TV tonight: Andrew Lincoln’s dark new drama will suck you in instantly

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Coldwater

Sunday, 9pm, ITV
John (Andrew Lincoln) is so dissociated from life that when he sees a man punching a woman in a park he runs off, leaving his own daughter behind. It’s time to swap London for a rural Scottish village with his sceptical wife, Fiona (Indira Varma). Their neighbours Tommy (Ewen Bremner) and Rebecca (Eve Myles) may be a bit kooky, but Tommy is an unexpected source of peace during John’s midlife crisis. The two men quickly bond over a new secret – but is John about to discover that his new mate is more than just a bit quirky? It’s a curious new drama – with some dark comedy moments – that quickly sucks you in and heads in unpredictable directions. Hollie Richardson

Educating Yorkshire

8pm, Channel 4
A dilemma for headteacher Mr Burton this week as this revived reality series continues. Year 10 student Scott is a rugby league prodigy with realistic hopes of a professional career. He’s also a handful. Can better behaviour be leveraged by rationing his sporting activity? Elsewhere, his classmate Alexa is struggling with anxiety. As ever, it’s funny, humane and charming. Phil Harrison

Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test

8.15pm, BBC One
Three years ago, Flintoff set out to prove cricket wasn’t just for the elite by forming a motley team of teens from Preston – many of whom had never played before. Here, he attempts the same in Manchester and Blackpool, showing kids “a different way” to build confidence. “You’ve just got to prove it works,” he says (spoiler: it does). Ali Catterall

Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India

9pm, BBC Two

Rylan and Rob Rinder are back with their enlightening travel series in which it is a joy to watch them learn, grow and bicker together. This time they are in India, inspired by EM Forster’s novel, and are still on top form as they start in Delhi. It’s just a shame, then, that it comes after Rylan’s comments on immigration. HR

King & Conqueror

9.15pm, BBC One

Could the English stomach having a Frenchman as king? William (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) tries to politic his way to the throne as a mildly stodgy but rewarding enough historo-saga marches on towards the inevitable. Harold (James Norton) isn’t keen and, just as importantly in this more gender-balanced take on the 11th century, nor is his wife Edith (Emily Beecham). Jack Seale

Walter Presents: Isolated

Midnight, Channel 4

This Finnish survival drama is gleefully suspenseful. After a ferry leaves the remote island of Utö, a strange sound vibrates across it and cuts off all communication – and a series of mysterious events lead the 40 or so locals to think it is something supernatural … HR

Film choice

Tár (Todd Field, 2022), 10pm, BBC Two

It has caused some disquiet by having its lead character, a woman, suspected of grooming, but Todd Field’s bravura drama is a fascinating and often unnerving exploration of the peaks and pitfalls of high-end creativity. Cate Blanchett plays Lydia Tár, the chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, a celebrated figure in love with her own voice. She’s married to first violin Sharon (Nina Hoss), with whom she has an adopted daughter. But her bullish self-confidence doesn’t help her cause when dark revelations about a past relationship surface. SW