TV tonight: Martin Compston stars in psychological drama Our House

Our Home

9pm, ITV

One other psychological drama through which an enviably well-designed household home eerily appears to tackle a lifetime of its personal and trigger bother (see additionally: The Lady Earlier than and Discovering Alice). One thing is afoot from the off on this four-parter, peppered throughout the week, as Fi (a perplexed Tuppence Middleton) returns dwelling to discover a new household has moved in with out her information. What has occurred? And why can’t she pay money for her estranged husband, Bram (a slippery Martin Compston)? Cue flashbacks to once they first moved into their dream dwelling, began a household and handled Bram’s affair. It’s foolish, juicy and guiltily good – with an attention-grabbing opening-episode cliffhanger.Hollie Richardson

The Actual Peaky Blinders

9pm, BBC Two

Some worthwhile historical past to go together with the drama as Prof Carl Chinn – who has a distant household connection to the gang – explores the tales of the real-life Tommy Shelbys. Seems the true Peakies had been deeply disagreeable bullies and most of their actions lacked even a smidgeon of outlaw glamour. Who knew? Phil Harrison

Panorama: Manchester Area Bombing – Saffie’s Story

8pm, BBC One

The story of eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos, who went to the 2017 Ariana Grande live performance at Manchester Area along with her mom and sister, will not be a straightforward one to listen to. She was the youngest sufferer of the bombing and a report steered she may need survived if she had obtained higher first assist on the scene. Panorama investigates her and her dad and mom’ story. Hannah Verdier

Katie Worth: What Harvey Did Subsequent

9pm, BBC One

Following on from final 12 months’s intimate documentary Harvey and Me, which explored Worth’s relationship along with her teenage son Harvey – who lives with a spread of advanced medical and behavioural situations together with autism – this unfiltered, one-hour movie catches up with them as Harvey prepares to go away dwelling for the primary time. HR

Life and Demise within the Warehouse

9pm, BBC Three

Persevering with BBC Three’s custom of utilizing fact-based drama to light up pressing social points, this one-off is about in a distribution warehouse the place the younger workers are intently monitored to make sure most effectivity. A trainee supervisor (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) pushes her pregnant buddy (Poppy Lee Friar) to work with out respite. Jack Seale

Starstruck

10pm, BBC Three

It’s Valentine’s Day and, predictably, issues don’t run too easily for our new couple. Jessie’s ex-boyfriend is sniffing round once more, whereas Tom is obtainable a job that requires him to work away for some time. Worst of all, although, is when Tom calls Jessie “kooky” and “quirky”. HR

Movie alternative

Kristine Kujath Thorp in Ninjababy.
Kristine Kujath Thorp in Ninjababy. Photograph: PR

Ninjababy (Yngvild Sve Flikke, 2021), 12.10am, Film4 This movie presents a comic book, artistic tackle the doubtless fraught story of a younger girl who turns into pregnant however is much from the maternal sort. Kristine Kujath Thorp’s Oslo-based Rakel is a would-be comedian artist, so when she discovers she is six months gone already, she conjures up the foetus as an animated “sneaky ninjababy” – one who illuminates her ideas and emotions by way of quirky if difficult asides. However Yngvild Sve Flikke’s drama does have a darker facet, too, because the disorganised, fearful Rakel offers with the dread prospect of motherhood. Simon Wardell

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