9pm, Sky Atlantic“If they play dirty,” says Nina Sosanya’s lawyer, Beatrice Ubosi, “we will be total and utter filth.” Let’s hope that’s a promise – this slick, stylish divorce drama could get seriously nasty. Sienna Miller’s film star Carla has her beady eyes on the fortune of tech slimeball Morgan (Dominic West). But as befits an extremely rich man, he has a very expensive and ruthless legal team.
Phil Harrison When a high-speed rail project threatens her cottage, pensioner Barbara (Phyllis Logan) defiantly chains herself to the porch. Can her grandson Peter (Max Harwood) – now a nervy liaison officer for the corporate baddies – resolve the situation? Unlike its HS2 inspiration, the results are cheap and cheerful.
Graeme Virtue 9pm, Sky OneThe zombie drama turns into something like a particularly fraught episode of ER, but not because of the undead: two rival gangs flood the hospital, with wounds they have inflicted on each other. It’s a delicate ethical dilemma for Maggie and co: can they just let them die? Jack Seale 9.30pm, BBC OneIt’s series 72 of the bulletproof satirical quiz and, from the rise of Andy Burnham to the bin-defeating triumph of Nigel Farage, Paul Merton and Ian Hislop have plenty to get their teeth into.
They are joined by Gyles Brandreth with Richard Ayoade in the hosting chair. PH 10pm, Channel 4Thirst rodeo: an unashamedly boozy knees-up in a London East End pub has turned out to be an effective delivery mechanism for Joe Lycett’s chaotic, raunchy energy. After variable efforts from previous guest bar managers Sara Cox, Lenny Henry and Mel Giedroyc, how will his celebrity supervisor fare this week?
GV 10.40pm, BBC OneAnother big-name lineup for Graham as the sofa is graced by Trump-friendly Hollywood lunk Sylvester Stallone. He’ll be joined by Catherine Zeta-Jones, 50 Cent and Andrew Garfield, touting his lead role in Paul Greengrass’s film about the peasants’ revolt, The Uprising. Probably best to stay off the politics, Graham … PH Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun, 2026), Mubi In her previous two movies, indie director Jane Schoenbrun explored the uncanny spaces we inhabit between the internet, TV and our daily lives.
For her latest dark and delirious drama, she delves into movies and their unsettling hold on us. Hacks’ Hannah Einbinder plays Kris, an up-and-coming queer film-maker hired to reboot Camp Miasma, a “problematic” Friday the 13th-style slasher horror franchise. For research, she visits the original’s reclusive star, Billy (Gillian Anderson), who, bizarrely, lives in the film’s abandoned summer camp location.
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