On TV tonight, the charming Miss Scarlet and the Duke returns for a second series on Alibi, Cooking with the Stars continues on ITV and it's the last Lucy Worsley Investigates on BBC Two. Drama Everything I Know About Love continues on BBC One, while DIY SOS: The Big Build ends 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
Miss Scarlet and the Duke, season 2, 9pm, Alibi
Being a private investigator in 1880s London may not be a suitable job for a woman, but Eliza Scarlet (Peaky Blinders’ Kate Phillips) continues to defy the naysayers in the second series of this smart, funny and fervently feminist detective drama. Eliza is intrigued when her latest client needs help tracing a missing relative, but things get awkward when she realises she will need to reopen a case that was recently closed by Eliza’s ally and smouldering love interest, Scotland Yard detective William ‘The Duke’ Wellington (Stuart Martin). Will Eliza’s work prevent them from ever being more than friends?
★★★★ SP
Cooking with the Stars, season 2, 8pm, ITV
Four more celebrities get ready to battle it out with whisks and sieves and show off the culinary skills they’ve learned as their professional mentors watch anxiously in the wings. Kelly Holmes (being trained by Ronnie Murray), Love Island star Maura Higgins (mentored by Jack Stein), This Morning’s medic Dr Ranj Singh (learning from Clodagh McKenna) and The Chase’s Anne Hegerty (under the tuition of Jean-Christophe Novelli) each attempt to create the perfect Spanish dish. However, things soon get messy when there’s a wobble over a paella, panic over the tapas and the distinct waft of burnt meat fills the studio kitchen. Oops! Who is going to find themselves in the cook-off?
★★★★ TL
The Madness of King George: Lucy Worsley Investigates, 9pm, BBC Two
The Madness of King George won an Oscar back in 1995, but the movie starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren also helped propagate a famous myth about the 18th-century ruler. In tonight’s final episode, Lucy learns how monarchists diagnosed George III with porphyria (a blood disorder) in the 1960s to protect the Royal Family from the stigma of mental illness, but there are also some fascinating subplots on show. The historian has a real knack for examining the lives of folk from down the ages and she discovers some grim attitudes towards mental illness from times gone by.
★★★★ SMA
Everything I Know about Love, 10.40pm, (times vary) BBC One
Birdy (Bel Powley) is all loved up with boyfriend Nathan, to the annoyance of her housemates who are fed up of him always being over at their place. Maggie (Emma Appleton) attempts to distract herself with her own boyfriend Street, but his casually insulting comments are sending up a whole fleet of red flags and Maggie’s starting to question what he thinks of her. Look out for Jill Halfpenny popping up as Roisin, their landlord’s ex-wife.
★★★ SP
DIY SOS: The Big Build, 8pm, BBC One
Nick Knowles and the team head to Charlton Kings to help Pete, the primary carer for his wife, Sarah, and his daughter, Suzanne, who both have genetic muscle-wasting disorder myotonic dystrophy. Pete began building an extension to adapt the house to everyone’s needs, but has struggled with being both carer and builder. Can the DIY SOS gang battle through stormy weather to finish what Pete started?
★★★ VW
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Hacks, season 2, Prime Video
The delay between the first series of this acerbic yet warm-hearted comedy being shown in the US and the UK was such that it had already won a clutch of awards before being screened here. But it also means that fans haven’t had to wait too long for this second series, which sees veteran comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her chaotic twentysomething joke-writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) take to the road. Their relationship has never been better – but there’s a cloud hanging over them….
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Halftime, Netflix
Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez opens up about her life and career in an intimate one-off documentary that goes behind the scenes as she prepares for her 2020 Super Bowl performance with Shakira. Cameras follow the singer, who has sold 80 million records, as she talks about her reputation as a diva, and reveals her future ambitions. There’s an insight into her role as mother to teenage twins, plus an interview with her fiancé Ben Affleck, after the high-profile couple reunited. "I want my future to be full of love and happiness, with my children and my partner," says J.Lo. "Everybody wants somebody to grow old with, and I feel good about that right now."
Live Sport
- Nations League, England vs Hungary, 7pm (k-o 7.45pm), C4
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 7.30pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30pm, ITV
- Neighbours, 6pm, Channel 5
- Home and Away, 6pm & 6.30pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Miss Scarlet and the Duke on TV tonight – a charming take on a classic crime drama.
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Happy viewing!
