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Newcomers Hammer and Cyclone also join the Lycra-clad pack. Plus: the final part of the ultimate darts series. Here’s what to watch this evening

5.50pm, BBC One

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Bradford is ready to rise to the challenge. Plus: Joe Lycett and Alex Brooker go Dutch. Here’s what to watch tonight

7.30pm, BBC One

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It’s been a long, hard winter for our ancient woodlands, but Sandi is coming to the rescue. Plus: Colin Firth’s Lockerbie drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

8pm, Channel 4

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The historian offers a look at the making of modern Britain. Plus, Ella Maisy Purvis is an autistic criminal-evidence cataloguer in Patience. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoMovies that bite back against convention. Paintings that turn the tables. Music that crosses tribal boundaries. “It’s the arts that have heralded dramatic changes in our lives,” says Simon Schama in this perceptive, personal series. He continues from 1953, examining the realities of what the queen’s coronation, the Commonwealth and mass immigration meant for Britain – using Ian Fleming’s James Bond, Hanif Kureishi’s radical writing, and 2 Tone band the Specials. He also speaks to Clive Myrie about the Windrush generation and the scandal that followed. Hollie Richardson

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A disturbing but brilliant documentary series featuring the women who made similar claims about the ‘antichrist superstar’. Plus: Alice Roberts unearths treasure in the north. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4

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Bump is ending after five seasons and you really must catch up with it. Plus: nature calls for Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page. Here’s what to watch this evening

11.10pm, BBC One

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The pressure is on as Steven Knight’s war story charges towards its final episodes. Plus: more from James Norton’s ridiculous but moreish series. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC One

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Take a rare tour of the UK’s loveliest rural spots with this charming series. Plus: Joanne Froggatt’s Aussie crime drama gets knottier. Here’s what to watch this evening

8pm, Channel 4

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The comedians eat and drink their way around Málaga. Plus: Brie Larson talks to Graham Norton about her West End show. Here’s what to watch this evening

8.30pm, Channel 4

Joe Lycett embarks on more European mini-breaks, starting with fellow funnyman David O’Doherty in Málaga. It’s food- and booze-heavy, with an itinerary including visits to the region’s oldest crisp shop, Paco José, and longest-running bar, Antigua Casa de Guardia (“their Wetherspoon’s?”). They also go dolphin-watching, then visit the International Museum of Nativity Scene Art (“Like the Crystal Maze … but with loads of Jesuses”) and Picasso’s childhood home – with time for a lovely workshop on cubism afterwards. Hollie Richardson

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Will the guest dragon invest in a ‘gym in a bag’ training kit? Plus, Colin Firth is on a relentless mission in Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. Here’s what to watch this evening

8pm, BBC One
Joe Wicks may seem far too nice to be cut-throat in business – but this is a self-made man whose fitness empire is worth millions, so maybe he will fit in well as a guest dragon (future guests in the 22nd series will include Trinny Woodall and Emma Grede). First in the den: a family man who created a “gym in a bag” training kit for his own mental health. Wicks is interested enough to try a quick workout with it, but will he invest? Hollie Richardson

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Patience is Channel 4’s crime drama set in beautiful York. Plus: more trouble with Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4

Patience (Ella Maisy Purvis) is an autistic woman who works in the criminal records department of Yorkshire police, but whose true talent is in criminology (self-taught since she was a child). When a series of apparent suicides are thought to be linked, detective Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser) realises Patience is an asset to the case and asks for her help. But by the end of this slow-burn opener, we learn that one of the victims is familiar to Patience, and the story gets going. Hollie Richardson

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Former Strictly star Pete Wicks volunteers at Basildon’s Dogs Trust. Plus: the most extraordinary Digging for Britain find yet. Here’s what to watch this evening

8pm, U&W

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