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Ellis
9pm, Channel 5
“It’s all about hiding the evidence in plain sight – it’s a Godfather move.” Sharon D Clarke is back as formidable DCI Ellis, who is parachuted in to rural northern England to solve failing cases, with DS Chet Harper (Andrew Gower) in tow. Their first murder is that of a village’s well-respected businessman, but it turns out that many of the locals held secret grudges against him. Hollie Richardson
Sort Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon
8pm, BBC One
More than 1,000 greetings cards, 762 trinkets and a collection of miniature pigs … Stacey Solomon and the SYLO crew have their work cut out at the Kings’ home. With dad Gerry dealing with early-onset dementia, their compassionate approach to decluttering is all the more important in this tear-jerker. Hannah J Davies
Aldi vs M&S: Battle of the Brands
8pm, Channel 4
Colin the Caterpillar v Cuthbert the Caterpillar is a retail rivalry like no other. It’s now four years since Marks & Spencer and Aldi reached a deal in the high court over copycat claims. But here’s Kate Quilton on a mission to find out which of them is (unofficially) the best supermarket. HR
Europe on the Edge With Katya Adler
9pm, BBC Two
Katya Adler travels through Germany, ancestral home of the US president, Donald Trump. With rising security threats, increased defence spending and tensions over migration and the far right, it’s a country “uneasy in its own skin … unsure of who or what to be”. Later, in Barcelona, she encounters National Day of Catalonia – and a country still very much divided. Ali Catterall
The Summit
9pm, ITV1
Only six climbers remain now as the adventurers enter the final stages of their epic, tetchy, potentially lucrative climb. And expect the contenders to thin out further as incessant game-player Dockers tries to form a secret group. When some chocolate goes missing, this building tension threatens to explode. Phil Harrison
Storyville: Mistress Dispeller
10pm, BBC Four
“In China, people who discover their spouse is cheating can hire professionals to break up the affair,” reads the opening to this striking film, which goes on to follow the real-life case of a “mistress dispelling”. As well as being extraordinarily candid and raw, it tells the wider story of a changing society. HR
Film choice
I Swear (Kirk Jones, 2025), Netflix
One thing that has been lost in the furore surrounding John Davidson’s outbursts at the Baftas is the film itself. As a plea for tolerance and understanding, Kirk Jones’s award-winning biopic of Davidson – who has Tourette syndrome – is moving and persuasive. And in Robert Aramayo it has a lead who throws himself wholeheartedly into a life that oscillates between desperation and hope, tragedy and comedy. Scott Ellis Watson is his equal playing the young John, who starts to develop tics as a teenager and finds his life falling apart. Maxine Peake and Peter Mullan, as the two mentors who help him see his potential, add lustre to a spirited and essential watch. Simon Wardell
Live sport
Cheltenham festival racing 12.45pm, ITV1. Day one features seven races.
Champions League football Newcastle v Barcelona, 6.30pm, Prime Video. Galatasaray v Liverpool, 5pm, TNT Sports 1, followed by Atlético Madrid v Tottenham, 7.45pm.
