TV Tonight: Our highlights for Tuesday, February 28

The Diplomat on Alibi sees Sophie Rundle and Danny Sapani leading the cast.

The Diplomat starts on Alibi tonight. (Image credit: UKTV)

On TV tonight, Sophie Rundle stars as British consul Laura Simmonds in The Diplomat, a one off documentary takes us inside Chorley’s Mormon Missionary Training Centre, and Sarah Moore stars in Home Greek Home. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.

Our hand-selected recommendations for what's on TV tonight include TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set
Keep up to date with the latest soap spoiler storylines on TV tonight with our daily soap synopsis
For more information about what’s on TV tonight see our TV Guide

What's on TV tonight

Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight...

Best TV shows on TV tonight

The Diplomat, 9pm, Alibi

The Spanish city of Barcelona is the eye-catching backdrop to this series starring Gentleman Jack’s Sophie Rundle as British consul Laura Simmonds, whose job revolves around helping DBNs - aka ‘distressed British nationals’. In episode one, following the death of a British barman in an apparent jet-ski accident, she’s assisting the bereaved father, who’s flown in to identify the body and suspects there’s more to the case than meets the eye.

Meanwhile, the newly arrived consul general, who seems overly keen to send the grieving dad home, gets a mixed reception, and a hen party from Merthyr Tydfil has a close encounter with a mugger.

★★★★ IM

The Mormons are Coming, 9 pm, BBC Two

Cameras have never been allowed inside Chorley’s Mormon Missionary Training Centre before and it’s difficult to imagine them rushing back given the sometimes ponderous fare on offer in this one-off documentary. The film follows three of the 800 young adults who come from all over the world to train for their two-year missionary posts in the United Kingdom, and offers a fascinating and rare glimpse of life in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. All the participants are affable and happy to talk about their faith, family and hopes for the future, but it’s not easy getting beneath the surface.

★★★ SMA

Home Greek Home, 9pm, More4

Home Greek Home stars wearing high vis and hard hats — (Image credit: Channel 4)

Interior designer and BBC1’s Money for Nothing presenter Sarah Moore has a flair for recycling and she brings that passion to this series in which she restores a house on the Greek island of Skiathos to its former glory. Helping her are the locals she has come to know over her many years of visiting the island.

★★★ JE

Food Unwrapped Gets Fruity, 8pm, Channel 4

Hairy fruit – what’s that all about? Matt Tebbutt wants to know the answer and also heads off to Spain to find out why some oranges are easier to peel than others. Jimmy Doherty looks into the superfood claims made for pomegranates. Briony May Williams discovers how many apples are in a can of cider. And Kate Quilton wonders why cucumbers always come wrapped in plastic (technically a fruit – who knew?).

★★★ SM

Best box set on TV tonight

Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Netflix

Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium at Jeddah for the 2022 F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. — (Image credit: Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Formula 1: Drive to Survive is back for its fifth season, and follows the F1 2022 tour season. We'll get a closer look at the drivers, teams and races to give a behind-the-scenes look at all the thrilling drama of the sport.

This season, we'll finally see Max Verstappen giving interviews too after coming to an understanding with the team behind the documentary which should be a big highlight for fans. With all 10 episodes now streaming, it's the perfect bingeable documentary too.

Best film on TV tonight

The Bourne Ultimatum, 9 pm, Sky Showcase

Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum — (Image credit: Universal Pictures)

Amnesiac rogue assassin Jason Bourne's long-buried memories are reawakened by a British journalist researching the secret organisation that was responsible for transforming him into a killing machine. Meanwhile, a ruthless CIA director becomes convinced Bourne is still a security risk, and plans to dispose of him once and for all. Third instalment of the spy thriller series, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Scott Glenn and Albert Finney.