It's never too early to learn that life can be stupid, capricious and cruel, so it was good to see Junior Taskmaster (Channel 4, Fri, 8pm) teaching our younger generations about the futility of existence.
Fly-on-the-wall documentary series 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4, Mon, 9pm) returned for its 33rd series this week, but you can't put its longevity down to the great British public's ghoulish interest in blood and gore.
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