Dispatches reveals worrying evidence of safety breaches, low pay and dangerous pressures in workplaces

IT’S fair to say it’s been an unusual and rather eventful 12 months. Not only have Britain’s residents spent most of it living under strict lockdown conditions, they’ve also faced leaving the EU. Both have had a big impact on the way we work, and so here, reporter Morland Sanders offers an insight into something important to the vast majority of us – the future of workers’ rights in the UK. He uncovers worrying evidence of safety breaches, low pay and dangerous pressures at the heart of gig economy-based practices, some of which are even beginning to appear in the NHS.

Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites

Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites (Channel 4, 8.30pm)

In the penultimate episode, Jamie Oliver takes the humble sausage and transforms it into a stunning baked casserole, with the most amazing potato dumplings that are crispy on the top and gorgeously soft on the bottom. It’s a dinner his kids absolutely love. Plus, we all need super-easy recipes that require just a few minutes of love but really deliver on flavour. So Jamie also shows us how to create a beautiful, warm aubergine dish dressed with homemade pesto and served on a bed of fresh salad, with a crisp, garlic flatbread on the side.

Too Close with Emily Watson as Dr Emma Robertson and Denise Gough as Connie Mortensen

Too Close (ITV, 9pm)

Acclaimed actors Emily Watson and Denise Gough head the cast of a new psychological mini-series written by their fellow thespian Clara Salaman. Watson plays forensic psychiatrist Dr Emma Robertson, who develops a dangerous relationship with Connie Mortensen (Gough), a woman accused of a terrible crime but claims she can’t remember anything about the incident. Robertson is experienced and as a result not easily shocked, and yet she finds herself drawn to Connie. She, in turn, appears to know all Emma’s weak spots and delights in exploiting them for her own ends during an increasingly dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. Directed by Sue Tully, the three-part series, which continues each day until Wednesday, also stars Thalissa Teixeira, Nina Wadia, Chizzy Akudolu and Karl Johnson.

24 Hours In Police Custody

24 Hours in Police Custody (C4, 9pm)

The final episode of the series is a rather thought-provoking one which shows that policing isn’t as straightforward as the public perhaps thinks and that its staff can be haunted by the difficult decisions they make. It focuses on a Bedfordshire police officer’s investigation into a brutal attack which has left a man fighting for his life. That would be a shocking enough turn of events on its own, but when the officer involved realises the victim came to see her at the station the day before he was assaulted, she wonders if she could have done more to protect him.

Greta Thunberg has said the only way forward in the fight against the climate change is to "treat the crisis like a crisis"

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (BBC1, regions vary)

Back in January, the BBC broadcast I Am Greta, a feature-length documentary about teenage environmental warrior Greta Thunberg. It could be regarded as the starter for this main course, a three-part programme in which she invites viewers into her world to find out how she is trying to change ours. It was made when she was aged just 16; Thunberg took a year of school around that time to embark on a much-publicised trip around the world to spread her message, putting to shame many diplomats with her wise words that were well beyond her years. Cameras also follow Thunberg as she visits places where climate change is undeniably having a negative impact before heading back home to Stockholm as the pandemic brings the world to a standstill.

Jermaine Jenas: Stop And Search

The Truth about Police Stop & Search (C4, 10pm)

A few years ago, Jermaine Jenas fronted the BBC Three documentary Teenage Knife Wars, about the rise in knife crime in his native Nottingham. Now the former footballer is presenting another programme focusing on a topic close to his heart – a police policy that’s always been controversial. Here he examines footage captured on secret cameras worn by black men, who are nine times more likely to be stopped and searched than their white counterparts. They also share their experiences while experts discuss the issue’s wide-reaching social, psychological and personal impact.