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Secret Genius
9pm, Channel 4
Alan Carr and “responsible adult” Susie Dent team up to find some of the thousands of undiscovered geniuses in the UK. “[They] just think you’re a minimum wage moron,” says hotel receptionist/drag queen CJ, who takes part in the first heat with 11 other “ordinary” people who have sky-high IQs, including a shepherd who taught her sheepdog sign language and a tree surgeon with four GCSEs. They’re a really likable bunch as they work through tricky tasks (one contestant successfully relies on the Cha Cha Slide) and viewers can play along. Carr is, of course, a beam of light as he delivers the news of who’s going through to the finals in Oxford. Let the battle of the brains begin! Hollie Richardson
Confessions of a Killer
9pm, BBC Two
This is the astonishing case of Northern Ireland dentist Colin Howell, who confessed to killing his wife Lesley and Trevor Buchanan, the husband of his lover Hazel – 18 years after it was ruled as a double suicide. In the second of this two-parter, Colin’s police tapes are played and he details how he did it with the co-convicted Hazel. But what, or who, prompted him to hand himself in to the police?” HR
Mission to Space With Francis Bourgeois
6.45pm, Channel 4
“I just killed a colleague called Alex in a medical space emergency …” Fortunately, Alex is a mannequin, and this was a simulation. But in the concluding part of this lovely documentary, Bourgeois begins to truly understand the pressures of becoming an astronaut: “Space travel asks you to sever the threads that tether you to the people that you love.” Ali Catterall
The Night Manager
9pm, BBC One
After its audacious halfway twist, the second series of the urbane spy thriller where everyone seems to have at least two aliases reaches its finale. With a political coup brewing in Colombia, how far is Tom Hiddleston’s rogue agent prepared to go to bring down his cold-blooded nemesis, “Gilberto Hanson”, once and for all? Graeme Virtue
The Beckham Feud: Truth & Lies
9pm, Channel 5
Families, eh? Brand Beckham shot into crisis mode when eldest son Brooklyn “broke his silence” on Instagram with stories claiming a rift between his parents and his wife Nicole Peltz Beckham. Here’s everything you need to know about the first big celebrity gossip of the year – minus the wedding party video we all want to see. HR
Mock the Week
9pm, TLC
This topical, satirical panel show was much mourned when the BBC axed it in 2022, after 17 years on air. Now TLC has revived it, with host Dara Ó Briain and regular panellist Hugh Dennis both returning. It’s just like old times, in fact, except the half-hour episodes have now been extended to a full hour. Ellen E Jones
Live sport
Premier League Football: Man United v Fulham, 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event Followed by Tottenham v Man City at 4.25pm.
International T20 Cricket: Sri Lanka v England, 1.15pm, TNT Sports 1 The second T20 in the three-match series from Kandy.
Women’s Super League Football: Man City v Chelsea, 2.05pm, BBC One Man United v Liverpool, led by Grace Fisk, is at 11am on Sky Sports Main Event.
Fifa Women’s Champions Cup Football, 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event The final at Emirates Stadium.
