The Pride of Britain Awards is among tonight's TV highlights

Ashley Banjo and Carol Vorderman pose with the Pride of Britain trophy

The Pride of Britain Awards will celebrate another set of everyday heroes this evening. (Image credit: ITV/Ray Burmiston)

On TV tonight, The Pride of Britain Awards will celebrate another batch of unsung heroes, Sky offers up a new true-crime docuseries in Libby, Are you Home Yet?, Ben Fogle is about to jet off on his next adventure in Lost Worlds With Ben Fogle, and Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield front The Love Box In Your Living Room, a comedy show celebrating the BBC's centenary. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV tonight.

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Best TV shows on TV tonight

The Pride of Britain Awards 2022, 8 pm, ITV

Ashley Banjo and Carol Vorderman pose with the Pride of Britain award — Ashley Banjo and Carol Vorderman are returning to host the evening. (Image credit: ITV/Ray Burmiston)

Brace yourselves for the most emotional event of the year as celebrities, politicians and sports stars bow down and pay tribute to the nation’s everyday heroes and their extraordinary deeds in a glittering ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House. Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo are back on hosting duties, while famous faces including David Beckham, Michael Sheen, Mel B, Dame Joan Collins, Sir Mo Farah, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Sir Rod Stewart and Lionesses’ captain Leah Williamson will join in celebrating the 12 worthy winners. With awe-inspiring stories of bravery, kindness and selflessness, it’s unlikely there’ll be a dry eye in the house!

★★★★★ RM

Libby, Are You Home Yet?, 9 pm, Sky Crime and NOW

Key art for Libby Are You Home Yet? — This Sky documentary unravels the tragic story of Libby Squire. (Image credit: Sky UK)

On January 31, 2019, 21-year-old philosophy student Libby Squire was turned away from a nightclub in Hull for being too drunk, so her friend got her a taxi home. But Libby never got there and this three-part documentary charts her disappearance, the huge manhunt that followed and the eventual murder trial and conviction of Polish butcher Pawel Relowicz. Including interviews with Libby’s mum Lisa, her friends and those involved in the investigation, it tells the heartbreaking story of an ordinary night out that went so badly wrong.

★★★★ NH

Lost Worlds With Ben Fogle, 9 pm, Channel 5

Presenter Ben Fogle poses for Lost Worlds With Ben Fogle — Ben Fogle (pictured) is setting off for a new adventure. (Image credit: Channel 5)

In the 1950s Detroit was the richest city in America. Now, huge parts of the former global powerhouse resemble a war zone. Crime is sky-high, schools are closed, factories derelict and houses abandoned. It looks like a natural disaster has ripped through, except this tsunami was all man-made, as the perfect storm of economic collapse, an influx of drugs and an exodus of people has left the city a crumbling shadow of what it once was. Ben is definitely a fish out of water as he explores the no-go areas and is moved to tears by one woman’s story of losing three children to violent crime. But he also finds hope as he tracks down the inspiring individuals who refuse to give up on their troubled city.

★★★★ JL

The Love Box In Your Living Room, 9 pm, BBC Two

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse dressed up for The Love Box In Your Living Room — This BBC Two sketch show recounts Britain's history through the eyes of the BBC over the last 100 years. (Image credit: BBC)

Comedians Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield celebrate 100 years of the BBC with a montage of films inspired by real events from the past century. Archive footage edited with their own satirical sketches blends comedy with fact. For instance, who knew that Muffin the Mule was axed because of its connection to the world of drugs? Or that the first TV broadcast on 2 November 1936 was viewed by only 400 people. The duo also includes a spoof of David Attenborough’s educational film about sex featuring, not animals, but Sir James Dyson’s parents. A silly but entertaining romp through BBC history.

★★★ MC

Best box set to watch on TV tonight

Gangs of London Season 2, Sky TV

Sopé Dìrísù as Elliot taking cover in Gangs of London season 2 — Sope Dirisu as Elliot in Gangs of London season 2. (Image credit: Nick Briggs/Sky /AMC)

In the second season of this hard-hitting crime drama, we pick up the action one year later to find all is not well with undercover cop Eliot Finch (Sope Dirisu), now working as an assassin for "the investors". Back in London, Alex Dumani (The Capture’s Paapa Essiedu) is heading up Dumani Finance, while his sister Shannon (Pippa Bennett-Warner), who grew close to Eliot, is still in jail.

And as we are introduced to a new Algerian gang, it transpires that someone is selling guns without the permission of the people who run the underworld. Waleed Zuaiter joins the cast as the terrifying enforcer Koba. The action scenes are violent but brilliantly choreographed.

★★★★ IM

Best film on TV tonight

American Gigolo, 11.25 pm, Film4

It's compares and contrast time. On Paramount Plus there’s the TV series starring Jon Bernthal as the lothario who sleeps with middle-aged women for money. But back in 1980, this hit movie saw Richard Gere in the role of Julian, a sex worker who finds business and pleasure hopelessly entangled after falling for one of his customers (Lauren Hutton in the role Gretchen Mol plays in the update). It’s a role tailored to Gere’s strengths and he delivers a sensitive portrait of the loneliness of the long-distance lover. ★★★★ SM

Live Sport

UEFA Europa League: Manchester United vs Sheriff Tiraspol, 7.15 pm (k-o 8 pm), BT Sport 1
PGA Tou Golf: live coverage from the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, 6.30 pm