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Amandaland
9pm, BBC One
It’s prom night for Georgie. Clearly, this event is right in Amanda’s wheelhouse, but her determination to muscle in on her daughter’s world is foiled by a kid with richer, more ostentatious parents. Still, at least Amanda can host the pre-party, even if her appalling mother, Felicity (Joanna Lumley), is stinking up the place. As this series ends, Amanda (brilliantly brought to life by Lucy Punch) has sealed her position as one of the great grotesque sitcom characters. Phil Harrison
The Future With Hannah Fry
7.30pm, BBC Two
It is easy, and often understandable, to see dystopian threats in many aspects of technological development. The great strength of Hannah Fry is her refusal to view progress in such simplistic terms. This episode is a case in point – Fry looks at the remarkable ways in which tech is transforming the lives of disabled people. PH
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
9pm, BBC Two
More astounding feats of medical mastery as this series concludes. This time, a surgeon discovers a potentially fatal tumour in a patient’s liver and diaphragm. They have one shot to remove it safely. In a similarly knife-edge operation, a neurosurgeon has a chance of saving a patient from paralysis. PH
Saint-Pierre
9pm, U&Alibi
Back to the picturesque French enclave off the coast of Canada – all bracing sea breezes and colourful clapboard houses – as mismatched cops Fitz and Arch attempt to track down the owner of a severed finger found in a trawler’s catch. Will the coroner be able to point them in the right direction? Graeme Virtue
On the Frontline: Exposed – The High Street Crime Crisis
10pm, BBC Two
Through undercover operations and dog raids, this multi-city investigation delves into the illicit operations of high street mini-marts. Ed Thomas follows police cracking down on the shops selling unregulated cigarettes, as well as vapes to underage children, before discovering the sprawling, exploitative network that runs behind many of them. Nicole Vassell
Ken Loach Remembers: The Old Oak
10.05pm, BBC Four
A bonanza for fans of polemical drama as film director Loach offers up introductions to one of his newish works and a notable older one. First, The Old Oak is a 2023 film about Syrian refugees arriving in a town in County Durham. Then, the celebrated TV play Up the Junction, which was broadcast in 1965 and helped to make Loach’s name. PH
