Wednesday’s best TV: Trevor McDonald and the Killer Nurse; The Bisexual (original) (raw)

Trevor McDonald and the Killer Nurse

9pm, ITV The title jars, but this is an appalling, engrossing follow-up to the story of Beverley Allitt, the nurse who murdered four children in her care and attacked a further nine at Grantham and Kesteven hospital in Lincolnshire. We hear from surviving victims, now adults traumatised by the attempts on their lives; the original investigating officers, who almost gave up on the case; and interview tape of Allitt herself, soft-spoken, joking with officers and in total denial about her crimes. David Stubbs

Bad Move

8pm, ITV It is strange now to think that there was once something bracing about Jack Dee’s brand of deadpan humour. The second series of this overly safe sitcom concludes with Dee’s curmudgeonly city mouse being handed a key role at the village’s annual festival, an honour that brings him face to face with the dreaded Lantern Man. Gwilym Mumford

The Apprentice

9pm, BBC One After a punishingly early roll call with Lord Sugar at a London landmark, sales forces Collaborative and Typhoon head off to a bodybuilding expo. There they must display the strength of character to attract passing trade on the conference floor, a place with plenty of dumbbells on show already. Graeme Virtue

Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Maths

9pm, BBC Four The ancients thought mathematics was a gift from the gods. But is this “underlying language of the universe” instead something humans have invented, like a language, and thus as imperfect as we are? Dr Hannah Fry investigates, in the last in the series. Ali Catterall

9-1-1

9pm, Sky Witness As the drama about first responders returns, Los Angeles is baking. Which, of course, means lots of incidents where people get hot under the collar, including a road-rage incident and a veteran, who somehow gets a live grenade embedded in his leg. Adding star power, Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the cast as Buck’s sister, Maddie. Jonathan Wright

The Bisexual

10pm, Channel 4 Groundbreaking comedy or a gag-light slog? Your mileage may vary on Desiree Akhavan’s sexcom of manners, although the plot at least is moving at a decent clip. This week, Leila (Akhavan) wrestles with her newfound bisexuality, Sadie (Maxine Peake) makes a major life decision and home truths are divulged. GM

Film choice

The Fifth Estate (Bill Condon, 2013), 1.30am, Channel 4

Bill Condon’s dramatic account of the rise and fall of WikiLeaks, and the biggest information leak in history, is filtered through a bromance between the site’s founder, Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), and the tech activist Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl). It’s visually sparky, if ultimately unsatisfying. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Tennis: the Erste Bank Open Noon, Sky Sports Main Event. Day three of the ATP event at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna.

Champions League football: Liverpool v Red Star Belgrade 8pm, BT Sport 2. PSV v Tottenham is on earlier at 5.55pm on BT Sport Extra.

World Golf Championships 3am, Sky Sports Golf. Players from the various global tours face off.