On TV tonight, Marie Antoinette brings us more royal drama, The Madame Blanc Mysteries continue, In the Footsteps of Killers returns for a second season and Alan Sugar fires someone new in The Apprentice. 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
Marie Antoinette, 9 pm, BBC Two
As the royal family head to Fontainebleau for a holiday, the feud between Marie Antoinette (Emilia Schüle) and Madame du Barry (Gaïa Weiss) is reaching fever pitch, with the King caught in the middle . Madame du Barry persuades the Dauphin’s brother Provence to choose a wife and invite her along to Fontainebleau in the hope that he’ll produce an heir before Marie Antoinette and the Daulphin, who are still failing to form a connection.
But with the King siding with his mistress and Marie Antoinette’s position in Versailles hanging by a thread, she finds an unexpected ally.
★★★★★ NH
The Madame Blanc Mysteries, 9 pm, Channel 5
It’s hard to believe so much treachery happens in the beautiful French village of Sainte Victoire, but at least it keeps super-sleuth Jean White (Sally Lindsay) busy! There’s a double murder to solve this week, when Vivienne (Julia Brown) asks Jean to investigate the death of her mother, Genevieve, an actor killed in Sainte Victoire’s theatre in 1974.
The only clue to her murder is an inscription on Genevieve’s script revealing some treasure hidden in the theatre – prompting another thespian murder that suggests someone else is after the treasure. Can Jean solve a decades-old mystery and get justice from beyond the grave?
★★★★ RF
In the Footsteps of Killers, 10 pm, Channel 4
Silent Witness star Emilia Fox returns for a second run of her true crime series and will be joined by ex-detective Graham Hill and criminologist Professor David Wilson to investigate cold cases. In the first of six cases they look into the 1979 murder of 18-year-old Carol Lanne, whose strangled body was found in the Templeton Woods near Dundee.
Less than a year later the body of 20-year-old Elizabeth McCabe was discovered in the same area. Can the team uncover new evidence that will identify the perpetrator and finally bring closure for the victims’ families?
★★★★ NH
The Apprentice, 9 pm, BBC One
Lord Sugar summons the candidates to the northern Chinese restaurant Hutong at The Shard in London. There he tasks the candidates to make and sell bao buns, a traditional Chinese steamed bap. The teams must then sell savoury bao buns to the public, and also produce a bespoke sweet version wholesale to a corporate client.
Expect bun fights (sorry!) a kitchen explosion and a terrible maths mishap which all equates to lost dough. But who will Lord Sugar fire? You're Fired continues on BBC2 at 10pm.
★★★ MC
Best box set on TV tonight
An atmospheric supernatural thriller starring Line of Duty’s Martin Compston, Mark Bonnar and Iain Glen. The crew of the Kinloch Bravo rig are ready for danger, but not for the terrifying, unexplained events that start to unfold after a sudden power failure. As the rig is shaken by massive tremors, all communication to the outside world is lost and a mysterious thick fog rolls in. Then one of the crew is badly injured in an accident while other disturbing occurrences quickly follow….
★★★★ JE
Best film on TV tonight
Legend, 10 pm, BBC Three
Biopic of the Kray brothers, exploring their rise to power in the London underworld and conflicts with rival gangs from the point of view of Reggie's wife Frances, who remains devoted to her husband even as he remains equally bound to his brutal, unstable sibling. Starring Tom Hardy as both twins, with Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston and David Thewlis.
LB
Soaps
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
Live Sport
- Live Snooker: The Masters, from 1 pm, BBC Two
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss the gripping period drama Marie Antoinette on TV tonight.
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