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Ice Road Truckers
Today, 13:05, FIVE
North America's hardiest truckers hit the Dalton Highway in Alaska, one of the world's most dangerous roads.
Driver Lisa Kelly forms a convoy with two male colleagues but is frustrated by their slow pace. When she takes the lead, however, she comes unstuck on one of the Dalton's steepest hills. Trying to outdo a rival for the greatest number of journeys completed, another driver runs into trouble and looks about to lose his load. And when you are trying to desperately to make headway, what do you do when you need to overtake a caribou which is trotting along on the road ahead?
Glee
Today, 17:35, Channel 4
The teenage highs and lows continue for the oddballs of the William McKinley High School Glee Club in the latest edition of the cult musical comedy.
Mr Schuester assigns ballads for the club so that they can learn to express emotion in their songs. The teens are split into interesting duos, with a few uncomfortable results. Rachel starts to see Will in a different light when she is partnered with him on a rendition of Endless Love, leaving him trying to defuse the situation with one of his legendary mash-ups. Meanwhile, things start to get increasingly difficult for Finn and Quinn as news of the pregnancy starts to spread.
Housewife, 49
Today, 18:55, ITV3
A special Mother's Day line-up on ITV3 includes this BAFTA Award-winning gem written by and starring Victoria Wood.
For Mother's Day ITV3 has scheduled a day of movies and dramas for all the family. This factually based drama tells the story of Lancashire housewife Nella Last, who throughout the Second World War wrote an extraordinary diary for the Mass Observation project, which documented the lives of ordinary British subjects on the home front. In her writing, Nella found a liberating outlet from the trying routines of family life. With David Threlfall and Stephanie Cole.
The Mentalist
Today, 19:00, Five USA
Patrick Jane gets up close and personal with a feared biker gang in another story about the former psychic who works with the California police.
A lawyer found dead by the side of a road turns out to have been mixed up with a dangerous biker gang. There is evidence to suggest he may have turned informant on his biker buddies in order to beat a drugs charge, then the agents discover that he was having an affair with the gang leader's girlfriend, making jealousy a possible motive for murder. But Patrick Jane has another theory and, as ever, an unorthodox approach to getting at the truth.
Embarrassing Bodies
Today, 19:00, Channel 4
Awkward ailments and mortifying complaints treated by Dr Pixie McKenna and team in an eye-opening episode of the series that aims to aid the abashed.
Dr Pixie encounters an unusual case of fish odour syndrome. Dr Dawn Harper is visited by Kirstie, who has inverted nipples, and is able to refer Kirstie to a surgeon who corrects the problem with a simple procedure in 15 minutes. In Northern Ireland the doctors are faced with an array of unusual lumps and bumps and a man with noisy bedtime problem. Dr Christian Jessen gives members of a Gaelic football team some helpful hints on male hygiene.
Tropic of Cancer
Today, 20:00, BBC2
The ever-intrepid Simon Reeve explores Mexico's Pacific Coast in the first part of this spectacular new series.
Simon Reeve has made a habit of exploring the world's lesser-known spots, and his latest series offers incredible sights and sounds as he travels around the northern border of the Tropics. His journey begins on Mexico's exquisite Pacific coast, where he visits the holiday resorts of Baja California. But there's little time for relaxation; soon the indefatigable explorer is braving the country's rugged inland terrain. And in the Bahamas, the beautiful coral reefs hold a hidden menace.
Celebrity Come Dine with Me
Today, 20:00, Channel 4
Four very different celebrities compete to outdo one another as dinner-party hosts in a bid to win a dollop cash for their chosen charities.
Veteran comedian and gameshow host Tom O'Connor rolls out some classic gags during a night featuring a traditional northern singsong. Cleanliness guru Kim Woodburn talks a lot about toilets. Singer and actor Darren Day serves a soup featuring a bizarre extra ingredient. And former Brookside star Claire Sweeney cooks Italian. Celebrity revelations provide the filling in the sandwich, while a touch of spice is added to the proceedings by the ever-present spectre of culinary disaster.
Wild at Heart
Today, 20:30, ITV1
Danny is busy making plans for the future with Alice in the finale of the current run of the drama series set on a South African game park.
Du Plessis is restless after his heart surgery, but the family insists that he needs to relax. Easier said than done when he has also dug himself into a deep financial hole by giving all his savings to his son Kirk. Danny and Alice have closed down a zoo for mistreating its animals, but the rescued creatures now have nowhere to go. Vanessa wants to help but faces opposition from her father, who is more interested in building golf courses than conserving wildlife.