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Phil Harrison and Ellen E Jones

TV tonight: a hen party faces the end of the world in an apocalyptic new sitcom

You can’t live on chocolate penises for ever ... Lucie Shorthouse as Zara (left) in Henpocalypse!
You can’t live on chocolate penises for ever ... Lucie Shorthouse as Zara (left) in Henpocalypse! Photograph: David Gennard/BBC/Various Artists Ltd

Henpocalypse!

10pm, BBC Two

Most of us will have been on a hen or stag do that felt like the end of the world, but the hen night in Caroline Moran’s new sitcom really is apocalyptic. As Zara (Lucie Shorthouse) and her bridal party are getting messy in a remote Welsh cottage, a disease called “crab measles” sweeps across the world. What will these hungover survivors make of their new reality? Several lessons are learned quickly, most pressingly that you shouldn’t vape antifreeze and you can’t live on chocolate penises for ever. Elizabeth Berrington is in her element as fierce matriarch Bernadette and the fun premise is enough to make up for a slightly patchy script. Phil Harrison

Emergency

9pm, Channel 4

More trauma incidents across London from a series guaranteed to make you count your blessings. Tonight, Paiwand is rescued from under a lorry, Alicia is treated after an accident on her e-scooter and Ralph’s leg injury is complicated by pre-existing health problems. Not for the squeamish, but it’s impossible not to feel intense gratitude towards the compassionate NHS professionals in whom these patients put their trust. PH

Ultimate Wedding Planner

9pm, BBC Two

This week’s couple already have a venue sorted. It will be their 12-hectare (30 acre) farm in Powys, with a pet pygmy goat as the ring bearer. That gives the contestants three days to transform muddy fields into a wedding-worthy wonderland. As judge Fred Sirieix says, it’s a case of “go big or go home!” Ellen E Jones

Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure

9pm, Channel 5

Another celebrity travelogue, this time featuring Dan Walker and Helen Skelton cycling, walking and canoeing from Walker’s home in Sheffield to Skelton’s in Cumbria. They begin in the Peak District before traversing Snake Pass and canoeing through Britain’s longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel, Standedge. PH

Paranormal: The Girl, the Ghost and the Gravestones

9pm, BBC Three

A journey into spooky silliness awaits as Radio 1’s Sian Eleri investigates goings-on at Penyffordd Farm. This residence in north Wales is supposedly the most haunted house in Britain and, the owners claim, has seen much supernatural activity over recent decades. What is going on? PH

Retro Electro Workshop

9pm, Yesterday

More engaging adventures in obsolete technology for tinkering fixers Rob and Shamil. This week, Shamil can’t resist an 80s boombox. However, Rob foresees problems. Can this old-school music device be brought back to life? PH

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