The most Londony shows on TV and radio this week.
Monday
A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4, 19.45-20.00) Relics from the first attempts at cookery, from the British Museum.
Inside Out (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) Dan Cruickshank investigates the archaeological remains of Shakespeare's first theatre while, improbably, Linford Christie traces a connection between a Peckham youth club and Elizabeth Taylor.
Tuesday
A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4, 19.45-20.00) One of the earliest depictions of sex in art, from the British Museum.
Send In The Dogs (ITV1, 20.00-21.00) Following the Metropolitan Police's dog unit around the streets of London.
Eastenders: The Greatest Cliffhangers (BBC3, 20.00-21.00) Altogether now: "Dum, dum, dum, dumdumdum".
Wednesday
A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4, 19.45-20.00) Egypt before the Pharaohs, at the British Museum
Thursday
Open country: Eel Pie Island (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) The culture of the notorious Thames island.
A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4, 19.45-20.00) A Mayan maize god, from the British Museum.
Friday
A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4, 19.45-20.00) A 7000-year-old Japanese pot from the British Museum
Shaun of the Dead (ITV2, 21.00-23.05) Yet another chance to catch the London zom-com.
Saturday
Dr Johnson's Dictionary of Crime: A for Assassin (Radio 4, 14.30-15.30) Johnson and Boswell romp through the Georgian underworld in what, from the title at least, sounds like a long, long series of adventures.