00
McMafia
S01E04
Benny uncovers information about heroin smuggling
Benny uncovers information about a shipment of heroin being smuggled from Pakistan into India. He does not realise that Dilly is spying on him, and after a robbery, gains all the information he needs to pull off a heist – however Semiyon warns that it is Alex’s decision whether the operation goes ahead. Karin is suspicious about the fund Alex is using to move Semiyon’s money around, while Rebecca becomes concerned when she discovers Alex has a secret second phone. In Prague, Vadim resolves to find out who Benes is in league with
23:20
Luther
S05E02
The detective is forced to confront a demon from his past
The detective must confront a demon from his past, as both the police and Cornelius converge on his home. With Halliday convinced that the body in the morgue isn’t their killer, can Luther put his own troubles to one side and find the true murderer before he strikes again? Thriller, starring Idris Elba, Ruth Wilson and Dermot Crowley
00:35
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
S04E02
Feature-length episode. A horse trainer is found hanged
Feature-length episode. A horse trainer with money worries is found hanged, and suicide is suspected until tests reveal he was drugged shortly before his death. Lynley discovers the cove on the victim’s estate was used to land contraband, and connects the death to a smuggling racket, but Havers suspects the answer lies with the local riding community. Detective drama, starring Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small
02:35
Leonardo
S01E04
Ludovico asks Leonardo to create a sculpture in honour of his father
03:30
Birds of a Feather
S01E03
Sharon enjoys Tracey’s hospitality
Sharon spreads her wings and takes full advantage of her sister’s hospitality, but Tracey is having money worries. Ross Kemp guest stars, with Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke
