Kym Marsh: Teen Mums And Me (Channel 5, 10pm)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (BBC2, 8pm)
Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport (BBC1, 10.45pm)

BROUGHT up on a housing estate in Wigan, Kym Marsh was one of the many girls who fell pregnant at a young age. She had her first child, David, when she was 19, and by the age of 21, had two children to look after.

“I lived on £80 a week,” she says. “It’s hard when you’re in that situation. When you’ve got two kids and you’re living in rented accommodation, it’s hard to get out of the rut.”

However, her life changed forever when she entered the show Popstars, and seized victory as part of the band Hear’Say.

The group may not have lasted long, but Marsh proved that not only was she a great singer, she was also a pretty good actress, as she revealed in Coronation Street.

In the documentary Kym Marsh: Teen Mums And Me, she connects with a group of teenage mothers in Manchester and sees the problems they’re up against.

With the aid of her own mother, Pauline, as well as intimate family archives, we discover what life was like for the Corrie thesp when she was in the same position as the young mums she meets.

She attempts to manage one mother’s budget and help another who’s looking for work. Plus, she tries to get across to some of the very youngest parents that it is okay to have a social life.

Marsh and partner Jamie Lomas have a baby girl, Polly, born in March last year.

Now she’s back on the cobbles in Coronation Street.

“I’m never still. I’ve got so much on, my life is so full. I’ve got two teenagers; I’ve got a baby girl; I have a little boy running here and there a few days a week; I’ve got Jamie to look after, who’s the biggest child of all,” she laughs.

Her Corrie contract is up for renewal in June, but if she quits the Street there’s no shortage of avenues she’d like to pursue.

“I’d love to do a feature film, or a good drama, and I’d love to do a bit of comedy,” she says.

“I’d also like to do a bit more musical theatre, because I did a little bit before I went into Coronation Street, which I really enjoyed, so I get to do a bit of singing as well. I have a few things on my agenda.”

WELL, we’ve seen it all now. We’re not averse to seeing a mix of genres or programme formats, but who would have thought that Sport Relief and The Great British Bake-Off would combine to create a new hybrid show?

So here’s The Great Sport Relief Bake Off, a four-part series with showbiz and sports stars attempting to produce a traybake, a perfect batch of wholemeal cheese scones and a meringue dessert.

Today it’s choreographer Arlene Phillips, broadcaster Fi Glover, businesswoman Saira Khan and art historian Gus Casely-Hayford.

They are trying to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood by rustling up pastry, and baking banana and chocolatechip loaves before tackling a tricky layered cake.

IN 2006 Stephen Fry presented The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, a moving two-part documentary.

With the aid of big names such as Carrie Fisher, Robbie Williams and Jo Brand, it helped many sufferers of the condition realise they were not alone.

Now there’s a sporting version – Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport.

The cricketer talks to sporting professionals about the impact of depression and also confronts his past issues as a player under pressure at the top of his game.

There is also an examination of the stigma attached to talking about the condition in the face of an often unforgiving public.

Among the contributors are Steve Harmison, Vinnie Jones and Ricky Hatton, as well as journalist Piers Morgan.