Brainwashing Stacey: Anti-Abortion Camp (BBC One, 10.45pm)

STACEY Dooley has moved on from the 2008 BBC3 documentary Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts to work in and witness the conditions of Indian factories where such garments are made, to offer a one-off about USA, Beaten By My Boyfriend and Sex in Strange Places.

Her current project sees the reporter immerse herself in some of the world's most controversial groups. As with the best of BBC3's programming, it's been given a late-night BBC One slot, which offers non-online viewers a chance to see it. This edition follows Dooley as she travels to southern California to meet Jim White, who wants abortions to be banned in the US.

The procedure was legalised over there in 1973; it had previously been allowed in some states for the victims of rape or incest, but White thinks they shouldn't be carried out anywhere, no matter the circumstances.

In 1998 he founded Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, a not very catchy name for a very serious group which backs his cause. He's also been arrested more than 100 times due to his organisation's controversial public demonstrations.

White is the father of 11 children, and claims there are parallels between the termination of unwanted pregnancies and the persecution of Jews by the Nazis. However, a recent demonstration outside a Holocaust museum was described as "misguided and offensive".

He also runs two-week summer camps for young Americans aged between 11 and 24; its mission, according to its website, is to "educate and equip young activists who are willing to be used by God to defend those unjustly sentenced to death".

Dooley meets some of those who are taking part in a camp, and accompanies them on a 'field trip' to a Planned Parenthood clinic, which has been targeted by White's group before.

"I have a real issue with forcing this agenda down kids' throats," says Dooley. "It can feel like they're manipulating these impressionable youngsters."

But, always fair-minded, the presenter admits there is another side to this story — and after coming face-to-face with a child who was adopted by a member of the group after her mother was persuaded not to have a termination, she comments: "To see her knocking about with her sister, playing with Jeff, is real food for thought."

It's a moving, at times frustrating, but ultimately eye-opening documentary that doesn't preach but gives viewers a chance to make up their own minds – something White and his supporters would like to take away from women dealing with the biggest event in their lives.

Sugar Free Farm (ITV, 9pm)

THE celebrities reach the halfway mark of their time on the farm, and the experts are ready to pile on the pressure. The group no longer craves sugar, so nutritionist Hala El-Shafie decides to treat them by offering up big, fat, juicy steaks – the catch being that they must choose which of the animals they have been tending to go to slaughter; it's a move too far for Joe Pasquale, while Alison Hammond and Peter Davison are uncomfortable about making a lethal decision too. Meanwhile, Stavros Flatley Sr receives some shocking news courtesy of an MRI scan, and Gemma Collins' lack of experience when it comes to physical labour could cost both her and her colleagues a decent meal. She also chooses the wrong day to become a vegetarian.

Further Back in Time for Dinner (BBC2, 9pm)

NEW series. The Robshaw family experience life at the turn of the 20th Century, and discover how the food people ate and the way they consumed it helped shape the modern family. An ordinary house in South London will be their time machine, transporting them through five decades and two world wars. Guided by presenters Giles Coren and social historian Polly Russell, they'll trace the changes to Britain's diet and the extraordinary social transformation they reveal. Monica Galetti and Chas and Dave make guest appearances.

Viv Hardwick