What's On TV Tonight: Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Tuesday's serving up royal controversy, Peak District murders, and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell screaming at Romanian mountain roads. Not your average December evening, but here we are.

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Quick Picks: Tonight's Best

• What's the Monarchy For? - Dimbleby grills Cameron and Rees-Mogg about royal power (9pm, BBC One) ⭐
• World's Most Dangerous Roads - Derry Girls duo take on Romania's scariest routes (9:45pm, BBC Two)
• Cooper & Fry - Quarry murder leads to water company showdown (8pm, Channel 5)
• Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking - Final episode with Ghosts star helping out (7:30pm, BBC Two)

Early Evening: Family Viewing (6:30pm - 8pm)

Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking - BBC Two, 7:30pm

Series finale time, and Mary Berry's roped in Kiell Smith-Bynoe from Ghosts as her sous chef for a full four-course dinner party. Sixty years she's been at this, and if there's one thing that hasn't changed, it's her absolute conviction that gathering people round a table to eat well is the point of it all.

Foodie fashions come and go. Foam, gel, molecular whatsit - Mary's outlasted them all. This is comfort viewing done right.

The One Show - BBC One, 7pm

Your daily dose of celebrity chat and feel-good features. Nothing groundbreaking, but reliably pleasant background telly while you're sorting dinner.

Prime Time: Politics and Crime (8pm onwards)

What's the Monarchy For? - BBC One, 9pm ⭐

David Dimbleby's been reporting on royal occasions for decades, and someone once asked him if he was pro-monarchy. His answer? "I'm pro television shows about the monarchy." Fair enough.

This three-part series kicks off tonight asking whether the royals are actually politically neutral and how much power they've got. He's digging into those letters Charles wrote to Tony Blair back when he was Prince of Wales, and Queen Elizabeth II signing off on parliament being suspended in 2019. David Cameron and Ash Sarkar are among those giving their views.

As Ian Hislop puts it: "It's the ultimate soap, isn't it?" Whether you're a staunch republican or wave flags at every jubilee, this looks like it'll give you something to chew on.

Celebrity MasterChef - BBC One, 8pm

Final week of heats, though no one's getting eliminated tonight. The celebrities face the blindfolded palate test (always entertaining when someone confidently identifies chicken as fish), the dreaded "under the cloche" challenge, and cooking street food for the judges.

If you've been following this series, you know who's got genuine skills and who's been blagging it. Tonight should sort out who's headed for finals week.

Cooper & Fry - Channel 5, 8pm

Body in a quarry, beaten to death. The investigation takes our mismatched detective duo into a village that's fighting a water company - proper David and Goliath stuff. But there's something else going on: mysterious figures keep appearing, shadowing Cooper and Fry wherever they go.

Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill are finding their rhythm now. It's not reinventing the crime drama wheel, but Peak District scenery and a solid whodunit? Does the job for Tuesday night.

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! - ITV1, 9pm

The jungle machine keeps rolling. Someone's eating something vile, Ant and Dec are making jokes, the British public are voting. You know how this works by now.

Late Night: For the Night Owls (9:30pm onwards)

World's Most Dangerous Roads - BBC Two, 9:45pm

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and Saoirse-Monica Jackson - that's Clare and Erin from Derry Girls - are having their fifth trip together this year. Except this one involves going off-road through Romanian mountains, and it's likely to be significantly more terrifying than dodging Troubles-era checkpoints.

These two have brilliant chemistry. The scenery will be stunning. The roads will be ridiculous. Someone's going to scream. Can't ask for much more from late-night telly.

Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury - BBC One, 10:40pm (Double bill)

Tommy Fury's hand injury has put boxing on hold, which means more time for relationship drama. He's back with Molly-Mae Hague and apparently thinks a motorhome is the answer to their problems. Take that with a massive pinch of salt.

Love Island reality TV turned boxing documentary. It's exactly what it sounds like.

Jaws - ITV4, 10:25pm

Spielberg's 1975 classic needs no introduction. Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, that John Williams score. If you've never seen it, this is your chance. If you have, you probably fancy watching it again anyway. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" remains one of cinema's best lines.

If You're Not Into Royal Drama

QI XL - BBC Two, 9pm

Sandi Toksvig and the panellists dig into obscure facts with extended runtime. Always good for learning something completely useless but oddly fascinating that you'll bring up at the pub next week.

The Balkans: Europe's Forgotten Frontier - BBC Two, 8pm

Documentary exploring a region that doesn't get enough attention. If you want something substantial before the monarchy debate kicks off, this fills the gap nicely.

What's on Streaming

Disney+ - Skeleton Crew continues its Star Wars adventure if you're catching up.

Netflix - Arcane's second season is wrapping up for League of Legends fans.

BBC iPlayer - Catch up on anything you've missed from the past week.

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Final Verdict

Tuesday's got genuine variety. The Monarchy documentary should spark some decent debate - Dimbleby's not one to shy away from awkward questions, and having both Cameron and Ash Sarkar giving their views means you're getting the full spectrum. For lighter fare, Mary Berry's dinner party finale delivers warmth, while the Derry Girls tackling Romanian mountain roads promises laughs and white-knuckle moments in equal measure. Decent night for telly.

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Jen Thakar writes about television for TVGuide1.co.uk