AGATHA RAISIN
**1/2 two and a half stars
8.30pm, ABC

Contributing to the abundance of British whodunits featuring non-constabulary sleuths operating in pretty villages with disproportionately high rates of homicides is this twee adaptation of M.C. Beaton's humorous crime novels starring Extras' Ashley Jensen. Perhaps the books are a rollicking read. This just feels fluffy. Jensen's Agatha Raisin is such a bumbling Bridget Jones that it's a stretch to imagine her capable of solving even these clumsy murders.

AERIAL ASIA
**1/2 two and a half stars
7.35pm, SBS

Although it's not nearly as relaxing as staring out of a train or boat window on the Slow Summer series, this vertiginous view of India offers plenty of historical and cultural context to its drone display. While it's interesting learning about ancient feats of architecture and engineering, religious monuments and Himalayan villages, the desire to get off and have a poke around on the ground gets stronger with each sweeping panorama.

THE TRAVELLING CHEF
Double episode *** three stars
7.30pm, SBS Food Network

MasterChef New Zealand winner Brett McGregor is as friendly and eager to please as nouveau cooking celebrities come. He spends this leg of his international culinary tour learning the intricacies of the Thai stir-fry on floating markets and at a swanky Hua Hin resort. Adhering to the travelling chef formula, he then takes his newfound knowledge and adds a Kiwi twist to make a yummy-looking lamb dish back on home soil.