'Kate Garraway's Life Stories', 'Pam & Tommy', 'Chloe': The best things on TV this week, 31 January - 6 February

Drama series are still going strong in this week's TV schedules, with the much-anticipated Pam & Tommy featuring Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape scandal finally making its way to Disney+.

Other new series launching this week include Sheridan Smith's The Teacher on Channel Five and social media thriller Chloe on BBC One, while BBC's The Responder and ITV's Trigger Point both continue.

Read more: Everything new streaming on Disney+ this February

Jamie Oliver launches cookbook publishing deal contest The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver at Channel 4 and Kate Garraway takes over Life Stories from Piers Morgan at ITV.

The best things to watch on TV this week, 31 January - 6 February, 2022

Monday

The Responder - BBC One - 9pm

The crime drama starring Martin Freeman builds even further in pressure tonight with episode three.

His jaded police officer Chris is in a dilemma over what to do with a huge haul of drugs currently sitting in his house, which could change the course of his career and marriage.

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It's another tense episode where Freeman gets the tone exactly right as a man whose mental health has taken a hammering by his job.

The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver - Channel 4 - 8pm

TV chef Jamie Oliver debuts something a little different to his usual cookery shows tonight as he launches a search for the next star of the cookbook world.

Contestants must pitch their ideas and show off a recipe from the book they hope will become a bestseller and the lucky winner will bag a publishing deal.

The Teacher - Channel Five - 9pm

Sheridan Smith has been a busy woman lately, with drama No Return and talent show Starstruck both coming up at ITV.

First, though, she stars in this emotional drama as a teacher with a troubled past who has been hitting the bottle to deal with her problems, but is accused of sleeping with a 15-year-old student on a night out.

Read more: Sheridan Smith 'didn't have to act' heartbreak over son in No Return now she's a mum

She has little memory of what really happened, but it turns out there's a more complicated story behind the allegations in this series which also stars Kelvin Fletcher.

Tuesday

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World - BBC Three - 9pm

The hit drag contest returns with a new variation that launches BBC Three back onto our screens as the channel returns from being online only.

It sees nine drag queens from around the world go head to head in hopes of being crowned the ultimate series champion.

Great British Menu - BBC Two - 8pm

The pro chefs cooking contest returns for a new series, this time with contestants hoping to cook at a banquet celebrating 100 years of British broadcasting.

First up, we'll see their ideas for canapes, starters and fish courses as they compete to get through to the next round.

Wednesday

Pam & Tommy - Disney+

Lily James and Sebastian Stan star in this drama of the infamous real-life story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape.

Back in the 90s and before videos going viral was something many celebrities were worrying about, an intimate video made by the then-couple to keep for themselves was stolen by a disgruntled tradesman and circulated online.

Read more: Pam & Tommy - the story behind the world's first celebrity sex tape

The highly-anticipated series shows the different reactions to the tape that Anderson experienced as a woman to those that Lee faced.

Thursday

Kate Garraway's Life Stories - ITV - 9pm

Piers Morgan may have quit his ITV celebrity interview show, but his friend and former Good Morning Britain co-star Kate Garraway is ready to take the reigns.

Her own life story was featured in Morgan's final episode and now Garraway is swapping to the interviewer's chair to grill famous guests - first up, Charlotte Church.

The Apprentice - BBC One - 9pm

This series of The Apprentice has certainly lined up the sort of tasks that provide boardroom gold so far - notably, a fishing task and another involving trying to get small children to brush their teeth.

Fans won't be disappointed in tonight's episode, either, which challenges the teams to create new computer games, surely something that would end in disaster for anyone not already working in the industry.

Who will be fired by Lord Sugar this week?

Friday

Reacher - Amazon Prime Video

Joining the Reacher family today is this new TV series based on the books by Lee Child.

His character Jack Reacher has already been brought to life at the movies by Tom Cruise, and in this version Alan Ritchson will star as the title character in an adaptation of Child's first Reacher novel.

Saturday

The Masked Singer - ITV - 7pm

It's the semi-final of the mystery celebrity singing contest, but while the contestants are dwindling, the panel don't seem to be getting any closer with their guesses.

Mushroom and Robobunny are still hot favourites, but who will make it to next week's final and who will be unmasked?

Sunday

Dancing On Ice - ITV - 6pm

The skating competition has featured its fair share of illness and injury this series already and it's only week four - although things are nowhere near as tricky as last year's five cast drop outs.

Read more: Reality TV's biggest disasters, from Dancing On Ice to The Jump

Kye Whyte is hoping to return from injury this week and the third celebrity will be voted off the show.

Chloe - BBC One - 9pm

Hot on the heels of The Tourist finishing comes a new drama series for BBC One, this time looking at social media and how identities can be created and transformed online.

A social media star, Chloe, dies suddenly and lonely Becky creates a brand new life to try to investigate why, even managing to infiltrate Chloe's friendship group.

Trigger Point - ITV - 9pm

Vicky McClure's latest police thriller has divided opinion, with some viewers hooked on the constant cliffhangers while others can't get past plot problems.

Expect more nailbiting drama tonight as we catch up with Lana while she tries to decide whether to run from the bomb in the mosque or continue trying to deactivate it.

Watch: Lily James is transformed into Pamela Anderson for Pam & Tommy