TV tonight: a psychological thriller with horrifying consequences (original) (raw)
Cheat
9pm ITV
All the best psychological thrillers feature an ex-Corrie actor or two (see Suranne Jones in Doctor Foster and Sarah Lancashire in everything), so there’s reason to get excited about ITV’s new four-parter. Katherine Kelly stars as Leah, a university professor who gets dangerously involved with student Rose (Molly Windsor of Three Girls). What begins as an accusation of cheating soon snowballs into a battle of wits and wills – with horrifying consequences. Continues daily until Thursday. Ellen E Jones
Speechless
7.30pm, E4
Minnie Driver is the motherly force behind this sitcom about a family who move to a new area to get JJ, her teenage son with cerebral palsy, into a good school. Driver is fierce and great, while JJ (Micah Fowler, who has cerebral palsy) gets his share of funny lines as he starts school and is encouraged to run for class president. Hannah Verdier
Dispatches: The Brexit Millionaires
8pm, Channel 4
As the misery of a no-deal Brexit looms, it is reassuring to know that some enterprising souls have got rich since the referendum, reportedly by betting against Britain. Antony Barnett also examines other “winners”, including consultancy firms brought in to help government in this time of uncertainty. David Stubbs
The Choir: Our School By the Tower
9pm, BBC Two
It is hard to stifle a certain queasiness about the horror of Grenfell Tower being mined for reality TV. But this two-parter in which Gareth Malone creates a homecoming concert by (and for) the pupils of Kensington Aldridge Academy is sensitively done. Heartbreaking and uplifting by turns. Phil Harrison
This Time with Alan Partridge. Photograph: BBC Studios/Andy Seymour
This Time With Alan Partridge
9.30pm, BBC One
After last week’s awkwardness, Alan is back in his astonishing puffer jacket and back on top, letting us in on both his weekly meat consumption and his views on corporal punishment. An inch broader than some previous Partridges, but no less expertly constructed, with big laughs everywhere. Jack Seale
Baewatch: Parental Guidance
10pm, E4
This new series – branded the “ultimate relationship test” by its makers – is in effect BBC Three’s Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents for grownups. Couples believe they’re filming a TV show about their relationships, while their in-laws critique from afar. Alternatively, everyone involved could just go for lunch once in a while. Hannah J Davies
The Bling Ring. Photograph: Allstar/STUDIOCANAL/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Film choice
The Bling Ring 1.20am, Film4 Sofia Coppola’s strange-but-true story follows a bunch of spoilt LA teens who took to burgling the mansions of celebrities, including Paris Hilton (in whose home some of the scenes were shot), in 2009. Emma Watson is their leader, in a highly sympathetic, pretty unquestioning portrait of youthful celebrity addiction. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
Cycling: Paris-Nice 2.15pm, Eurosport 2 Stage two, a 163.5km route from Les Bréviaires to Bellegarde.
Scottish Premiership Football St Mirren v Kilmarnock, 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event Killie, without a win in eight, visit the Simple Digital Arena.
Test Cricket New Zealand v Bangladesh, 9.55pm, Sky Sports Cricket Wellington’s Basin Reserve hosts.