8pm, U&DramaAllie (Brooke Shields) is a bestselling “menopausal mystery” novelist; Andi (Amalia Williamson) is an aspiring true-crime podcaster. When they meet at a writing convention, it’s a boomer and gen Z culture clash. But then a murder takes place and the two team up to solve the case … Light, rompy crime drama fun.
Hollie Richardson 8pm, BBC FourCatch it on the radio or sit down and witness jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire in action, as he joins conductor Miho Hazama and the BBC Concert Orchestra to celebrate the legacy of Miles Davis. It’s a night of music from Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain and more. HR 9pm, BBC TwoJim Bergerac (Damien Molony) starts the tense season finale of the crime drama reboot at rock bottom, mentally dishevelled and facing the loss of his daughter at the hands of a vengeful criminal who thinks Bergerac fitted him up years ago.
An at-gunpoint warehouse showdown beckons, as does a test of loyalty for Bergerac’s colleagues. Jack Seale 9pm, Sky AtlanticIf you missed this pandemic drama the first time round, it’s well worth catching up. In these final two episodes, Jeevan (Himesh Patel) gets a crash course in obstetric medicine, there’s an emotional performance of Hamlet, and revelations abound about Miranda (Danielle Deadwyler), creator of the Station Eleven comic.
Hannah J Davies Tissues at the ready for an emotional ending to a sitcom that has been both side-splittingly funny and deeply poignant. Sue (Sue Johnston) is saddened when her son says they no longer need carer robot Linda (Diane Morgan). But what happens to Linda when she’s sent back?
Let’s just say, fingers crossed for a second season. HR 10.45pm, Sky OneThis adult animation starring Jon Hamm as a small-town detective isn’t as sharp as the likes of BoJack Horseman, tending towards the scattergun chaos of Family Guy. Still, there are moments of brilliance in this triple bill, starting with an episode guest-starring Amy Sedaris as a troubled former child star.
HJD Les Yeux Sans Visage (Georges Franju, 1960), 12.50am, Talking Pictures TV Georges Franju’s arresting 1960 horror is as interested in dreamlike images as jump-scare moments of terror – and in Édith Scob’s Christiane has a monster with the pathos of Frankenstein’s creature. Disfigured after a car accident, she sports a lifelike but eerie facial mask and drifts around her country house like a pale white ghost. Meanwhile, her surgeon father, Dr Génessier (Pierre Brasseur), and his assistant Louise (Alida Valli) abduct young women to supply full-face skin grafts for her.
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