The Midwich Cuckoos
9pm, Sky Max
“Attempting to kill it already?” a pregnant lady asks her unimpressed sister who visits bringing wine. It’s one in all many hints in regards to the bother forward within the idyllic city of Midwich – together with a newly arrived couple attempting for a child, and that lingering shot of a “voted finest city to boost a household” article. Quickly, there's a freak energy lower through which everyone falls unconscious, and all ladies of child-bearing age get up pregnant. The seven-part drama will take the identical sci-fi route because the 1957 novel on which it's primarily based, with psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Keeley Hawes) on a mission to resolve what is occurring. Hollie Richardson
Horizon: Making Sense of Most cancers With Hannah Fry
9pm, BBC Two
As a professor of maths, Hannah Fry is used to creating sense of issues by way of numbers and information – however how will this have an effect on the way in which she navigates a cervical most cancers analysis on the age of 36? On this documentary, she watches movies she recorded all through her journey, and speaks to specialists and fellow most cancers sufferers in regards to the actuality of diagnoses at the moment. HR
Taskmaster
9pm, Channel 4
Every sequence of Taskmaster has a wild-card contestant. This time it’s the superb Sophie Duker, who shows astounding – if completely, gloriously pointless – ranges of persistence tonight. Elsewhere, Greg Davies is decidedly unimpressed by the songwriting expertise of Ardal O’Hanlon. Phil Harrison
The Staircase
9pm, Sky Atlantic
In its penultimate episode, this labyrinthine true-crime drama – primarily based on a case that launched a thousand conspiracy theories – stays as opaque as ever. Sophie, a compellingly mysterious character in a present not brief on intrigue, strives to ascertain Michael’s innocence. Henry Wong
Massive Boys
10pm, Channel 4
“It’s like a Greek tragedy,” Danny says to his therapist about not having the ability to have intercourse at uni due to his antidepressants. We study extra about what is occurring in his residence life, with author Jack Rooke persevering with to discover psychological well being taboos with an ideal mix of tenderness and comedy gold. HR
The Flight Attendant
10.15pm, Sky Max
Cassie touches down in Reykjavík for tonight’s misadventures, after being led there by a cryptic textual content. Along with her more and more weird journey log elevating suspicion amongst her compatriots – primarily co-worker Shane (Griffin Matthews) – Kaley Cuoco’s comedian timing stays impeccable as this darkly waggish sequence ramps up. Danielle De Wolfe
Movie alternative
Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004), 9pm, AMC
In gentle of the risk to Roe v Wade within the US, this screening of Mike Leigh’s heart-rending 2004 drama is well timed. Imelda Staunton is excellent as Vera, a community-spirited, working-class mom in Nineteen Fifties London, who cleans the homes of the wealthy, seems out for her neighbours and performs unlawful abortions on Fridays. She does the latter unpaid to assist ladies in bother – but it surely’s a harmful process and he or she retains it a secret from her household. Amid the copious cups of tea and cameos from many Leigh regulars, the movie is a condemnation of girls’s decisions being criminalised and a reminder that the regulation isn’t the identical for each strata of society. Simon Wardell
Sport
Take a look at cricket: England v New Zealand 10am, Sky Sports activities Major Occasion. Day one of many first Take a look at at Lord’s.
US Girls’s Open golf 7pm, Sky Sports activities Major Occasion. Day one from North Carolina, the place Yuka Saso hopes to be topped champion.
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