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Hollie Richardson, Ellen E Jones, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: welcome to Sherwood, a tiny town with a crossbow killer on the loose

David Morrissey in Sherwood, BBC One.
Friction in a divided community … David Morrissey as DCS Ian St Clair in Sherwood, BBC One. Photograph: Matt Squire/BBC/House Productions

Sherwood

9pm, BBC One

The bodies of two people, killed by a someone using a crossbow, are found in an ex-mining village. “Is anyone at some point going to mention the obvious cultural reference point here?” asks a police officer. “Bow and arrow? In the heart of Nottinghamshire? Modern-day Robin Hood?” DCS Ian St Clair (David Morrissey) is called in to explain the decades-old friction in this divided community that could provide a motive for murder: “This was predominantly a UDM village – a breakaway union, they didn’t support the strike.” Inspired by real events, this heated six-episode drama tells a true crime story and unpicks the fallout from the miners’ strikes. The always brilliant Lesley Manville and Claire Rushbrook also star. Hollie Richardson

Robbie Savage: Making Macclesfield FC

9.45pm, BBC Three

“Obviously the team are still here … well, hopefully they’re all still here?” Robbie Savage invites the cameras back to Macclesfield FC’s ground, following last year’s behind-the-scenes look at what happened when he bought the failing club. The next challenge: gain promotion to the eighth tier of English football. Hollie Richardson

Bake Off: The Professionals

8pm, Channel 4

Six new teams of patisserie practitioners join Liam Charles and Stacey Solomon in the Bake Off kitchen, and in the first challenge they must produce 36 perfect Mont Blancs (chestnut puree vermicelli) alongside a miniature chocolate sculpture. If that sounds tough, things get a trifle trickier in the showpiece round as the teams take on a British classic. Ellen E Jones

Rochelle Humes: Interior Designer in the Making

8pm, W

Humes, a self-confessed design novice, is an unimposing, wafty presence in this odd home makeover show. Week one sees Kent couple Rob and Amie have a look at Humes’s “mood box”, then do a chunky kitchen knock-through largely unaided. Jack Seale

Five Dates A Week, Ep5 Lucy (RX4) group shot.....Lucy, Sky, Antonia, Phoebe, Lydia, Holly (L-R)..
Cupid calls … Five Dates a Week. Photograph: Channel 4

Five Dates a Week

10pm, Channel 4

Looking for love this week: Lucy, an account manager who welcomes five women to spend time with her in Cupid Cottage and compete for her affections. Potential matches include jujitsu enthusiast Antonia, medical equipment assembler Phoebe and teacher Lydia. HR

The Sky at Night

10pm, BBC Four

A special edition of the astronomy staple as Chris Lintott interviews Martin Rees, arguably Britain’s most renowned cosmologist. Rees has enjoyed a career spanning what he describes as “a golden age” of astronomy – quasars, dark matter and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence have all had their moments on his watch. But what’s next? Phil Harrison

Barbara Sukowa as Nina and Martine Chevallier as Madeleine in Two of Us.
Tender tale … Martine Chevallier as Madeleine and Barbara Sukowa as Nina in Two of Us. Photograph: BFA/Alamy

Film choice

Two of Us (Filippo Meneghetti, 2019), 2.15am, Channel 4
A steely performance from Barbara Sukowa adds a sliver of danger to Filippo Meneghetti’s tender French tale. She plays Nina, one half of an ageing lesbian couple with Madeleine (Martine Chevallier). Publicly, they are just neighbours but secretly they live together – and are making plans for their future, despite Madeleine’s children being unaware of the relationship. However, a serious incident changes Nina’s status in her lover’s life – and throws up barriers to their happiness. How she strives to overcome them gives the film its drama and poignancy. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Tennis: Queen’s 1pm, BBC Two. Day one of the men’s grass-court tournament at Queen’s Club in west London.

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