On TV tonight, David Tennant leads a thrilling new drama Inside Man on BBC One, as The Suspect comes to a close on ITV. Adding a little sparkle to the early evening schedule is the return of Strictly: It Takes Two on BBC Two, new camping show The Perfect Pitch begins on C4 as Britain's Greatest Obsessions continues on Sky History/NOW and BBC Two looks back at the former high street giant in Trouble at Topshop. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Inside Man, 9 pm, BBC One
Everyone’s a murderer – you just need a good reason and a bad day. That’s the premise behind this quirky new four-part drama from Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat. It stars David Tennant as an ordinary English vicar, Harry, who leads a perfectly ordinary life with his wife and teenage son. But one day, Harry makes a series of catastrophic decisions that unexpectedly lead him to cross paths with a US death-row prisoner (played by Stanley Tucci) and become entwined in the life of a maths teacher (Dolly Wells), who somehow ends up trapped in a cellar! A dark yet comically absurd thriller with a dream cast. Continues tomorrow.
★★★★★ HD
The Suspect, 9 pm, ITV
Get ready to do more detective work from home as connections from Joe’s past emerge. With the evidence for two murders stacked against him and another former colleague found dead, psychologist Joe O’Loughlin is on the run and going to desperate lengths to prove his innocence. When sinister revelations surface in Liverpool, he makes contact with DI Ruiz (Shaun Parkes), telling him to meet him on the roof of the hospital. However, it’s his wife Julianne and daughter Charlie who are most at risk when the disturbing truth emerges and events take a terrifying turn!
★★★★ TL
Strictly: It Takes Two, 6.30 pm, BBC Two
After all the excitement and glitter of Saturday's main show, hosts Rylan Clark and Janette Manrara return for our daily Strictly debrief. The pair will be looking back at the first live show, chatting to some of the couples who are mightily relieved to have got the first dance under their belts and looking forward to what is to come as the competition heats up. Choreography Corner is back with the professional dancers bringing all their know-how and expertise to reveal how the dances should look rather than how some of the stars (naming no names) made them look!
★★★★ JL
The Perfect Pitch, 5.30 pm, C4
Three teams of camping enthusiasts rate some of the best sites North Yorkshire has to offer as the new series of the review show gets under way. They begin their camping adventure at family-run glampsite North Shire, on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. And its luxury touches, including a large hot tub, appeal to experienced campers Nik and Harriet, who own a 38ft American RV dubbed Marbs 2! But could it be too posh for back-to-basics enthusiasts Emmy and Simon to earn the coveted five-star rating? Later in the week, the camping critics get to try out an eco-friendly campsite near York and a working farm on Ilkley Moor, with the title of "perfect pitch" announced at the end of the week.
★★★ HD
Britain's Greatest Obsessions, 9 pm, Sky History/NOW
After pubs last week, it’s pets this time around, with Chris Packham stepping forward to take Harry Hill and his "borderline national treasures" on a tour of his own obsession. Chris is the owner of two black miniature poodles and worries that they’re saying the wrong thing about him. Where did this relationship between the size of the pet and the manliness of the owner come from? It’s just one of many fascinating questions asked in a programme crammed with factoids of the "well, I did not know that" variety. Did you know the poet Lord Byron had a pet bear? Or that wombats have cubic poo? A cracking episode.
★★★★ SM
Trouble at Topshop, 9 pm, BBC Two
Remember Topshop? During the 1990s and early 2000s, every fashion-savvy woman shopped there, with tens of thousands squeezing through the doors of its flagship Oxford Circus store every day. But in 2020, the empire came tumbling down and its 300 UK stores shut for good. This two-part documentary tells the story of Topshop’s rise and fall and how it went into a slow decline following its takeover by Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green, who faced allegations of bullying and even took a £1.2billion dividend from the coffers!
★★★ HD
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Crossfire, BBC iPlayer
Keeley Hawes takes on dangerous masked gunmen in this intense three-part action thriller, which is so nail-biting that you may need a pillow to hide behind! She stars as mum Jo, who’s on a luxury Canary Islands holiday with her kids, husband Jason and their best friends when shots ring out by the resort’s pool, turning their world upside down. As ex-copper Jo bravely decides to take on the snipers, it transpires that she’s also hiding a terrible secret, which is set to tear the lives of her loved ones apart. The top cast also includes The A Word’s Lee Ingleby, The Bay’s Daniel Ryan and Line of Duty’s Anneika Rose, but don’t expect all their characters to survive…
Best film to watch on TV tonight
The Finest Hours, 11.15 pm, BBC Two
There is something old-fashioned about this stirring disaster movie, which tells the story of a US Coast Guard rescue in 1952 when an oil-tanker split in half during a raging storm. The action cuts back and forth between the parallel exploits of the two crews, with Casey Affleck’s sailor trying to keep the stricken ship afloat and Chris Pine’s doughty Coast Guard officer defying impossible odds to lead the rescue mission.
Live Sport
- Nations League, England vs Germany, 7 pm (k-o 7.45 pm), C4
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV
- Home & Away, 6 & 6.30 pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Inside Man on TV tonight — a twisty drama with a great cast.
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Happy viewing!
