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Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar is a conflicted cop again

Adrian Dunbar in ITV’s Ridley.
Adrian Dunbar in ITV’s Ridley. Photograph: Matt Squire/ITV

Ridley

8pm, ITV

Adrian Dunbar is at his most Adrian Dunbar as reclusive ex-detective Alex Ridley, who spends his days pensively listening to jazz in his coastal hideaway while grieving his wife and daughter. But it is Bronagh Waugh (The Fall’s Sally Spector) who finally gets the role she deserves: the newly promoted DI Carol Farman with a murder on her hands, which might be connected to a 13-year-long missing person case. Can she bring Ridley out of retirement to help solve it? Hollie Richardson

The Capture

9pm, BBC One

DCI Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) and her power pout strut into the second season of this surveillance thriller, hungry to climb the ladder in Counter Terrorism Command. But now that viewers know what the unit’s use of “correction” is (doctoring CCTV footage to ensure convictions in terrorism cases ), can the series stay as gripping across this six-episode run? Enter Paapa Essiedu as smarmy security minister Isaac Turner, whose conflict with a Chinese AI technology company is about to land him in trouble – it involves deep fake footage and perhaps even a murder case. Tonight’s “OMG!” cliffhanger will have you tuning in to the second episode tomorrow. HR

The Chase Celebrity Special

7pm, ITV

Bradley Walsh’s irresistible gameshow offers up a raft of A-listers to face the Chasers, led by the taxidermy-and-hand legend of yesteryear, Basil Brush. Also showing off their general knowledge are actor Sunetra Sarker, Olympic diver Matty Lee and film composer David Arnold. Hannah Verdier

Flackstock

7.30pm, Sky Max

Two years after her death, Caroline Flack’s life is celebrated with this comedy and music festival, which also supports mental health charities. The bill includes Natalie Imbruglia, Keith Lemon, Joel Dommett, Fleur East and Louise Redknapp. HR

One Shot: The Football Factory

9pm, Sky Documentaries

At 19, Yomi is one of Tooting and Mitcham football club’s rising stars. But can he have a decisive impact on his team’s fortunes in the last few games of the season, as they fight to avoid a dreaded relegation? Meanwhile in this series finale, will third-tier AFC Wimbledon’s academy prospect Quaine land a professional deal with the club? Ali Catterall

Better Things

10pm, BBC Two

The emotionally heart-tugging finale double bill of this well-loved comedy opens with Sam (Pamela Adlon) and her family having a blast in Liverpool to reconnect with their roots. By the second half, her mother Phyl (Celia Imrie) decides to stay put in England as Sam returns to LA – and this show’s last ever scenes. HR

Film choice

Rear Window, 9pm, Sky Arts

Grace Kelly and James Stewart in Rear Window.
Grace Kelly and James Stewart in Rear Window. Photograph: Paramount/Allstar

Photographer LB (James Stewart) is stuck in his Manhattan flat with a broken leg, and only visits from girlfriend Lisa (a luminous Grace Kelly) and nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter ) relieve the boredom. To pass the time, he starts spying on his neighbours across the courtyard, and begins to suspect that one apartment owner has killed his wife. Alfred Hitchcock’s most voyeuristic film (and there are many) cleverly makes us complicit in LB’s secretive watching – even as it becomes more perilous – but always with the getout clause of the thriller plot to assuage our guilt. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Premier League Football: Wolves v Newcastle, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event Followed by Nottingham Forest v Tottenham at 4pm.

Cricket: The Hundred, Birmingham Phoenix v Manchester Originals, 6.30pm, BBC Two The men’s match at Edgbaston.


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