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Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Martin Clunes’s urgent drama about county lines drug dealing

Under pressure … Out There on ITV1.
Under pressure … Out There on ITV1. Photograph: ITV

Out There

9pm, ITV1

From the team behind Manhunt and Steeltown Murders, Martin Clunes leads this pressing drama about county lines drug dealing across the British countryside and the effect it’s having on communities. He plays Nathan, an ordinary Welsh farmer and single parent to teenager Johnny (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) who becomes curious about the drones that keep flying across the fields. He finds answers when Johnny is given a bag of drugs to “look after”. Hollie Richardson

Mysteries of Stonehenge

6pm, Channel 4

Spinal Tap may have professed themselves baffled as to the motivations of the original architects of Stone’Enge – and this documentary can’t definitively clear it up either. Theories abound, from an attempt by prehistoric types to harness solar power to an alien landing strip, in this opener of a new series about three iconic sites. Ali Catterall

Call the Midwife

8pm, BBC One

Triumphs and traumas continue to be all in a day’s work for the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House. While Sister Julienne and Trixie work on trying to save Nonnatus from the council’s plans, Joyce learns of a mother in her block who leaves her children at home while she works, and Rosalind helps a first-time mum give birth. HR

SAS Rogue Heroes

9pm, BBC One

After a daring escape – is there any other kind on this show? – Tonkin (Jack Barton) must also survive the treacherous trek to rejoin his unit. Meanwhile, Mayne’s men are grieving those lost in battle at Termoli, and receive an unexpected visit from the big boss, Gen Montgomery (Con O’Neill). Will he like what he sees? Ellen E Jones

Celebrity Hunted

9pm, Channel 4

It has not been a stellar start for top cop Ray Howard and his hunters this series: as episode three begins, they have only managed to snare one of their 12 fugitives. The remaining couples trying to evade the dragnet include dancers Giovanni Pernice and Kai Widdrington and self-proclaimed “bougie” newsreaders Simon McCoy and Lucrezia Millarini. Graeme Virtue

The Dry

10.15pm, ITV1

This Irish comedy drama about recovering addict Shiv (Roisin Gallagher) and the dysfunctional Sheridan family was a hidden gem on ITVX. As the second series continues, everyone is shocked at Shiv’s new boyfriend, while her sister Caroline (Siobhán Cullen) is stalking her ex. HR

Film choice

The Book of Life, 2.05pm, BBC One

Three years before Coco animated the Mexican Day of the Dead, Jorge R Gutiérrez’s cartoon feature showed what a spectacular subject it could be. Two childhood friends – musician and scion of a bullfighting dynasty Manolo (Diego Luna) and son of a soldier Joaquin (Channing Tatum) – both love Zoe Saldaña’s Maria, but then Manolo is forced on a quest through the underworld to win her heart. With an imaginative wooden-puppet look, and all the colour and vivacity you’d expect from Latin American cultural tropes, the film certainly stands up to its more feted descendant. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Snooker: The Masters, 1pm, BBC Two The first session of the final. The concluding session is at 7pm.

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