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Phil Harrison, Katie Rosseinsky and Graeme Virtue

TV tonight: a gripping history of the game-changing grime scene

Jammer in Storyville: 8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime.
Jammer in Storyville: 8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime. Photograph: 8 Bar Films/BBC

Storyville: 8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime

10pm, BBC Four

Variants of grime underpin much of the most distinctive Black British music of the past decade. This is an entertaining potted guide, tracing the scene’s origins in jungle and UK garage and its commercially successful aftermath. Grime was incredibly localised so the story is also a social history of post-millennial east London – from pirate DJ Slimzee getting an asbo banning him from the rooftops of Tower Hamlets to thrilling footage of live events, it’s an evocative snapshot of a moment in time. Phil Harrison

Bake Off: The Professionals

8pm, Channel 4

It is time for the quarter-finals, and Cherish Finden’s standards are more exacting than ever. “If the chefs cannot make a perfect laminated puff pastry, they should get out of my kitchen,” she warns before the Viennoiserie-themed challenge. Katie Rosseinsky

Ultimate Wedding Planner

9pm, BBC Two

“I want a champagne wedding,” says Lauren, “on a lager budget!” This is the conundrum facing the planners in the third episode of this slight but fun series. Lauren and Jodie are the intrepid (and demanding) couple placing their nuptials in the hands of the increasingly frazzled team. It goes down to the wire. PH

Emergency

9pm, Channel 4

More hardcore medical telly that is frequently revelatory and best watched through the fingers. In this instalment, Karl is being kept alive by a ventilator after injuries sustained in a traffic accident and June suffers from a horrific open fracture to her ankle. Recommended, but get your tea out of the way first. PH

Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure

9pm, Channel 5

Nice day for a black pudding: friends Dan Walker and Helen Skelton continue their journey from Sheffield to Cumbria, making their way through the mill country of the south Pennines. That means clogs, canal boats and an attempt to cook up a Lancashire delicacy. Graeme Virtue

Henpocalypse!

10pm, BBC Two

The hen party are coming to terms with their situation as this periodically amusing post-apocalyptic sitcom continues. In fact, Elizabeth Berrington’s Bernadette is beginning to see a few upsides. Look out for a cameo from a bona fide national treasure dispensing practical advice. PH

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