On TV tonight, is Joe guilty? The police certainly think he could be as The Suspect continues on ITV. House of the Dragon is on Sky Atlantic and a new series of Second Hand for 50 Grand begins on C4. Cooking and crime are combined in drama Recipes for Love and Murder on Acorn TV and there's a special time traveling episode of EastEnders on BBC One. 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
The Suspect, 9 pm, ITV
His erratic behaviour and failure to mention previous links to the murder victim, nurse Catherine (Tara Lee), have already cast deep suspicion on Dr Joe O’Loughlin (Aidan Turner). When new evidence comes to light and a grim discovery is made in a canal, Joe is promptly arrested on suspicion of murder! Joe’s loyal wife, Julianne (Camilla Beeput) is horrified, and a vicious showdown ensues between the married couple when more revelations come to light. Meanwhile, Joe’s unstable patient, Bobby Moran, (played brilliantly by Bobby Schofield), also sets alarm bells ringing when he makes some very dangerous admissions. Gripping all the way!
★★★★★ TL
House of the Dragon, 9 pm, Sky Atlantic
They’ve been circling the skies and growling menacingly, but the dragons finally arrive at the party in a hail of fire and fury. Prince Daemon’s brutal confrontation with a gruesome pirate known as the Crabfeeder will grab all the headlines, but with three years having passed since we were last in Westeros, this week’s episode is also an interesting study of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and his daughter Princess Rhaenyra. As heir to the Iron Throne, she’s not short of proposals, but the only man she seems interested in is hunky knight Ser Criston Cole. Who can blame her?
★★★★★ SMA
Second Hand for 50 Grand, 10 pm, C4
You can’t beat a good fly-on-the-wall series to see how the other half lives and this three-parter into the world of big spenders is a corker. Following last year’s successful pilot episode, cameras go behind the scenes of Xupes, an upmarket boutique business that tracks down and sells pre-owned luxury items for its mega-rich VIP clients. With requests ranging from £400,000 designer handbags to rare £3million watches, founder and owner Joe, watchmaker Megan and handbag expert Reece have their work cut out. Reece rises to the challenge when regular client Mark asks him to sell part of a £300,000 designer handbag collection – how totally normal!
★★★★ RF
Recipes for Love and Murder, Acorn TV (via Amazon app)
Based on the Sally Andrew books, this quirky South Africa-set series is an unusual mix of ‘food porn’ and crime stories, in which talented cook-turned-agony aunt Maria solves mysteries, in between cooking up delicious dishes. Irish singer and actor Maria Doyle Kennedy, who made her acting debut in Alan Parker’s The Commitments, impresses as ‘Tannie’ (‘Auntie’ in Afrikaans) Maria, whose new job writing the advice column on the local paper takes a dark turn when she fears one of her correspondents is a victim of domestic violence. Meanwhile, we discover that Maria has her own dark secrets that she’s keen to keep under wraps.
★★★★ IM
EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
It’s a polyester-fest in Walford as EastEnders goes back in time to 1979 to explore the Mitchells’ past, which, we’re told, will shed more light on Phil’s rocky present with DCI Keeble. Jaime Winstone, who was terrific as a young Barbara Windsor in Babs, reconnects with the late, great Dame to play Peggy, but there’s not a single ‘Get arta my pub!’ to be heard. This is Peggy in her thirties — cleaning, cooking and vying to keep her boys on the straight and narra (well, she tried). ’Enders bosses say this is a one-off special, but could a follow-up series be in the pipeline?
★★★★ AS
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Devil in Ohio, Netflix
Bones star Emily Deschanel plays Suzanne Mathis, a psychiatrist who has her life turned upside down when teenager Mae (Madeleine Arthur) is brought into her hospital for evaluation after escaping a cult in this new eight-part thriller. But when Suzanne decides to let Mae stay at her home, a series of incidents leaves her family in chaos, and Suzanne’s daughter Jules (Xaria Dotson) suspects there’s more to Mae’s story than meets the eye. As the family and a local cop try to unravel the clues of Mae’s mysterious past, they end up in a fight to survive against the sinister cult. It also uncovers Suzanne’s backstory and asks why she takes Mae home in the first place and why she goes so far to help the troubled teen?
Best film to watch on TV tonight
The Sisters Brothers, 11.15 pm, BBC Two
French director Jacques Audiard brings an outsider’s curious eye to this most unusual Western based on Patrick deWitt’s 2011 novel about a pair of fraternal gunslingers for hire at the time of the California Gold Rush. John C Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix are superb as the bickering pair, and Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal are equally good as their quarry. There are bursts of violent gunplay plus moments of wry comedy.
Live Sport
- EFL, Middlesbrough vs Sunderland, 7.30 pm (k-o 8 pm), Sky Sports Main Event/NOW
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, C4
- Home & Away, 6 & 6.30 pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss The Suspect on TV tonight — do you think Dr Joe O’Loughlin could be guilty? Another thrilling episode of this tense drama.
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Happy viewing!
