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Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Alexi Duggins and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Stormzy and Harry Kane are warring neighbours in deepfake series

Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: Best Bust Ups on itv1.
Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: Best Bust Ups on itv1. Photograph: Tiger Aspect Productions

Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: Best Bust Ups

9.30pm, ITV1

Idris Elba feeling “mugged off” by Kim Kardashian in Catford. Harry Kane kicking off at Stormzy for damaging his patio in Manor House. Greta Thunberg campaigning against Ariana Grande’s Christmas lights in Southend-on-Sea. It can only be this silly but seriously fun series in which AI tech is used to deepfake celebrities. Originally airing on the ITVX streaming platform, here is a compilation of the show’s most outrageous bits. Hollie Richardson

Pointless Celebrities

7.30pm, BBC One

A fresh octet of popular personalities rack their brains for unpopular answers. This week’s duos are comics Lucy Porter and Kevin Eldon, sports reporters Kelly Cates and Jill Douglas, twin medics Daniel and Raphael Olaiya, plus recent Strictly couple Kaye Adams and Kai Widdrington. Graeme Virtue

Afterglow

9pm, BBC Four

A triple bill concludes this Norwegian comedy-drama about upbeat Ester (Nina Ellen Ødegaard) keeping her family positive after a cancer diagnosis. But as chemotherapy takes its toll, the people around her get deep into their personal dramas. By the final episode, we learn if the treatment has worked. HR

Annika

9.10pm, BBC One

The fourth wall-breaking detective drama continues, with Annika (Nicola Walker) investigating the body of a scientist found in Loch Katrine – and nobody who knew him seems particularly bothered by the news. This week, she’s also pondering Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People while she looks into the death. HR

Ancient Egypt By Train With Alice Roberts

9.10pm, Channel 4

Prof Alice Roberts, who boasts both top-level academic knowledge and the easy good humour of a seasoned TV presenter, fronts an agreeable new series. Her first train trip is to Alexandria, where sites of great archaeological significance are right there in the middle of town. Cleopatra’s tomb is the big prize. Jack Seale

Later … With Jools Holland

10.10pm, BBC Two

It’s a typically eclectic lineup for the never-ending music series. Mexico City’s Grammy-winning guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela join Brightonian riff merchants Royal Blood and former US youth poet laureate Kara Jackson. Also performing is the highly appropriate Gaz Coombes of Supergrass – his career has seemingly as much longevity as this show. Alexi Duggins

Film choice

Let Him Go, 9pm, Film4

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane in Let Him Go.
Kevin Costner and Diane Lane in Let Him Go. Photograph: Album/Alamy

Thomas Bezucha’s elegiac modern western is centred on Diane Lane and Kevin Costner’s wholly convincing performances as an ageing couple. After Montana farmers Margaret and George’s adult son dies in an accident, their grandson and his mother are spirited away to his violent stepdad’s clan in North Dakota. Fearing for the boy’s safety, Margaret sets out on a rescue mission and George reluctantly joins her. With a chilling Lesley Manville as another strong-willed matriarch, it’s clear that women are the real powers in this world. Simon Wardell

Picnic at Hanging Rock, 9.30pm, Talking Pictures TV

“A dream within a dream.” From the sun-dappled imagery and woozy pan pipe soundtrack to its spurious claim to being fact-based, Peter Weir’s 1975 Australian drama is a beguiling, intoxicating experience. On Valentine’s Day in 1900, three boarding-school girls and a teacher vanish at a beauty spot in rural Victoria. The mystery of this elemental place bewitches and frustrates those left behind, with the fallout for pupils and staff, particularly Rachel Roberts’s headteacher, increasingly traumatic. SW

Live sport

Tennis: French Open, 9.30am, Eurosport 1 The third-round singles matches at Roland-Garros. Coverage continues throughout the week.

Test Cricket: England v Ireland, 10.15am, Sky Sports Main Event Day three of the four-day one-off Test from Lord’s.

Racing: The Derby, 12.30pm, ITV1 The 1.30pm Epsom Derby, plus a support race at 12.50pm.

FA Cup Football: Man City v Man United, 1.50pm, BBC One; 2.05pm, ITV1 The final of this year’s competition at Wembley Stadium.

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