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Phil Harrison, Katie Rosseinsky and Hannah Verdier

TV tonight: remembering the horror of 2019’s London Bridge terror attack

Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones, the victims of the terror attack near London Bridge on 29 November 2019
Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones, the victims of the terror attack near London Bridge on 29 November 2019. Photograph: Metropolitan Police

London Bridge: Facing Terror

9pm, Channel 4

The London Bridge terror attack of 2019 was extraordinary for many reasons. Victims Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were working at a prisoner rehabilitation event. The perpetrator (attendee Usman Khan) was apprehended by two men with murder convictions and another wielding a narwhal tusk. This moving film explores the quandaries faced by the trio – one of whom was out of prison for the first time in 14 years – and hears from Merritt’s father, who saw politicians including Boris Johnson exploiting his son’s death. Phil Harrison

The Hidden World of Hospitality With Tom Kerridge

8pm, BBC Two

Kerridge turns his attention to the UK’s street food scene, meeting the team behind Digbeth Dining Club, whose events bring together some of the West Midlands’ best speedy dining outlets. Back in Marlow, Kerridge takes us behind the scenes at his Pub in the Park festival. Katie Rosseinsky

Ambulance

9pm, BBC One

Ian, a member of one of the crews featured in the 11th series of Ambulance
Ian, a member of one of the crews featured in the 11th series of Ambulance. Photograph: Ryan McNamara/BBC/Dragonfly Film and Television

“So many patients, not enough crew, not enough staff” – one ambulance worker starkly sums up the issues faced by the service as the new series of this eye-opening, quietly moving documentary kicks off. With staff on strike, a skeleton crew must make difficult decisions to prioritise the most urgent calls across Lancashire. KR

The Royal Borough: Kensington & Chelsea

9pm, Channel 5

Another week of posh-gawping on Channel 5 concludes with this new series exploring the gilded lives of the inhabitants of the wealthiest district in Britain. In this edition, we’re privileged to be joining Princess Michael of Kent, hopefully minus her “racist jewellery”, as she judges the annual Chelsea Bun competition. PH

And Just Like That

9pm, Sky Comedy

Only hardcore fans will have made it through the strap-on scenes, the return of Aidan and the hot Che summer of season two. And now the season finale is here, so the great miracle of resurrection of modern TV can’t come quickly enough: the return of Samantha Jones. Hannah Verdier

Amputating Alice

10.30pm, Channel 4

Adam Hills narrates this film about the remarkable Alice Tai, a multiple Paralympic swimming medallist who was born with bilateral talipes (club feet). It follows her decision to have her right leg amputated (“Bye-bye leg day to you!” is sung) and her race to be fit for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Resilience and black humour abound. PH

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