TV tonight: Josh Hartnett’s capitalism-crushing thriller The Fear Index

The Worry Index

9pm, Sky Atlantic

This new four-part thriller, primarily based on the Robert Harris novel, rolls groggily away from bed with an opener that would have conveyed the mandatory plot data in 1 / 4 of the time. Josh Hartnett, at all times cautious to not overact, is scientist-turned-hedge-fund-genius Dr Alex Hoffman, whose new algorithm is likely to be a step too far. Cue a plot to destroy the world’s monetary markets. Jack Seale

The Apprentice

9pm, BBC One

The undersung pleasure of this actuality TV basic is the second when Alan Sugar pays an early-morning shock name to the contestants and catches them scruffing about of their PJs. Count on to thrill within the panic of sleep-crusted enterprise goofs, earlier than they attempt to revenue off the rise in staycations. Alexi Duggins

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Artwork

9pm, BBC Two

Controversial profiled artwork tonight ranges from Otto Dix’s work (banned by the Nazis) and Derek Jarman’s work to Tyler Shields and Kathy Griffin’s “decapitated Trump” (it earned Griffin an FBI investigation). Beard explores a variety of contested tradition that has spoken reality to energy, or conversely, been weaponised to serve political ends. Ali Catterall

Nadiya Hussain with Kate Garraway
Within the sizzling seat … Nadiya Hussain with Kate Garraway. Photograph: Kieron McCarron/ITV

Kate Garraway’s Life Tales

9pm, ITV

Within the second episode of this brief however profitable run with Kate Garraway within the driver’s seat, she welcomes Bake Off star, cook dinner extraordinaire and the girl all of us need spherical for tea, Nadiya Hussain. Ever the open guide, she talks with candour about her psychological well being. Hollie Richardson

Who Killed Billie-Jo?

9pm, Channel 5

The 1997 homicide of 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins at her dwelling in Hastings was a high-profile tragedy that grew to become a nationwide sensation when her foster father was charged, convicted, however then in the end acquitted. This movie re-examines the nonetheless unsolved case 25 years on, with contributions from police, attorneys and forensic scientists. Graeme Advantage

First Dates: Valentines

10pm, Channel 4

What contemporary romance will likely be within the restaurant’s air tonight? Most notably, there’s a real arduous luck story within the form of 35-year-old Chris, who lately skilled the triple-whammy of redundancy, divorce and a coronary heart assault. Absolutely a change of luck is overdue? PH

Reside sport

Premier League Soccer: Liverpool v Leicester 7pm, BT Sport 1. From Anfield. Wolves additionally play Arsenal at Molineux at 7.15pm over on BT Sport 2.

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