Tonight's TV lineup offers a smorgasbord of drama, comedy, and existential dread, starting with 'Allie' (Brooke Shields), a bestselling 'menopausal mystery' novelist, and 'Andi' (Amalia Williamson), an aspiring true-crime podcaster. When they meet at a writing convention, it's a boomer and gen Z culture clash - because nothing says generational harmony like a dead body. A murder occurs, and the unlikely duo teams up to solve it in what promises to be light, rompy crime drama fun. Because who needs therapy when you can solve a murder?
At 8pm on BBC Four, jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins conductor Miho Hazama and the BBC Concert Orchestra to celebrate the legacy of Miles Davis, with music from 'Porgy and Bess' and 'Sketches of Spain'. Because nothing says 'legacy' like a tribute concert that's also a radio event.
At 9pm on BBC Two, Jim Bergerac (Damien Molony) hits rock bottom in the season finale of the crime drama reboot, mentally dishevelled and facing the loss of his daughter to a vengeful criminal who thinks Bergerac fitted him up years ago. An at-gunpoint warehouse showdown beckons, along with a test of loyalty for his colleagues. Because no season finale is complete without a hostage crisis and a moral dilemma.
At 9pm on Sky Atlantic, if you missed 'Station Eleven' the first time round, now's your chance to catch up with the final two episodes. Jeevan (Himesh Patel) gets a crash course in obstetric medicine, there's an emotional performance of 'Hamlet', and revelations about Miranda (Danielle Deadwyler), creator of the Station Eleven comic, abound. Because a pandemic drama is exactly what we need to relive.
Tissues at the ready for an emotional ending to a sitcom that has been both side-splittingly funny and deeply poignant. Sue (Sue Johnston) is saddened when her son says they no longer need carer robot Linda (Diane Morgan). But what happens to Linda when she's sent back? Let's just say, fingers crossed for a second season. Because robot caregivers are the future, and we're all just pretending it's not terrifying.
At 10.45pm on Sky One, adult animation starring Jon Hamm as a small-town detective isn't as sharp as 'BoJack Horseman', tending towards the scattergun chaos of 'Family Guy'. Still, there are moments of brilliance in this triple bill, starting with an episode guest-starring Amy Sedaris as a troubled former child star. Because why not add a little animated chaos to your night?
And for those who prefer their horror classic, 'Les Yeux Sans Visage' (Georges Franju, 1960) airs at 12.50am on Talking Pictures TV. Franju's arresting 1960 horror is as interested in dreamlike images as jump-scare moments of terror, and in Édith Scob's Christiane has a monster with the pathos of Frankenstein's creature. Disfigured after a car accident, she sports a lifelike but eerie facial mask and drifts around her country house like a pale white ghost. Meanwhile, her surgeon father, Dr Génessier (Pierre Brasseur), and his assistant Louise (Alida Valli) abduct young women to supply full-face skin grafts for her. It's occasionally grisly but mostly unsettling. Because nothing says 'good night' like a face-transplant horror film.
And for the sports fans, Premier League football: Arsenal v Coventry at 6.30pm on Sky Sports Main Event. The champions kick off the season. Because even in the apocalypse, there's football.
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