Until I Kill You
Sunday 12 January 8.30pm, double episode
This true crime drama shows how Delia Balmer survived a series of violent attacks by boyfriend John Sweeney, to pursue a traumatic journey to justice.
EPISODE 1 – LOVE
Delia meets John Sweeney in a pub, sparking an unexpected romance. As the relationship develops, Delia begins to suspect John is hiding a murderous past.
London, 1991: Out for a drink in a local pub with her nursing colleagues, Delia Balmer meets carpenter John Sweeney, recently returned from Amsterdam. Beguiled by his rebellious attitude and approach to life, a relationship starts and Delia quickly invites him to move in to her flat.
In Amsterdam, we meet American, Jack Halstead, appealing to the Dutch police for help in finding his missing daughter, Melissa.
On a Christmas trip to meet Sweeney’s family in Skelmersdale, Delia discovers that he has an ex-wife and children he no longer sees. What else is he hiding from her?
As the relationship worsens and Delia grows more afraid of Sweeney’s temper, Leah counsels her to throw him out. But Delia’s attempt to break up with Sweeney prompts him to reveal his darkest secret and his true violent nature.
EPISODE 2 – HATE
When Sweeney’s violent nature is finally revealed, Delia uses all her guile to escape with her life. In Amsterdam, police try to identify a body.
Delia uses all her guile to escape Sweeney’s violence. With Leah’s help, she must decide what to do next – will going to the police put her in more danger from Sweeney? Delia reluctantly talks to the local Domestic Violence unit, but by the time they return to her flat, Sweeney has fled.
Frustrated with the police’s dismissive attitude to Sweeney’s disturbing drawings of his ex-girlfriend, Melissa, Delia refuses to leave her flat and go to temporary accommodation. So when Sweeney is finally arrested, but astonishingly bailed for his attack on Delia, she finds herself once more at risk.
Production credit: ITV
Escaping Utopia
Monday January 13 8:00pm
Half a century ago a group of people from all over the world followed an Australian religious preacher to a remote part of New Zealand.
Today 650 people live shut away from the rest of society in the closeted community known as Gloriavale. Ripped out of the pages of dystopian fiction, this explosive three-part documentary series exposes the dark secrets that lurk behind this strict Christian sect – and the distorted doctrines that bind the people to this oppressive existence for life. With unprecedented access to both former and current members, this deeply personal series gives astonishing and intimate insight into indoctrination and life inside a cult.
Episode 1 New Zealand’s Gloriavale Christian community has been closeted from the rest of the world for fifty years – but now there’s a growing group of leavers fighting to free their loved ones still inside.
Changing Ends - Season 2 Final
Wednesday January 15 8:30pm
Episode 5
With the stress of the Cobblers trying to stay top of the league taking its toll, Christine strong-arms Graham into having a caravan mini-break in Great Yarmouth.
Episode 6
It’s the day of reckoning - Northampton Town are all abuzz and anticipation of a promotion to the Third Division is in the air, but Alan is completely miserable and his friends are dropping like flies.
Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens Episode 3 Final
Friday 17 January 7.30pm
Monty Don travels across the north of Spain visiting gardens across this vast and diverse landscape that changes from Atlantic to Mediterranean as he journeys from Galicia to Catalonia.
Beyond Paradise Episode 3
Saturday January 18 7:30pm
The community of Shipton Abbott is rocked when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly impossible heist. Humphrey tries his best to find some common ground with Archie.
