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The 5 best shows on TV tonight: Wednesday 21 April

Amy Johnson
·Contributor
·3-min read
The top TV picks for Wednesday 21 April.
The top TV picks for Wednesday 21 April.

If you've ever wanted to go behind-the-scenes of the pre-owned luxury market, you're in luck tonight with Second Hand for 50 Grand.

The Channel 4 show takes a look at a small business selling on high-end watches and handbags and meets a few of those in search of such goods.

Over on BBC One, the Sewing Bee continues to test its competitors with Summer Week.

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Meanwhile, Paul O'Grady's looking out for more lovable pooches in For the Love of Dogs.

The Repair Shop - 8pm - BBC One

Donkey Arrival Julie Tatchell, Lorraine Thomas, Amanda Middleditch. (BBC/Ricochet)
Donkey Arrival Julie Tatchell, Lorraine Thomas, Amanda Middleditch. (BBC/Ricochet)

Jay Blades and co have a new of cherished heirlooms to restore to their former glory.

Painting conservator Lucia Scalisi hopes to bring a historic portrait of Charles II back to life, while goldsmith Richard Talman reunites the broken pieces of an engagement ring that symbolises two grandparents’ love.

Other items brought into the Repair Shop tonight include a special toy donkey and a wooden chest all the way from Oman.

Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs - 8pm - ITV

Paul O'Grady with a Bichon called Pooch. (ITV)
Paul O'Grady with a Bichon called Pooch. (ITV)

This week at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home the presenter trains a lively beagle cross puppy and spends some time occupying a Bichon who is used to a busy home.

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He also helps out with a shell shocked staffy who was left tied to the gates and gets caught up in an outbreak of parvo virus which staff try to contain.

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty - 9pm - BBC Two

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty - Laurie Manifold. (BBC/Bohemia Films/Laurie Manifold)
Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty - Laurie Manifold. (BBC/Bohemia Films/Laurie Manifold)

The second episode of the documentary exploring real-life police corruption focuses on the underbelly of Soho in the second episode of the three-parter.

Viewers are taken to the early 1970s where the large amount of pornographic bookshops in the London area provide ample opportunity for corrupt officers to take advantage of their position.

The Great British Sewing Bee - 9pm - BBC One

Sewing Bee's Patrick Grant and Esme Young with contestant Andrew. (BBC/Love Productions)
Sewing Bee's Patrick Grant and Esme Young with contestant Andrew. (BBC/Love Productions)

The charming competition has already said goodbye to one contestant and another must sadly go tonight in Summer Week.

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Paperbag shorts must be made for the Pattern Challenge before the sewers make a woman's outfit out of second-hand men's swimming gear in the Transformation.

The final challenge of the day, the Made to Measure, sees them whip up button-down sun dresses.

Second Hand for 50 Grand - 10pm - Channel 4

Rose, Joe and Reece in Second Hand For 50 Grand (Channel 4)
Rose, Joe and Reece in Second Hand For 50 Grand (Channel 4)

This Channel 4 programme looks behind the curtain of the pre-owned luxury market via Xupes, a business tracking down second-hand high-end goods to sell on.

Grant, a window cleaner, wants a Cartier watch while Rebecca is on the hunt to replace a stolen Prada bag.

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