TV tonight: Martin Compston returns in forensics drama Traces

Traces

9pm, Alibi

The watchable Scottish forensics drama returns for a second season (again on Alibi, after its quick switch to the BBC throughout the pandemic) and issues kick off with a literal bang: the ladies of the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy get caught in to discovering out who’s behind a Dundee bombing. In the meantime, Daniel (Martin Compston) prepares for his dad’s homicide trial, however can be celebrating some excellent news (although others assume it’s horrible). Simply be careful for the clunky, typically cringeworthy dialogue. Hollie Richardson

This Is Going to Harm

9pm, BBC One

Not a single second is wasted on this comedy-drama concerning the actuality of being an NHS physician. Tonight’s highlights: an excruciating banquet with a good friend and his pregnant fiance (“We’re going to ‘play it secure’ and go personal,” she declares); the rediscovery of a “misplaced” Kinder Shock egg; and a flurry of razor-sharp quips to digital camera from Ben Whishaw. HR

The Gilded Age
Denée Benton and Christine Baranski in The Gilded Age. Photograph: Alison Cohen Rosa/Heyday Productions/ LLC/Common Tv LLC

The Gilded Age

9pm, Sky Atlantic

“I haven’t been thrilled since 1865.” Christine Baranski remains to be in tremendous, sharp-tongued kind right here. Episode 4 picks up within the aftermath of the tragedy – will Mr Russell endure any ethical penalties? He's too busy coping with an indecent proposal (the raunch issue goes up a notch). In the meantime, Marian is considering a future with Mr Raikes with out her aunts’ approval. HR

The Satan’s Advocate

9pm, Sky Documentaries

Good man, Giovanni di Stefano … In case we haven’t had sufficient of appalling liars and frauds lately, this sprawling three-parter interrogates the weird lifetime of the would-be film mogul and convicted conman who claims to have acted as prison defence lawyer for the likes of Harold Shipman and Ian Brady (albeit with none formal authorized qualifications). Ali Catterall

Cheaters

9.45pm, BBC One

The superbly paced storytelling of this comedy about two neighbours’ infidelity is so satisfying it’s laborious to not want that each one sitcoms adopted its 10-minute-long format. In tonight’s trio of instalments, Fola and Josh proceed to pack sex-based laughs into their ever extra messily intertwined lives. Alexi Duggins

Lazy Susan

10.45pm, BBC Three

Celeste Dring and Freya Parker’s sketch present options them as Teesside teen boys and the leads in a mid-century Hollywood musical, in addition to in additional typical skits set in eating places and bars. Tonight: the very actual hazard of laughing one’s ass off. Jack Seale

At present’s reside sport

Winter Olympics 2022 Males’s slalom, 12.55am, BBC One. The British skier Dave Ryding goes for gold.

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