TV picks: Back in Time for Dinner, Todd Sampson's Bodyhack, Back with the Ex and more

BACK IN TIME FOR DINNER
Series premiere ★★★★
Tuesday 8.30pm, ABC

What sounds like a Mad as Hell spoof ABC promo is actually a clever look at Australia's culinary and cultural development since 1950. Retrobabe Annabel Crabb guides a millennial family through the domestic experience, in which their house is dressed for a different decade each week. The family is great TV talent. Their observations of the ups and downs of yesteryear are astute and heartfelt.

TODD SAMPSON'S BODYHACK
Series return ★★★
Thursday 8.30pm, Ten

Refraining from performing the dangerous stunts of Life on the Line, the Gruen panellist is back learning from others who do. The neuroscience graphics imposed over the heads of those who test the limits of human endurance, such as the Sadhus of India in this first confronting episode, are unintentionally amusing. As is the feat of one Sadhu that is reminiscent of an early Chris Lilley creation.

BACK WITH THE EX
Series final ★★★
Wednesday 9.45pm, Seven

The proposal at the end of this surprisingly absorbing dating show might not have received nearly as much hype as that of Ten's Bachelor in Paradise, but it's infinitely more romantic, and not just because of the iconic location in which it occurs. In spite of its constructs, this has been the enlightening study in real-life relationships that other formats try so hard to fabricate.

FOOD UNWRAPPED
Series return ★★★
Monday 7.30pm, Lifestyle Food

Jimmy Doherty and the gang are back with another cheerful and often informative look at food trends and fun facts. In the first segment we travel to an island off the coast of Argentina, which is apparently the birthplace of the potato (who knew?). Later, Jimmy pops over to Spain and discovers what the Western world's obsession with avocados is down to both agriculture – and organised crime. Apparently in some circles the humble avo is now referred to as "green gold".