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Ali Catterall, Hollie Richardson,Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: exploring the aftermath of murder in the social media era

Zara McDermott and Tony Murillo in The Idaho Murders: Trial by TikTok.
Zara McDermott and Tony Murillo in The Idaho Murders: Trial by TikTok. Photograph: Alana McVerry/BBC/Summer Films

The Idaho Murders: Trial by TikTok

9pm, BBC Three

After four University of Idaho students were murdered in November 2022, the online world erupted in a ghoulish blizzard of gawpers, armchair detectives and citizen journalists (“I don’t trust these two. Now, obviously, I don’t have any facts … ”). In this queasy report, Zara McDermott investigates the murders and the fallout, and interrogates her own response to the unfolding tragedy. Ali Catterall

Ambulance

9pm, BBC One

Easter bank holiday weekend: no time to rest on a 12-hour day shift for the North West ambulance service. It’s a time when those with mental health problems can struggle. One patient is battling with alcoholism after the loss of a family member, while another feels suicidal. Hollie Richardson

Bring the Drama

9pm, BBC Two

It’s period drama week for the aspiring actors – an essential in the British TV industry – and they’ll be working on a romantic scene from Downton Abbey, with guidance from intimacy coordinator Joshua Okpala. As if that wasn’t pressure enough, it’s also their last chance to secure a place in the final industry showcase. Ellen E Jones

The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson

9pm, Channel 4

It’s the penultimate episode, so the “fall” isn’t far off. Buoyed up by the biggest Conservative majority in three decades, a hubristic Johnson attempts to get Brexit “done” by forcing it through “the people’s” parliament, just as more domestic and sleaze scandals burst from the fridge. A sickening, lurching ghost train ride – with worse to come. AC

Backstage With the London Philharmonic Orchestra

9pm, Sky Arts

“He can leave you feeling like you’ve been on a trip through the universe.” That’s just one casual statement about the LPO’s principal conductor, Edward Gardner, made by one member of his orchestra. This four-parter follows the lead-up to the opening night of the season at London’s Royal Festival Hall, starting with the string section. HR

Naked Attraction

10pm, Channel 4

Sandra from Cornwall considers herself a “crazy camel lady” – will she be able to find someone to ride off into the Middle East sunset with based on just their genitals? Only this wild but big-hearted dating show, hosted by Anna Richardson, could prompt such a question. HR

Film choice

The Card Counter (2021, Paul Schrader) 9pm, Film4
Oscar Isaac stars as another of writer-director Paul Schrader’s self-contained, self-sufficient loners in this 2021 morality tale. William Tell is an expert card player who travels around the casinos of the US, winning just enough to make a living but not so much that he draws undue attention. When he meets Tye Sheridan’s rootless youngster Cirk, who has a link to William’s dark past in the military, a hint of fellow feeling appears. Tiffany Haddish, as an agent for top poker players, adds another entanglement, as William tries, belatedly, to do some good in his life. Simon Wardell

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