On TV tonight, Jeff Bridges stars in The Old Man, a thrilling new series on Disney Plus, Nicole Kidman leads thriller Nine Perfect Strangers on C4 and Doc Martin continues on ITV. The Great comes to a close on C4 and Mary is on the Jurassic Coast for Mary Berry: Cook & Share on BBC Two. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight...
Best TV shows on TV tonight
The Old Man, Disney Plus
Appearances can be deceptive. Retiree Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges) seems quiet and frail, until an assassin breaks into his house in the dead of night and Dan neatly offs him with minimal fuss. It turns out Dan is a former CIA operative with a complicated history, and lots of people want to talk to him – or do something more violent than that. But while the FBI try to apprehend Dan, inside man Harold Harper (The Crown’s John Lithgow) appears to be helping him. So what exactly connects the two? A smart, sophisticated thriller with real heart.
★★★★★ SP
Nine Perfect Strangers, 10 pm, C4
Nicole Kidman leads an all-star cast, including Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Bobby Cannavale and Welsh favourite Luke Evans, in this latest mystery thriller from the people who brought us Sky hit Big Little Lies. The eight-part series was first shown on Prime Video, but makes its free-to-air debut tonight, telling the story of nine stressed-out city dwellers who attend a 10-day retreat at an exclusive California wellness spa. But neither Tranquillum House nor the resort’s strange owner, Masha Dmitrichenko (Kidman), are what they seem. It’s a fun ride with plenty of dark humour and strong performances.
★★★★ SMA
Doc Martin, season 10, 9 pm, ITV
If the Met Office were rating the doc’s levels of grumpiness, they’d be advising an amber alert with a high likelihood of him blowing a gasket… The arrival of reckless herbalist Jane is like an ill wind blowing through the village. There’s a high-pressure situation involving Mrs Tishell (Selina Cadell) and her pal Irene (Downton Abbey’s Lesley Nicol) on a kayak – although, let’s be honest, Mrs T in a neck brace/wetsuit combo is a sight to behold! And, because it never rains but it pours, Doc’s old flame, Sophie (Hermione Norris), lands on his doorstep. With Louisa showing symptoms of green-eyed-monsteritis, it looks like a storm might be brewing on the home front.
★★★★ ER
The Great, season 2, 11 pm, C4
There’s a nod to this show’s approach to history in the opening sequence as the subtitle changes from ‘an occasionally true story’ to "an almost entirely untrue story". But accuracy’s loss is our gain in this riotous finale. As Marial prepares to marry her nephew Maxim, who is eight years old (!), Catherine (Elle Fanning) learns that Peter was (inadvertently) responsible for her mother’s death… and all hell breaks loose.
★★★★ SP
Mary Berry: Cook & Share, 9.05 pm, BBC Two
Mary takes to the open water with a young scallop diver called Sam, who is continuing in his dad’s footsteps and fishing for these tasty shellfish off the Jurassic Coast. Back on dry land, Mary uses the fruits of Sam’s labour to make a delicious-looking dish of scallops with garlic oyster mushrooms and tarragon. She also learns about edible seaweed, goes fossil hunting with a local expert and rustles up a host of simple, hearty recipes, including chicken, spinach and tomato lasagne, and salted caramel cake.
★★★ JL
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Crossfire, BBC iPlayer
Keeley Hawes takes on dangerous masked gunmen in this intense three-part action thriller, which is so nail-biting that you may need a pillow to hide behind! She stars as mum Jo, who’s on a luxury Canary Islands holiday with her kids, husband Jason and their best friends when shots ring out by the resort’s pool, turning their world upside down. As ex-copper Jo bravely decides to take on the snipers, it transpires that she’s also hiding a terrible secret, which is set to tear the lives of her loved ones apart. The top cast also includes The A Word’s Lee Ingleby, The Bay’s Daniel Ryan and Line of Duty’s Anneika Rose, but don’t expect all their characters to survive…
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Blonde, Netflix
Marilyn Monroe was one of Hollywood’s most legendary and most troubled stars. This no-holds-barred, semi-fictionalised biopic, based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, sees an eerily accurate Ana de Armas (No Time to Die) play the Tinseltown star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot. The disturbed childhood of the former Norma Jeane Mortenson is dealt with, as are Marilyn’s frequently tempestuous relationships. Look out for Bobby Cannavale and Adrien Brody as versions of her husbands Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller.
Live Sport
- Women's Super League, Chelsea vs West Ham United, 7 pm (k-o 7.05 pm), BBC Two
Soaps on TV tonight
- EastEnders, 8.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV
- Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, C4
- Home and Away, 6 pm & 6.30 pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss The Old Man on TV tonight — Jeff Bridges is brilliant in this twisty new drama.
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Happy viewing!
