On TV tonight, the National Television Awards are back, Celebrity MasterChef enters finals week, new BBC drama The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies continues and it's the grand final of Bake Off: The Professionals. 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
National Television Awards 2023, 8 pm, ITV1
Settle in for a night of stars and speeches as our favourite performers, presenters and actors gather at London’s O2 for this year’s awards ceremony. Joel Dommett returns as host and will be introducing new categories, including best TV Interview, as well as surprise guests and emotional tributes to beloved legends we lost this year.
Some of the most hotly contested categories include Drama Performance, which sees Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire and James Norton go head-to-head, and best TV Presenter, in which Ant and Dec face competition from Alison Hammond, Bradley Walsh, Claudia Winkleman and Martin Lewis. Let battle commence!
★★★★ TL
Celebrity MasterChef, 8 pm, BBC One
It’s Finals Week, with five remaining celebrities vying for the MasterChef title. In tonight’s episode, they head to East Sussex, where they make lunch for 20 hungry Scouts working towards their survival badge on the South Downs – but the only method of cooking available to them is an open flame.
Back in the kitchen, the celebrities face another challenge – and only four will be going forward to tomorrow’s episode, which includes a theatrical showstopping dish and, for the final three, a Chef’s Table including Raymond Blanc, Anna Haugh and Nieves Barragán Mohacho. Continues tomorrow and Friday.
★★★★ JP
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies, 9 pm, BBC One
Revenge-seeking personal assistant and aspiring fashion designer Alice (Rebekah Staton) is swooping around saving the day like a caped crusader, all the while modelling her very own fabulously pink creation. After rescuing a poodle from drowning, she tries to reunite it with its owner Cheryl (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), intending to tell her that cruel con man Rob (Alistair Petrie) had intended to kill the dog.
But when she spies Rob on Cheryl’s doorstep, Alice must think on her feet and ends up twisting the truth to gain Cheryl’s trust. Is she turning into a con artist herself?
★★★★★ RM
Bake Off: The Professionals, 8 pm, Channel 4
The competition comes to a close, and the remaining three teams tackle a 1920s-themed final. They must create a dessert trolley with three delicious sharing desserts – a chiffon pie, a decadent jelly and a baked Alaska – and then prepare a stunning banquet display, reflecting the opulence of the decade, to feed 80 people. Who will judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden crown the professional Bake Off winner 2023?
★★★★ JL
Best box set on TV tonight
All aboard for Netflix’s live-action and action-packed seafaring show, based on Eiichiro Oda’s acclaimed manga series. The eight-part comedy adventure stars Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, an unflappable dreamer with supernatural rubber-like properties, who is determined to find the fabled piece of treasure and become king of the pirates.
As leader of a ragtag band of misfits known as The Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy and his shipmates on the Going Merry use their distinct skills to defend themselves against unpredictable villains such as deranged clown pirate Buggy. Starring Jeff Ward, Emily Rudd and Craig Fairbrass. Narrated by Ian McShane.
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Soaps
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
- Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star
Live Sport
- Live International T20 Cricket: England v New Zealand, 5:30 pm, Sky Sports Main Event
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
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