On TV tonight, it's all about the layers in Bake Off: The Professionals on C4, although not in the way Stacey thinks! New comedy Ellie & Natasia begins on BBC Three and Everything I Know About Love continues on BBC One. Art critic Waldemar Januszczak has a new series, The Art Mysteries, on Sky Arts and there's a powerful documentary on BBC Two, The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN. 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
Bake Off: The Professionals, 8pm, C4
It’s all about the layers in tonight’s first challenge as the show returns to its Tuesday slot following the international football. The remaining bakers create 24 magnificent mini-celebration cakes, plus 24 of patisserie classic Les Misérables, which, despite its sad name, is a delicious mix of almond sponge and buttercream. Then the bakers swap layers for towers as they are tasked with building a grand pièce montée (a decorative confectionary centrepiece), using 160 choux buns in two different flavours and themed on greatest moments in history. Phew, one more team will be history as judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden cast their judgements.
★★★★ JL
Ellie & Natasia, 10pm, BBC Three
Any casual viewer of TV comedy is likely to be familiar with Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou – together, they’ve appeared in the BAFTA-winning Stath Lets Flats and, separately, The Other One (Ellie) and What We Do in the Shadows (Natasia). Following a successful pilot in 2019, now they’ve written and performed their own self-titled sketch series. It’s a notoriously difficult format to get right, but this is fresh and funny (especially a haunted dentist) and fans of ‘Internet Nails’ from the pilot will be pleased to see its return. Guest stars include Harry Hill, David Morrissey and (Natasia’s brother) Jamie Demetriou and Simon Bird, who also directs.
★★★★ JP
Everything I Know About Love, 10.40pm, BBC One
Things get pretty racy tonight as the housemates discuss their sex lives (with some steamy visual reminders for viewers), and Maggie learns that Birdy and Nathan have said the L-word to each other. This inspires her to attempt the same with Street, who promptly laughs in her face. (Told you he was a wrong’un.) Hurt, Maggie heads home with Birdy for a parental check-in, but upsets her best friend by telling Birdy’s mum all about Nathan. Having apparently not burned enough bridges for one weekend, Maggie proceeds to infuriate her mum (Sophie Thompson) with her behaviour at a charity fundraiser…
★★★ SP
The Art Mysteries, 7pm, Sky Arts
Art critic Waldemar Januszczak seeks hidden meanings within some of the world's most famous paintings. This week he begins with Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and an early masterpiece from Thomas Gainsborough called Mr and Mrs Andrews.
★★★ JL
The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN, 9pm, BBC Two
What happens when the institution tasked with upholding the world's sense of right and wrong, is accused of corruption and abuse? That's the subject of this feature-length documentary based on the testimonies of individuals who have worked at the UN for many years. The whistleblowers claim that many departments and agencies, including The Human Rights Council and the World Food Programme, are also places where sexual abuse and corruption is occurring, with a culture of untouchability making it extremely difficult to tackle.
★★★★ JL
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
The Lazarus Project, Sky Box Sets/NOW
Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton offers up a fast-paced new entry into the sci-fi canon with this eight-part series, as George (I May Destroy You’s Paapa Essiedu) gets recruited into a top-secret organisation with the power to reset time if humanity is threatened with extinction. At first, he’s delighted with his new superhero-esque gig, but then he’s struck by a personal tragedy – which he isn’t allowed to undo. This excellent thriller deploys moral dilemmas and high-octane chase scenes, and it boasts a cracking ensemble cast which includes Caroline Quentin.
Best film to watch on TV today
Glass, 9pm, Film4
M Night Shyamalan ties together characters from two of his most successful and memorable movies, 2000's devious supernatural psychodrama Unbreakable and 2016's bizarre thriller Split. Bruce Willis's security guard-turned-indestructible vigilante, Samuel L Jackson's brittle-boned criminal mastermind and James McAvoy, the disturbed kidnapper with multiple personalities, all wind up in a Philadelphia asylum under the care of Sarah Paulson's steely shrink. Even if Shyamalan's surprise ending is a bit of a letdown, the movie boasts another stunning turn from McAvoy and, as you'd expect, some neck-snapping twists, too.
Live Sport
- Tennis: Eastbourne, 1pm, BBC Two
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30pm, C4
- Neighbours, 6pm, Channel 5
- Home and Away, 6pm & 6.30pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Bake Off: The Professionals on TV tonight — the amazing bakes just get bigger and better as this series continues.
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Happy viewing!
