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A great cast has fun in this drama about the death of a wealthy family’s patriarch. Plus: Jamelia plays Tina Turner in Just Act Normal. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, U&AlibiA great cast – including John Simm, Gemma Jones, Rakhee Thakrar and Niamh Cusack – for this rompy thriller about a wealthy patriarch who died by suicide … or did he? Businessman Jack Wright married three times and has a brood of grownup kids, so there is a lot of squabbling at the reading of his will. But while everybody is storming out in a rage, an autopsy prompts questions about Jack’s death. Hollie Richardson

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The proud Brummie has a weird but wonderful new travel series. Plus: Andrew Garfield’s family tree discoveries move him to tears. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky Max“It feels very profound but also completely worthless at the same time.” Only proud Brummie Joe Lycett could come up with this concept: visit all 18 places called Birmingham in the US and Canada and get them to sign an internationally recognised friendship agreement. Why? He wants to put his beloved city back on the global map – and he has the blessing of the lord mayor. First, he visits Birmingham in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, which boasts “a disused chemical plant and a post office” and where the “only hotel burned down 100 years ago”. Can he get the town to sign the agreement? Hopefully – there’s an International Day of Birmingham party at the end of the series for all to attend. Hollie Richardson

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A new series reports from Royal Blackburn hospital’s emergency operating room. Plus, a deep dive into Lidl and Aldi in Secrets of Supermarket Buyers. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Theatre 6 is the only operating room in Royal Blackburn hospital that is dedicated to unplanned emergency procedures – but who decides which life-or-death cases that come through the A&E door make it in there? This pressing new series shows us, starting with a young boy who is hours away from losing a testicle, a man with a suspected burst colon, and a patient who has self-inflicted injuries from needles in his neck. Hollie Richardson

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What can Catholic Harry Clark – who lied his way to winning the Traitors – learn about faith? Plus: The Piano hits Brighton Station. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Two

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The two musical mates take over the London Palladium. Plus: how much do you remember about the 70s? Here’s everything to watch this evening

9.05pm, ITV1

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The itinerant former MP’s Travel Diaries series arrives in the Italian capital of fashion. Plus: blustery blockbuster Twisters. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 5Next on the travel-hungry former MP’s itinerary: Milan. This hour-long, edited version from last year’s Michael Portillo’s Long Weekends features new material, and so we see him cruise around on a 1960s Lambretta, scale the Duomo, dress up in the fashion capital’s finest threads, make an Italian coffee and, of course, merrily eat and drink his way around the city. Hollie Richardson

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A thoughtful new series in which Jono Lancaster speaks to patients in a specialist clinic. Plus: who will be hired in the Apprentice final? Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4Terry was left with severe burns after his uncle set him on fire. Mia developed alopecia after her grandparents died. Another Mia hopes facial feminisation surgery can make her feel more herself. In this thoughtful series, activist Jono Lancaster invites people with facial differences to a clinic where world-class surgeons – without any judgment over their decisions – help the clients work out whether they really want to go ahead with a procedure or can be happy without one. Hollie Richardson

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Just Act Normal boasts a great cast of emerging screen stars. Plus: the twisty, turny history of the rollercoaster. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC ThreeA punchy new comedy-drama with a lot of heart and a really great breakthrough cast. Based on Janice Okoh’s award-winning play Three Birds, the series is set on a Birmingham council estate and follows three siblings – Tiana (Chenée Taylor), Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie) and Tionne (Akins Subair) – who are struggling to keep up appearances after their mum disappears. Romola Garai also stars as a well-intentioned teacher. Hollie Richardson

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A new documentary series about the front line of criminal justice. Plus: Alison Hammond presents a canine-centric moodbuster. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4

A juicy new fly-on-the-wall series inside the complicated cases taken on by the UK’s leading defence barristers. What does it take to defend a cab driver accused of transporting a whopping £1m worth of cocaine as part of an international drugs conspiracy? Barrister Matthew Radstone is about to show us. Meanwhile, was a case of alleged carjacking at knifepoint staged for an insurance scam? The two accused have different answers. Hollie Richardson

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Joel and Ellie face new threats in the second series of the mushroom zombie epic. Plus: knotty thriller Reunion continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticAnybody else hear a clicking noise? Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey’s hit mushroom zombie drama is back for a second season. It starts with a flashback scene, signalling major trouble ahead, but, in the present, Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (Ramsey) have been settled in a thriving community in Wyoming for the past five years. Joel’s most pressing problem now is that he feels emotionally estranged from 19-year-old Ellie (Ramsey) – who hasn’t told anyone about her immunity to the virus. Catherine O’Hara and Kaitlyn Dever are top additions to the cast, and though the opener begins slowly, it inevitably has an action-packed payoff involving Clickers – with the threat of new types of monsters to come. Hollie Richardson

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Jon Batiste joins Mika for a third series of Claudia Winkleman’s music competition. Plus: Bruce Parry’s last adventure. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4

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Varada Sethu plays Belinda in a series that also guest-stars Alan Cumming and Rylan. Plus: foam hands at the ready for the Gladiators final! Here’s what to watch this evening

6.50pm, BBC One

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