On TV tonight, Beyond Paradise continues, The Cleaner season 2 kicks off, there's more laughs with Would I Lie to You? and hit series Yellowjackets is back for another season. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Beyond Paradise, 8 pm, BBC One
Has Shipton Abbott become the destination of choice for extraterrestrial visitors? Following the sighting of mysterious lights, a crop circle appears at North Farm with an unidentified dead body in the middle of it – and as locals debate the possibility of alien involvement, the ever open-minded Humphrey (Kris Marshall) doesn’t rule it out. But why does the deceased have the last page of Great Expectations stuffed in his sock?
Meanwhile, Martha (Sally Bretton) and Archie (Jamie Bamber) are expecting an influential food critic at Ten Mile Kitchen – but while Martha’s busy trying to impress him, Archie keeps casting yearning looks in her direction. We smell trouble…
★★★★ SP
The Cleaner season 2, 9:30 pm, BBC One
Greg Davies is back as Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, the crime scene cleaner who provides the unusual characters he meets with solutions for more than just stubborn stains! Tonight, he gets to grips with the devastation left by a brawl in a pub run by landlady Lisa (Dame Harriet Walter) and her rather intimidating muscle-bound barman, Cuddle. And he soon discovers Lisa’s love life is an even bigger mess! A strong start to this second series – stay tuned to the end of the episode to see Greg as you’ve never seen him before…
★★★★ VW
Would I Lie To You?, 9 pm, BBC One
After an absence of a few weeks, the popular series returns tonight. It’s slightly surreal to see David Mitchell and TOWIE’s Gemma Collins inhabiting the same universe, let alone the same team. In fact, the latter may now hold the record for the longest WILTY? story ever – as Rob Brydon remarks, ‘Viewers will be pleased to hear that Gemma’s answer is now available as a talking book.’ Over on Lee Mack’s team, is Sally Lindsay telling the truth when she claims to have mistaken a cleaner for a doctor when having an intimate examination?
★★★★ JP
Yellowjackets season 2, Paramount Plus
How members of a girls’ school soccer team survived in the wilderness for 19 months by resorting to savagery after their plane crashed and how they have adjusted (or not) to normal life 25 years later is at the heart of this thriller. The action takes place across two timelines – 1996 and 2021 – and, as this second season begins, adult Misty (Christina Ricci) is helping Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) cover up the murder of her lover. But Shauna’s daughter is beginning to have suspicions… Meanwhile, perpetual outsider Misty is contacted by a fellow citizen detective, played by Elijah Wood.
JE
Best box set on TV tonight
Shadow and Bone is perfect for fantasy fans waiting for their next big fix. Season 2 picks up with Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) on the run after escaping from General Kirigan's (Ben Barnes) grasp at the end of the first season. Here, she's determined to bring down the Shadow Fold, the rift of darkness that divides Ravka in half. Kirigan's got other ideas, though, as he's returned from the center of the Fold with powerful new monsters at his beck and call. Expect more magic, more characters, and more romance.
MS
Best film on TV tonight
Identity Thief, 10:45 pm, ITV1
Soon to be seen as Ursula in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, Melissa McCarthy stars here as a grifter who steals the identity of a mild-mannered accountant (Ozark’s Jason Bateman). He sets out to stop her, which results in a madcap road trip from Florida to Denver. It’s not particularly subtle, but the main attraction in a Melissa McCarthy film is undoubtedly Melissa McCarthy and she’s never less than terrific.
★★★ JP
Soaps
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
- Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star
Live Sport
- Premier League: Everton v Liverpool, 7 pm (Kick-off 7:30 pm), Sky Sports Main Event
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Beyond Paradise on TV tonight.
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