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Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Graeme Virtue, Alexi Duggins and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Covid hits as Love Life reaches its disturbing finale

Marcus Watkins (William Jackson Harper) in Love Life
It’s complicated … Marcus Watkins (William Jackson Harper) in Love Life. Photograph: Sarah Shatz/BBC/Lions Gate Television

Love Life

10.40pm, BBC One

Tonight’s double-bill finale starts with the Covid pandemic hitting – and the way Marcus (William Jackson Harper) navigates isolating as a single person, potentially being furloughed and obsessively wiping surfaces is relatable to the point of being triggering. He can’t stop thinking about Mia (Jessica Williams) – but is meeting an ex during a pandemic a good idea? Then, the final episode of this excellently crafted comedy-drama jumps to a year later. Hollie Richardson

Gardeners’ World

8pm, BBC Two

Monty Don shares his top tips for anyone wanting to get the best from tomatoes planted in growbags. He also shows us how to divide agapanthus (lily of the Nile), and answers the SOS calls of those thirsty for help with revamping a dry garden. HR

Here We Go

8.30pm, BBC One

It’s the last episode of Tom Basden’s sitcom and, of course, it ends with yet another family calamity. This time, it involves a camping trip, an attempt to stop a wedding and a run-in with the police. Harmless, cheery fun. HR

The Terror: Infamy
Nowhere to hide … The Terror: Infamy. Photograph: Ed Araquel/BBC/AMC Film Holdings LLC

The Terror: Infamy

9pm, BBC Two

The double-bill finale begins with a dream sequence of the afterlife, an ominous portent of what’s to come. Back in the waking world, the terrible truth about Hiroshima is revealed as white America celebrates. There’s a face-off with Yuko the evil spirit, who has stolen Luz and Chester’s baby. Ali Catterall

The Other One

9.30pm, BBC Two

The first series of this raucous sitcom about chalk-and-cheese sisters belatedly meeting after their philandering father’s death ended with a jaw-dropping twist. As Cat (Lauren Socha) and Cathy (Ellie White) corral various bickering relatives for a get-together at a northern soul night, the season two climax is similarly OTT. Graeme Virtue

The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan

10pm, Channel 4

The effortlessly funny Gilligan’s Bafta-winning chat-cum-sketch-cum-gameshow is back with Chic legend Nile Rodgers, comic Iain Stirling and Manc MC Aitch, who face risque questions from the audience in a game of Reply or Deny. Alexi Duggins

Film choice

Matrix Resurrections film still
Nostalgic reboot … The Matrix Resurrections. Photograph: Warner Bros

The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski, 2021), 10am; 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Whether this sequel to the classic trilogy is necessary is moot. But the returning Lana Wachowski offers up a nostalgic reboot of the philosophies, characters and even scenes from the influential earlier movies, as Thomas (Keanu Reeves) and Tiffany (Carrie-Anne Moss) – or are they really Neo and Trinity? – work out what is virtually and what is actually real. It’s all relentlessly meta, with Reeves, following his ageing Ted in the recent Bill & Ted update, enjoying playing another erstwhile hero pondering his mortality. Simon Wardell

Sport

Super League Rugby: Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos 7.30pm, Sky Sports Arena. From Halliwell Jones Stadium.

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