9pm, BBC One A spin-off from Abi Morgan’s The Split, this is another glossy divorce drama with the same soapy beats – and more lawyers who have a better handle on their clients’ relationships than their own. Aria is expecting to inherit her family’s Manchester firm from her bereaved father; it’s why she’s been putting off her own wedding for 10 years. But an old flame, a high-profile case with a podcasting couple and the discovery of an affair soon change her course.
Hollie Richardson 7.45pm, Channel 4 Surely, there’s a high risk of comedians Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Richard Herring “cracking” up their competition in this starry ceramics contest? Host Liza Tarbuck keeps it under control as they are tasked with making a kids’ desk set and pulling off the art of sprigging. HR 9pm, BBC Two Simon Reeve has never been afraid to get his hands dirty, and this four-part series of journeys to the most remote regions of Earth sees him plunging into more muddy, gripping adventures.
He begins in Papua New Guinea trekking through the jungle in search of the elusive, outrageously cute “tree kangaroo”, the tenkile. Phil Harrison Smashing police misogyny and solving crimes is all in a day’s work for DI Emma Crane (Michelle Keegan) in this new drama. After a teenage girl is murdered in murky circumstances, detectives search for answers, but it’s the subplot of corruption and wrongdoing that’s the one to watch.
Hannah Verdier 9pm, Channel 4 The latest reality spectacle loosely masquerading as a social experiment continues to be entertaining. Things get a bit Walking Dead this time as baseball bats are brandished after a dispute over stolen chickens threatens to escalate. However, one of the Westsiders is disaffected and pondering a defection.
PH 9pm, Sky Documentaries An interesting companion piece to 2023’s Remembering Gene Wilder, Chris Smith’s intimate film focuses more on the actor’s anxieties, perfectionism, withdrawal from public life and search for meaning. Archive, interviews and previously lost footage flesh out the picture, while Wilder’s nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman provides a personal lens. Ali Catterall The brutal realities of prison life in Britain are dissected in Cal McMau’s claustrophobic, sweatily tense drama.
David Jonsson, soon to be the next Black Panther, plays a very different hero here: Taylor, a drug addict incarcerated for manslaughter. He’s soon to be eligible for parole so he’s trying to keep his head down. Unfortunately, his new cellmate, Dee (a menacing Tom Blyth), will do anything to take over the jail’s drug trade from Paul (Alex Hassell, definitely not in Rivals mode) and forces the desperate Taylor to assist him.
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