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Hollie Richardson, Alexi Duggins, Jack Seale and Graeme Virtue

TV tonight: Woody Harrelson and Lena Headey star in big-budget Watergate drama

Justin Theroux (left) and Woody Harrelson in White House Plumbers
Call my agents … Justin Theroux (left) and Woody Harrelson in White House Plumbers. Photograph: AP/HBO Max

White House Plumbers

9pm, Sky Atlantic

This satirical drama series about the Watergate scandal – based on the 2007 book Integrity by Egil and Matthew Krogh – boasts a top cast, including Woody Harrelson, Lena Headey and Justin Theroux. Shedding light on the lesser-known people behind the events, it starts in 1971 with the White House hiring former CIA and FBI agents E Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G Gordon Liddy (Theroux) – who go on to accidentally topple the presidency they were trying to protect. Hollie Richardson

Waterloo Road

8pm, BBC One

Another week of low-stakes school-based shenanigans, this time focusing on a drama department stage spectacular. Will Donte and Amy move past their awkward romantic tension? Will the live show be able to transcend its amplification problems? Did Shakespeare have mics? The answer to at least one of these is no. Alexi Duggins

The Greatest Auction

8pm, Channel 4

On the block this week – in a room studded with minor celebrities – are a first-edition tube map, a human skeleton, a piece of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s wedding cake and a neon sign from a sex shop in Soho, London, which is described as “iconic” three times in the first 10 minutes. Jack Seale

Gender Wars

10pm, Channel 4

Kathleen Stock on a hillside.
Gender critical … Kathleen Stock, discussed in Gender Wars. Photograph: Channel 4

This documentary attempts to open up the polarising discussion on gender by hearing “constructive dialogue” from all perspectives, but it has already faced a backlash for its focus on the gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock. Other participants include the transgender studies lecturer Gina Gwenffrewi, the trans dialogue campaigner Katy Jon Went and the professor of equalities law Stephen Whittle. HR

A Black Lady Sketch Show

10pm, Sky Comedy

Robin Thede’s mega-fun, award-winning sketch show is back for a fourth season, kicking off with a US Senate hearing about whether to ban Instagram Live from hen parties; Jay Ellis and Kel Mitchell as two of the Bible’s Three Wise Men; and a casino heist. HR

Perry Mason

10.05pm, Sky Atlantic

Despite his cool man-bag, Matthew Rhys’s put-upon 1930s lawyer is really starting to feel the heat in the Gallardo trial. A hostile media campaign means his “Maggot Mason” nickname is catching on, while the prosecution have apparently damning fingerprint evidence. Can he cut a deal with DA Burger? Graeme Virtue

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