TV tonight: can John Simm’s Brighton cop DI Roy Grace find a missing woman?

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Grace

8pm, ITV1
Who knows why some detective shows last and others don’t? Being low-key, a bit old-fashioned and without distinguishing features hasn’t stopped this John Simm vehicle, set in and around Brighton, surviving to a sixth season. Episode one is an inessential-ITV-crime-drama crossover, as Grantchester’s Rishi Nair appears as the husband of a woman who has vanished, for reasons not initially clear. Jack Seale

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

7.40pm, Channel 4
To watch Celebrity Bake Off is to ease into a state of complete relief, as you realise that the stakes are really, really low. This week, former child star Jojo Siwa admits she’s never baked before, comedian Babátúndé Aléshé provides lashings of humour, and the tray bakes are crumbling. Influencer Molly-Mae Hague is the only one taking things seriously. Micha Frazer-Carroll

The Other Bennet Sister

8pm, BBC One
More fun with the Pride & Prejudice spin-off, focusing on bookish Mary (Ella Bruccoleri), who is about to make her debut in London. She takes a liking to outgoing Mr Ryder (Laurie Davidson) but snotty Caroline Bingley (Tanya Reynolds) is lurking around too – and planning sabotage by requesting for Mary to sing. HR

The Capture

9pm, BBC One
“I can’t drive across London with a man tied up in my boot!” The moreish deep state thriller thunders onwards, with Holliday Grainger’s exasperated surveillance maven pursuing her own off-the-books murder investigation. Meanwhile, the SO15 team take a crack at Whitlock, their xenophobic prime suspect. Graeme Virtue

The Hunt: Prey vs Predator

9pm, Channel 4

This TV equivalent of The Hunger Games continues. Sadly, unlike the movie trilogy, it’s unlikely to inspire a revolution, but there are nonetheless power games-a-plenty as the predators team up to try to take down a player, alliances splinter, and the power dynamics are flipped on their head. Business as usual, then. Alexi Duggins

Boarders

10pm, BBC Three

Thrust into the pressure cooker of finals, tensions are rising. In the penultimate episode of the last ever season, Omar is caught in some lies concerning the art show and his true feelings for Jonny; Femi stands to lose his internship; and Leah’s singular focus rubs everyone up the wrong way. Priya Elan

Film choice

Creed III (Michael B Jordan, 2023), 10.20pm, ITV1

So the third film in a series which is itself spun off from Sylvester Stallone’s long-running Rocky saga might not sound particularly enticing, but there’s nothing like a right hook from the champ to snap us out of our franchise fatigue. Michael B Jordan, this year’s best actor Oscar winner, is dependably excellent as Adonis “Donny” Creed, and now he’s directing too, with several scenes worthy of both Stallone and Ryan Coogler’s imprimatur. Here Donny faces off against a foe from his hard-knock past (Jonathan Majors), whose challenge brings up issues. Ellen E Jones