Make Me Prime Minister
9.15pm, Channel 4
This new competitors, wherein Alastair Campbell and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi discover the UK’s different prime minister, is excruciating. Assume The Apprentice however with wannabe politicians. The 12 contestants (together with Zoom star Jackie Weaver) should full duties every week – beginning with saying a brand new coverage on training. Cue a humiliating press stunt, a heated TV debate and loads of snarky observations from narrator Sue Perkins. Hollie Richardson
The Nice British Bake Off
8pm, Channel 4
The consolation telly continues with a break from the candy stuff for bread week. Can the bakers, ahem, rise to the event underneath the watchful eye of Paul “The Breadmaster” Hollywood? First, they get cracking on a basic pizza after which there’s a extra difficult Danish sandwich cake to deal with earlier than considered one of them leaves the tent for good. Hannah Verdier
Sensationalists: The Unhealthy Ladies and Boys of British Artwork
9pm, BBC Two
In 1997, crowds flocked to see rotting cow heads, pickled sharks and Myra Hindley on the Royal Academy’s contentious Sensation exhibition. This stimulating three-part documentary celebrates modern artwork and appears again on the huge shakers in its historical past – beginning with the 80s. HR
Storyville: And Nonetheless I Sing
9pm, BBC 4
For Zahra Elham and Sadiqa Madadgar, competing in a TV expertise contest is critically dangerous. No girl has ever gained Afghan Star, and simply collaborating ends in them being threatened by males on the street. Can considered one of them presumably triumph? An already edgy movie turns into harrowing when the Taliban regain management. Jack Seale
Cunk on Earth
10pm, BBC Two
“What’s ironic about Jesus Christ turning into a carpenter is that he was really named after the primary two phrases you’re almost certainly to shout after hitting your thumb with a hammer.” Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) tackles the historical past of faith tonight – and it is likely to be her funniest half-hour but. HR
Business
10.40pm, BBC One
Selecting up a 12 months after the peak of the pandemic, the hedonistic graduates of Pierpoint return to probably the most sexed-up and scandalous workplace in London’s monetary district. Harper is struggling to make connections, till she befriends “Mr Pandemic” billionaire Jesse Bloom. And Yasmin is having fun with her new sense of energy a little bit bit an excessive amount of. There are additionally just a few new recruits to spice issues up. HR
Movie alternative
The Reward(Joel Edgerton, 2015), 9pm, Nice! Motion pictures
Actor Edgerton proved a dab hand at writing and directing with this psychological thriller. He performs Gordo, who nudges his means into the lives of an old-fashioned modern, profitable alpha male Simon (Jason Bateman), and his spouse, Robyn (Rebecca Corridor), after they transfer to LA. With the oddball Gordo’s curiosity in them bordering on the intrusive, if not pathological, Simon is decided to maintain him out, in a movie that cleverly teases us with the apparent earlier than sidling down extra attention-grabbing avenues. Simon Wardell
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