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Gwilym Mumford, Mark Jones, David Stubbs, Jonathan Wright, Julia Raeside and Bim Adewunmi

TV highlights 12/11/2014

Vicky with sons Joe (left) and Tom in Looking After Mum: A Children In Need Special. Photograph: BBC
Vicky with sons Joe (left) and Tom in Looking After Mum: A Children In Need Special. Photograph: BBC

Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Football: Walsall v Sheffield United
7.30pm, Sky Sports 2

The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy reaches its quarter-final stage, with this Northern Section tie pitting two League One clubs against each other. Promotion favourites at the season’s outset, Sheffield United have endured a patchy time of late, though their good cup form – they’ve also reached the quarter-final of the Capital One Cup – might give them the edge here. Walsall, meanwhile, haven’t played at Wembley since 2001, and they will be keen to end that run. Gwilym Mumford

The Apprentice
9pm, BBC1

With the likes of Pointless, The Chase and, er, Storage Wars now boasting spin-off board games, it only makes sense for The Apprentice to follow suit. And in a way, they have in this latest episode – the teams must switch Milton Friedman for Milton Bradley after landing the task of devising a pair of board games that will capture the attention of hungry, hungry Christmas shoppers. Over on BBC2 at 10pm, Dara Ó Briain catches up with the unlucky loser. Such is the game of life. Mark Jones

Broadmoor
9pm, ITV

Final part of this groundbreaking series in which, for the first time, cameras have been allowed inside Britain’s highest security psychiatric hospital. Its inmates include one of the killers of Lee Rigby, transferred after psychotic episodes following sentencing, but the most severe cases are not featured in this documentary. Tonight, we meet patients looking to make the transition to medium secure units, having undergone a programme of medication and therapy, in the hope of one day becoming fully rehabilitated. David Stubbs

Liberty Of London
9pm, Channel 4

A second series charting life at London’s foremost mock Tudor-styled department store. We begin with an open day where designers get a chance to pitch to Liberty’s buyers, and you would have to be hard-hearted indeed not to root for clever and bubbly Nancy from Essex, who’s hit on the idea of perfumed nail varnish. Elsewhere, new chief of visual merchandising Liz Sylvester revamps the scarf department and Pharrell Williams pays a visit. Undemanding but entertaining – Liberty’s PR department will love it. Jonathan Wright

Wentworth Prison
10pm, Channel 5

Penultimate episode of series two of the prison drama. Bea is bouffing her curls for her forthcoming face-off with mad Franky. Only one can have control of the prison, and it seems that the result will be decided in quantities of blood spilled. Meanwhile, Boomer is finally allowed out of isolation, and a new inmate arrives in the form of Kelly Bryant, but can Fletch outwit Ferguson this time? Do any of these names mean anything to you? If not, it’s probably not worth trying to catch up now. Watching this is quite stressful. Julia Raeside

How To Get Away With Murder
10pm, Universal

Four episodes in to Shonda Rhimes’s legal drama and things still aren’t clear regarding the body being disposed of in the woods. Rebecca “confesses’” to killing Lila, resulting in a $1m bail. Elsewhere, Annalise takes on the case of her friend Marren Trudeau (Elizabeth Perkins), a brash hedge fund manager charged with insider trading. She claims it’s a setup, and the team set to work finding out who is framing her – with devastating results. The episode ends on the best nine words you’re likely to hear on television this year. Bim Adewunmi

Looking After Mum: A Children In Need Special
10.35pm, BBC1

Often, when politicians talk about the issue of social care, they neglect to mention one specific demographic: the 700,000 children who are also carers to their loved ones. Looking after family members who are dealing with situations from blindness to mental illness, this workforce is often stigmatised, even as people fail to understand the difficulty of their responsibilities. This follows four kids aged between 10 and 18 as they balance being carers for their mothers with enjoying their youth. BAA

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