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Hollie Richardson, Ellen E Jones, Phil Harrison and Graeme Virtue

TV tonight: the hilarious spin-off from Sharon Horgan’s Motherland

Starting over …  Amandaland on BBC One.
Starting over … Amandaland on BBC One. Photograph: Natalie Seery/BBC/Merman

Amandaland

9pm, BBC One

It is the hilarious Motherland spin-off fans have been waiting for from Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Bad Sisters). The comedy follows the unbearable snob Amanda (Lucy Punch), who has had to downsize after her divorce. She is struggling to fit in with the mums at her kids’ new school, but luckily her mother, Felicity (Joanna Lumley), won’t leave her house and her old minion, Anne (Philippa Dunne), is still around. What a hoot! Hollie Richardson

Grantchester

9pm, ITV1

Are the longsuffering women of Grantchester about to rise up against the patriarchy? Maybe not quite yet, but Geordie’s latest murder case forces a reckoning at the new workplace of Esme (Skye Lucia Degruttola), while Cathy (Kacey Ainsworth) reassesses her relationship with their eldest daughter, and Mrs C (Tessa Peake-Jones) has some sharp words for Rev Alph. Ellen E Jones

George Clarke’s Building Home

9pm, Channel 4

A heartstring-tugging addition to Channel 4’s already extensive property empire, this series sees George Clarke following builds and conversions with hefty emotional resonance. We begin with Chris and Ellie, who are attempting to construct a new home in the Ribble Valley after Chris’s diagnosis with stage-four cancer. Phil Harrison

Am I Being Unreasonable?

9.30pm, BBC One

Daisy May Cooper’s dark comedy returns (with the wonderful Lenny Rush) and, although there is still too much happening at once, it is even funnier than before. The story picks up with the messy aftermath of Nic (Cooper) revealing her affair with her dead brother-in-law – the one she also, erm, killed. But will she get away with murder? HR

Dubai: Buying the Dream

10pm, Channel 4

Money may not be able to buy you taste but it can certainly secure you a needlessly extravagant mansion with a roof shaped like a Viking helmet. This gaudy but addictive new reality series follows the zealous sales staff of deluxe Dubai property specialists Betterhomes as they try to flog jaw-dropping villas. Graeme Virtue

Untold: The £12 Million Rental Scam

12.05am, Channel 4

With the rental market in such a desperate state, it is no surprise that a growing number of young renters are being conned into putting down deposits on places that don’t even exist. Harleen Nottay investigates these scams and how social media plays its part. HR

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