In tonight’s Shop Smart Save Money at 7pm on Channel 5 I’m in the historic splendour of Worcestershire’s Hartlebury Castle testing self-assembly wardrobe technology with expert Kieran Nagle of We Build Your Flatbpacks. Much of the furniture in the castle is Jacobean.

In tonight’s Shop Smart Save Money 7pm C5 I’m testing cordless irons at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s costume hire department with the help of the RSC’s Sandy Smith Wilson. Fortunately I was not allowed to iron one of Dame Judi Dench’s All’s Well That Ends Well outfits

In Shop Smart Save Money tonight at 7pm I’m with film critic James King and players from City of Birmingham Rockets basketball team at the Mockingbird Cinema & The Nest Bar and Kitchen testing 55 inch tellies from TCL and LG

Used Skoda prices seem to be getting out of hand

A new series of Shop Smart Save Money starts tonight on Channel 5 at 7pm with Gaby Roslin Georgie Barrat and Ortis Deley. I’m testing budget and premium suitcases with Nicky Kelvin from travel advice site, The Points Guy UK

In this week’s Shop Smart Save Money I’m joined by Summer Gorman of cleaning company Maid and More. We’re making a mess with red wine, makeup and mud and testing how well spot cleaners remove the damage. The cleanup starts tonight at 7pm on Channel 5

Tonight’s Shop Smart Save Money is a motoring special. I’m testing tyres at different price points with precision driver Sid North to find out whether it’s worth paying extra for a premium set. We’re at Llandow Circuit in ST-Line X Ford Pumas. 7pm Channel 5

My expert guest on this week’s Shop Smart Save Money is Sam Saadet, a fitness coach for new mums. We’re testing travel systems designed to help you seamlessly move your young ones between home, buggy and the car. Channel 5 7pm.

The PracticalClassics Restorer of the Year Bob Meldrum proves a Lotus slant four engine fits very nicely in an HB Viva instead of the normal, similar in some respects, OHC Vauxhall units. His splendid Viva HB Estate is on display at this weekend’s NECRestorationShow

In tonight’s Shop Smart Save Money I’m getting my DIY on, as I believe they say, when I’m joined by DIY With Emma to test cordless drills. 7pm Channel 5

Golden hour labelscar in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Happily, no bins in shot,

In this week’s Shop Smart Save Money I’m testing video doorbells with security consultant Kul Mahay - 7pm Channel 5

In this week’s Shop Smart Save Money I’m testing (relatively easy to put up) inflatable tents with outdoor equipment expert Gemma Palmer-Dighton 7pm Channel 5

In this week’s Shop Smart Save Money I’m testing printers. David Brown of GraffitiArtist.com is helping me answer the question of whether a refillable or cartridge model is best. 7pm Channel 5

Trying out a new #Renault5 E-Tech seemed like the perfect opportunity to dust down a Nikon FE, from the era when the original 5 was on sale, and load it with Harman’s experimental Phoenix colour film to see how it reproduced the car’s Pop Green paintwork.

Worcester Sunday afternoon

In tonight’s Shop Smart Save Money I’m trying out tower fans at University of Salford ‘s remarkable Energy House 2.0 - their latest giant laboratory for testing the energy efficiency of entire houses. I’m joined by researcher Bill George. Channel 5 7pm

A treat to drive the 1.8 TSI 4x4 Skoda Yeti that starred in the original Top Gear road test last week. It’s part of Škoda UK ‘s heritage collection, has only covered 9000 miles and runs very well indeed. I also enjoyed their 1963 Felicia Super, though more slowly.

The reasonably priced and surprisingly light Dacia Bigster in Cheddar Gorge. Or Mexico, as I believe a 1963 episode of The Saint once briefly used this scene to represent.

Congratulations to SImon Paczkowski, Concours winner at the 2025 Festival of the Unexceptional with his 1992 Skoda Favorit. Saved from the scrapyard, it’s in gloriously original condition. Runner up was Callum Bailey with his 186,000-mile Mondeo 1.8LX #FOTU #hegarty