Malpractice
Sunday, 9pm, ITV1
Directed by The Responder’s Philip Barantini, written by former NHS doctor Grace Ofori-Attah, and produced by the team behind Line of Duty, expectations for this five-part hospital thriller are high. The best thing about it, though, is Niamh Algar’s performance as straight-talking Dr Lucinda Edwards, whose seemingly perfect world unravels when she is investigated about the decisions she makes on the ward one night when an opioid addict dies. Who keeps ringing her during that shift? And what was the truth about her mental state in the lead-up to it? You’ll want to stick around for the answers after the first episode’s gasp-inducing cliffhanger. Hollie Richardson
Derren Brown: Showman
9pm, Channel 4
Here’s a recording of the renowned psychological illusionist’s most personal and surprisingly emotional show yet (the moment Brown helps a father win a huge teddy for his son is both mind-blowing and tear-jerking). Look out for actor Cush Jumbo who swears it’s just a “terrible coincidence” that she’s picked to go on stage. HR
Great Expectations
9pm, BBC One
The penultimate episode shimmers with opium haze, thick mists and, as the narrative begins to coalesce, dark menace when the men from the marshes slide back into view, armed with awful secrets. Once they spill out, Shalom Brune-Franklin again shines as the beleaguered Estella. Jack Seale
Last Woman on Earth With Sara Pascoe
9pm, BBC Two
For the final leg of her journey discovering jobs under threat around the globe, Pascoe is in Jordan. She does some dagger-making with a veteran of the Bedouin tribe, debuts her career as a Dead Sea lifeguard, and stamps her way through the Dabke – a traditional Arab folk dance. Nyima Jobe
Ruby Wax Cast Away
9pm, Channel 5
“If people are expecting this to be Love Island they are going to be really upset.” Wax puts her body and mind to the ultimate test as she is cast away on an island off Madagascar for 10 days. Ahead of the trip, she seeks to relieve anxiety with a visit to pal Joanna Lumley who had her own experience on a deserted island 28 years ago on the BBC’s Girl Friday. NJ
Absolutely Dyer: Danny and Dani Do Italy
9pm, E4
Continuing to give anything a whirl since leaving EastEnders, Danny Dyer’s next project is taking daughter Dani on a four-week sojourn in Italy, starting with Sicily. After eating their way round Palermo, things get deep quickly as dad and daughter talk life, death and sex, next to a volcano. HR
Film choice
Tight Spot, 7pm, Talking Pictures TV
There’s no singing, and only a little dancing, from musical star Ginger Rogers in this 1955 crime drama. She plays convict Sherry, taken from prison to a city hotel in the hope she will testify against a mob boss she knows. Edward G Robinson is solid as the US attorney patiently trying to talk her round, while Brian Keith’s cop bodyguard seems more ambivalent about her. But they are mere supporting acts to Rogers – a flirty, wise-cracking and sharp-witted presence. Simon Wardell
Live spot
London Marathon, 8.30am, BBC One Kenenisa Bekele is among a top-class men’s field.
