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Entertainment
Phil Harrison, Kayleigh Dray, Ali Catterall, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: a quirky crime drama with a bizarrely fun case to solve

Wunmi Mosaku as Riya in Passenger on ITV1
Wunmi Mosaku as Riya in Passenger on ITV1 Photograph: Matt Squire/ITV

Passenger

9pm, ITV1

This crime drama stars Wunmi Mosaku as Riya, a London detective relocated to a small Yorkshire village for family reasons and frustrated at the unchallenging levels of police work. But things are about to get interesting thanks to a missing girl, a disembowelled stag, an anti-fracking protest and the return of a figure from the village’s past. How these problems connect isn’t yet clear but it should be fun finding out – this feels quirkier and less formulaic than your standard maverick cop series. Phil Harrison

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

7.40pm, Channel 4

Is there a more deliciously chaotic image than Danny Dyer in the Bake Off tent? Doubtful. He’s joined by Rhod Gilbert, Leigh Francis and Yinka Bokinni for this week’s signature, technical and showstopper challenges: think biscuit people, cake-based failures, and teatime classics. Kayleigh Dray

Death in Paradise

9pm, BBC One

DI Neville has had rum on top of antihistamines before his flight, which – while making him a little woozy – doesn’t explain how a fellow passenger appears to have vanished mid-flight before being found shot dead back in Saint Marie. Why does the pilot deny he ever got on the plane? Ali Catterall

Forensics: The Real CSI

9pm, BBC Two

This fascinating series about the minutiae of police work continues as the West Midlands force becomes aware of a man with a large firearms arsenal. What are his plans for them? He claims to be simply a gun collector, but links to political extremism have to be explored, as does the possibility that the man is selling the weapons. PH

Hunted

9pm, Channel 4

More nerve-jangling evasion and capture as various fugitives give the strong impression of having never seen previous seasons of this show. For example, one couple decide to contact a friend – a course of action that has hardly ever ended well on Hunted. For another pair, things are more wholesome as lessons are learned about self-sufficiency. PH

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA

9pm, W

“A co-parenting idyll” is how Dooley describes this week’s set-up, where Linda lives with her ex-husband Chris, new partner Maddy, plus their three children. Dooley’s understanding of the advantages of having three parents is influenced by her experience as a new mum as she’s welcomed to their warm, friendly Florida home. Hannah Verdier

Film choice

When Harry Met Sally, 10.30pm, BBC One

“I’ll have what she’s having.” Writer Nora Ephron’s one-liner (delivered by director Rob Reiner’s mother) is one of many killers in a romcom of enduring wit. Billy Crystal’s Harry and Meg Ryan’s Sally meet as students on a ride-share from Chicago to New York, then spend the next decade dancing round the question: can men and women be friends or does the sex part get in the way? Whichever side you come down on, it’s huge fun to watch the couple get close then draw away, forever afraid of losing a valued friendship on the off-chance of love. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Women’s Super League Football: West Ham v Chelsea, 4.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event Followed by Aston Villa v Arsenal at 6.30pm at Villa Park.

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