On TV tonight, a new batch of stars try and impress as Celebrity MasterChef continues on BBC One, The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo is on Channel 5 and Fiona and Philip investigate whether a simple sketch is really a valuable and original Modigliani as Fake or Fortune? continues on BBC One. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV tonight.
- Our hand selected recommendations for what's on TV tonight include three TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Celebrity MasterChef, 9 pm, BBC One
It’s a new week and that means a fresh batch of celebs ready to cook up a storm – or dish up a disaster! The fourth and final week of heats sees actor Adam Pearson, Strictly star Katya Jones, drag performer Kitty Scott-Claus, presenter Lisa Snowdon and former Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas nervously tie on their aprons and hope judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace are feeling generous. After cooking a dish with the mystery ingredient, the stars must cook a Mexican street food dish. Finally, it’s their time to shine as they prepare their hopefully well-practised Dinner Party Dish. Continues on Thursday and Friday.
★★★★ JL
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo, 9 pm, Channel 5
Whether you enjoy Michael Portillo’s TV shows or not, this jaunt (more a slog, actually) from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean along the Pyrenees does boast some spectacular scenery, and the sharp winter sun makes it look twice as good. In this second episode, he starts out from the Cirque de Gavarnie and hopes to conquer the remarkable Pic du Midi (more pin-sharp drone footage). Along the way, he meets a cyclist who gives him advice on how to build up his strength – "You’ve got to be kidding," Michael jokes – and reveals what Mrs Thatcher said to him the morning after he famously lost his seat in Parliament.
★★★★ SM
Fake or Fortune? season 10, 8 pm, BBC One
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate whether a delicate sketch of a woman and child is an original Amedeo Modigliani – an Italian artist whose work now sells for eye-watering amounts. Modigliani’s work is one of the most forged, so proving its provenance is a huge challenge. The search takes them to Paris, with the sketch’s owner Henrietta, to explore the bohemian life of Modigliani, who lived fast and died young before the true value of his work was recognised. Henrietta inherited the piece from her art-collector grandfather – did he pick up a valuable gem from the artist himself and, most importantly, can they prove it?
★★★ JL
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
The Capture, season 1, BBC iPlayer
Season 2 of this clever and twisty surveillance thriller began on Sunday, August 28 on BBC One, but you can catch up with the first six-part series, which initially aired in 2019, on the iPlayer. The lead in both seasons is the brilliant Holliday Grainger who plays Rachel Carey, an ambitious and determined police officer who thinks in this first series she is in control of her investigation about a possibly violent former soldier. But can she really believe everything she sees and is there a bigger and more sinister game at play that is hampering her attempts to get to the truth? Also starring Callum Turner as ex-soldier Shaun Emery and Ben Miles as Commander Danny Hart.
Best film to watch on TV tonight
The Queen, 8 pm, ITV
Monarchists and republicans alike will be riveted by this conjecture on events behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace in the days after Princess Diana’s death in 1997. Dame Helen Mirren rightly won an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her performance as the embattled Elizabeth II, trying to uphold archaic traditions in a country that no longer understands them. Michael Sheen is equally effective as Tony Blair, whose anti-royal sentiments gradually mellow as he settles into his new role as Prime Minister.
Live Sport
- The Hundred, London Spirit vs Birmingham Phoenix, 6 pm (start-time 6.30 pm), Sky Sports Main Event/NOW
- EFL, Watford vs Middlesborough, 7.45 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
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, C4
- Home & Away, 6pm & 6.30 pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Celebrity MasterChef on TV tonight — there's some good cooking in tonight's final heat as the celebs even surprise themselves with some delicious dishes.
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