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Hollie Richardson, Alexi Duggins, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: following larger-than-life twins in another great Storyville film

Identical twins Benjamin and Joshua playing video games during the pandemic
Identical twins Benjamin and Joshua playing video games during the pandemic. Photograph: Edoardo Carlo Bolli, Emanuele Mestriner/BBC/Diaviva, MoviePlus

Storyville: Benjamin, Joshua and the Crown Shyness

10pm, BBC Four

This peculiar semi-structured documentary from Italian director Valentina Bertani follows two identical twins: Benjamin and Joshua Israel. After finishing school, the larger-than-life characters, who live with learning difficulties, navigate the start of adulthood – and all the highs and lows that brings – in their own ways, while always maintaining their unbreakable bond. Hollie Richardson

Living Next Door to Putin

8pm, BBC One

Starting in Poland – which has become the international gateway to Ukraine, with an airport full of Patriot air defence missiles – BBC Europe editor Katya Adler tours Russia’s neighbours to see how they are living with war on their doorstep, where seeing tanks every day has become normal. HR

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

9pm, BBC One

Yes, this revenge tale of a woman taking on her conman ex-husband is a propulsive, twisty potboiler. But when Alice and her new ally, Kelly, are nigh-on paralysed by the lingering trauma of their abusive past relationships, this week’s episode proves that the series is not willing to prioritise action over putting victims’ trauma in the spotlight. Alexi Duggins

Conman Rob (Alistair Petrie) in The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Can they stop him? Alice and Kelly must work harder to halt conman Rob (Alistair Petrie). Photograph: Ludovic Robert/BBC/Sister

Stranger in My Family

9pm, BBC Three

A remarkable story of familial resilience emerges from Luke Davies’s search for his biological father. Luke grew up in Rochdale and always felt like an outsider in his family. Eventually, a DNA test exposes secrets. This moving film reveals a deep well of patience, forgiveness and redemption. Phil Harrison

Henpocalypse!

10pm, BBC Two

If a killer virus ravaged the UK, would you rather scrape by in a trashed Welsh farmhouse or luxuriate in a Lord of the Rings-style fantasy life with Danny Dyer? For feverish bridesmaid Jen (Kate O’Flynn), it’s the latter, as the enjoyably bawdy comedy about a feral Brummie hen do accelerates toward its finale. Graeme Virtue

Selling Super Houses

10.15pm, Channel 4

More real-estate escapades in the world of top-end property, as Paul “PK” Kemsley tasks his agents with producing an enticing video tour for two super-prime houses. Then, after a high-stakes networking lunch, PK must choose one of the losing agents to send home – no doubt to a markedly less luxe abode. Ellen E Jones

Film choice

Host (Rob Savage, 2020), 11.25pm, BBC Three

Pandemic nightmare … Caroline Ward as Caroline in Host.
Pandemic nightmare … Caroline Ward as Caroline in Host. Photograph: Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy

It is a cliche that artistic restrictions inspire creativity, but that is certainly the case with Rob Savage’s brilliant lockdown horror. The set-up is simple but effective – six twentysomething friends separated by Covid restrictions meet on a Zoom call for a seance with a professional medium, but inadvertently summon a malevolent spirit. With the characters isolated in their dark, poky flats, the Blair Witch-style unseen terrors and jump scares have maximum impact. Simon Wardell

Live sport

International football: Scotland v England, 7pm, Channel 4 A friendly from Hampden.

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