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Entertainment
Hollie Richardson, Phil Harrison, Ali Catterall, Ellen E Jones and Andrew Pulver

TV tonight: a soapy and sexy drama about a Black family empire

Riches on ITV1.
Riches on ITV1. Photograph: David Hindley/ITV

Riches

9pm, ITV

Soapy, sexy and slick – it’s all high drama in this six-part series about a Black family empire, previously shown on ITVX. When super-rich patriarch Stephen suddenly dies, his estranged eldest children from his first marriage, Nina and Simon, rejoin their half family. To everybody’s shock, Nina learns that she has been named the new head of the beauty business. Let the battle commence. Hollie Richardson

Not Going Out

9pm, BBC One

Not Going Out remains much as it ever was: a trad sitcom whose presence in the schedules feels simultaneously comforting and enervating. Thanks to idleness and a poor diet, Lee’s in hospital. However, his fussing family aren’t helping his stress levels – Lucy (Sally Bretton) is determinedly unsympathetic while his in-laws are full of unwanted questions. Phil Harrison

Der Pass

9pm, Sky Atlantic

Gedeon Winter (Nicholas Ofczarek) in Der Pass.
Gedeon Winter (Nicholas Ofczarek) in Der Pass. Photograph: Sammy Hart/Sky Deutschland/W&B Television/Hendrik Heiden

A raddled Gedeon’s search for Koschlick causes terrifying (well, PG13 jump-scare) hallucinations, as the German thriller continues. Meanwhile, there’s a fraught exchange between Ellie and Rafael, while a prime suspect and neo-Nazi former armed-response officer is hauled in for questioning. And, at all points between The Silence of the Lambs-style raids, a ghastly, creeping dread. Ali Catterall

Queen of Oz

9.30pm, BBC One

Catherine Tate barks and squawks her way through another episode of inadvertent republican propaganda. This time it’s the arrival in Australia of the royal’s favoured son, HRH Prince Frederick (Daniel Lapaine) which has her fuming. Surely, it’s past time for heart-throb bodyguard Marc (Rob Collins) to lead his people in revolt against these parasitical popinjays? Ellen E Jones

The Last Leg

10pm, Channel 4

Recent Vogue cover star Miriam Margolyes is the first guest in this new series of the live weekly swipe show – and she always guarantees an outrageous time. Comedian Kevin Bridges is also in the studio with hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker. HR

Keeping Up With Krystal Versace

10.05pm, BBC Three

Since winning the third season of Drag Race UK in 2021, Krystal Versace has ticked “perform drag with Ant and Dec” off the bucket list and been on a US tour. This six-part behind-the-scenes series – which plays all night – follows Krystal as she prepares for her solo UK tour in just three days. HR

Film choice

Viola Davis in The Woman King.
Brave heart … Viola Davis in The Woman King. Photograph: Ilze Kitshoff

The Woman King (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022), 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Viola Davis as the leader of a band of warrior women fighting off slavers? It’s an idea whose time has very much come. The Woman King is about the Agojie, the female unit of elite soldiers in what was then the kingdom of Dahomey in west Africa, ruled over by John Boyega’s King Ghezo. Davis plays their hard-as-nails general Nanisca, who heads up Dahomey’s efforts to see off rival empire the Oyo. This isn’t a particularly subtle film, sticking to the Braveheart playbook and hitting all the beats you’d expect, but director Gina Prince-Bythewood socks it over to maximum effect. Andrew Pulver

Nimona (Troy Quane, Nick Bruno, 2023), Netflix
This started life as a web comic and graphic novel by ND Stevenson; after a long time in development, it now lands on Netflix. Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a shapeshifting chaos-agent who latches on to disgraced knight Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed) after apparently killing the queen of their future-society. Together, they try to restore the latter’s reputation and his romantic relationship with fellow knight Ambrosius Goldenloin (Eugene Lee Yang). With LGBTQ+ themes to the fore, it’s a well-realised plea for tolerance in a brain-frazzling animated world. AP

Live sport

Cycling Giro d’Italia Donne, 11.30am, Eurosport 1 Stage one of the women’s tour of Italy, starting with an individual time trial around Chanciano Terme. Last year’s winner was Annemiek van Vieuten from the Netherlands.

T20 Blast Cricket: Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings, 6.55pm, Sky Sports Cricket Live coverage of the North Group match from Old Trafford.

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