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Hollie Richardson, Kayleigh Dray, Ali Catterall, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: prepare to cry your eyes out at the Big Boys finale

Big Boys on Channel 4.
Big Boys on Channel 4. Photograph: Channel 4

Big Boys

10pm, Channel 4

Feel all the emotions with Jack Rooke’s typically weepy and hoot-out-loud funny season finale. The gang spend the night in the hospital and while Shannon (Harriet Webb – who has stolen this season with her one-liner zingers) is too busy pushing out a baby to get overly sentimental (all she wants is an extra spicy Peperami to get through it), Jack (Dylan Llewellyn) and Peggy (Camille Coduri) recall the last time they were there – to say goodbye to Jack’s dying dad. Hollie Richardson

Call the Midwife

8pm, BBC One

When two boys are found abandoned in a church, Cyril strives to keep them together. Elsewhere, Trixie struggles to deal with Matthew’s bombshell, the pupil midwives face their biggest challenge yet, and Dr Turner guides a patient through a difficult diagnosis. Thank goodness for the levity of Sister Veronica’s singing school, eh? Kayleigh Dray

Death in Paradise

9pm, BBC One

While Commissioner Patterson (the irrepressible Don Warrington) struggles to come to terms with his shooting, DI Parker (Ralf Little) is called to a care home where a game of bingo has had fatal consequences for one player, stabbed to death with her own knitting needle. Heaven’s gate, 78! But what’s the motive? Ali Catterall

Wilderness With Simon Reeve

9pm, BBC Two

In this series finale, the dauntless Reeve is back in Africa, trekking across the Kalahari’s half a million sq miles of unspoiled terrain. On a traditional hunting trip, he gets to know a group of San trackers, then slowly discovers more about the complicated relationship between these people, the Botswana government and the Kalahari wildlife. Ellen E Jones

Trigger Point

9pm, ITV1

Still shaken by last week’s events, Lana risks a meeting with a mystery informant – but will they help her uncover the truth behind a new bomb threat, or is she playing the terrorists’ deadly game? It will take a perilous mission into the heart of the British government to find out. KD

The Dry

10.15pm, ITV1

The brilliantly sharp Irish comedy continues with Shiv (Roisin Gallagher) holding a family meeting – but her two siblings aren’t at all surprised when their parents say they are in an open relationship. The day gets worse when Shiv discovers her new boss is pregnant with her ex’s baby. And all the while, she’s trying to stay sober. HR

Film choice

Aftersun, 10pm, BBC Two

Aftersun on BBC Two.
Aftersun on BBC Two. Photograph: Photo 12/Alamy

What an utterly lovely, delicately heartbreaking film Charlotte Wells has made. The mysteries of adulthood and the loss of innocence are all wrapped up in a summer holiday in Turkey taken by 11-year-old Sophie (a cheeky, adorable Frankie Corio) and her dad Calum – a superbly layered performance by Paul Mescal. Amid the lazy days by the hotel pool, all-inclusive buffets, boat trips and excursions to ancient ruins, Calum’s hidden melancholy surfaces. It’s mitigated by the tenderness and comfort of his relationship with his daughter, but there’s something gnawing at him we struggle to fathom, in a superbly made tale with all the warmth of a tightly held memory. Simon Wardell

The Falling, 11.35pm, BBC Two

Our cinematic introduction to the great Florence Pugh was in Carol Morley’s dreamlike, sensual 2014 work. She plays charismatic girls’ school pupil Abbie – an object of envy to her peers and teachers, even best friend Lydia (Maisie Williams). But when Abbie has a sudden and inexplicable seizure, it sets off a chain reaction of mass fits among the other students. Is it rebellion, collective grief or just overactive teen hormones? Edging towards folk horror, and with nods to Picnic at Hanging Rock and the dislocating films of Nicolas Roeg, it’s an unsettling experience. SW

Frost/Nixon, 5.55pm, Sky Cinema Greats

Adapted from Peter “The Crown” Morgan’s play, Ron Howard’s film tells the fascinating true story of the 1977 interview British talkshow host David Frost secured with the disgraced former US president Richard Nixon. Michael Sheen plays Frost as an ambitious, self-preening media operator desperate to become a success in the US again. Frank Langella is Nixon, bitter about his downfall and keen to rehabilitate himself. The battle of wits and wills between the performer and the politician makes for sparky drama. SW

Live sport

Women’s FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Man City, 12.15pm, BBC Two The fifth-round tie at Meadow Park.

Premier League Football: West Ham v Arsenal, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event Followed by Aston Villa v Man United at 4pm.

Six Nations Rugby Union: Ireland v Italy, 2.15pm, ITV1 From the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

Super Bowl LVIII: San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs, 10.45pm, ITV1 From Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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