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His name is synonymous with wisdom and non-violent protest, but the details of his life are less well-known.

This fascinating three-part series, which comes to an end this evening, follows BBC journalist and newsreader Mishal Husain, whose grandparents were Muslims in India at the time of independence, as she explores his rise from obscure lawyer to national hero.

This final instalment sees Mishal examining the last years of the Indian political leader’s life, which culminated in his assassination in 1948 by Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.

The reporter discusses Gandhi’s visit to England in 1931, complete with newsreel footage of him meeting people from London’s East End and Lancashire.

She also investigates why it is that Gandhi is still revered as the Father of the Nation, after it turned its back on his vision of the country’s future, and explores the effects of the Partition of India.

Clever v Stupid (Monday, BBC Three, 8.30pm) Having a working knowledge of Latin is very impressive, but just how much use is it when all you really want to do is to persuade someone to give you a slice of cake?

This and other slightly odd questions will all be answered in the last of the present series of Clever v Stupid, the quiz show that pits boffins against average Joes to see if being academic also means you’re more creative and emotionally intelligent — and if there’s any truth in the widely held-belief that being brainy is not the same as having common sense.

In the last in current series, presenter Matt Edmondson looks on as a team of flight attendants take on a Latin master, a maths genius, a quiz mistress and a doctor of pharmacology in challenges including convincing a girl to hand over a slice of cake.

Their physical dexterity will also be put to the test when they play football wearing goggles.

Nature Shock (Tuesday, Five, 8pm) The documentary series examining freak occurrences in the natural world continues with an extraordinary study of a natural phenomenon that will change the way you regard Rainbow’s George forever.

This instalment explores a spate of hippo deaths on a nature reserve in Uganda.

Tests confirmed that the beasts were dying from anthrax, possibly contracted from infected soil. However, the unusual nature of the outbreak gave rise to a second, even more shocking theory — that the anthrax was being spread among the hippos through cannibalisation.

In August 2004, the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda was confronted with a most disturbing mystery. After a long spell of dry weather, hippos began dying in large numbers along the shores of the Kazinga Channel. As the programme reveals, it led to a startling discovery . . .