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Mick Hucknall belts out all the tunes on stage in Chile. Plus, the wonderfeul Hannah Waddingham hosts SNL UK! Here’s what to watch this evening

10.15pm, BBC Two

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100 Years on Planet Earth comes live and direct from London’s Royal Albert Hall. Plus, the final season of Hacks is still a total hoot. Here’s what to watch this evening

8.30pm, BBC OneHappy 100th birthday to David Attenborough! A week of celebratory programming has led up to this special live extravaganza at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The BBC Concert Orchestra will accompany the 90-minute journey through the veteran broadcaster’s most remarkable moments over the last century. Prepare to be left in awe – and probably a wee bit emotional, too. Hollie Richardson

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Sir David is joined by celebrity fans and cast members to give the much-loved sitcom a proper send-off. Plus: suspicion falls on a bride-to-be in Bergerac

8pm, U&GoldThe shop doorbell tinkles as David Jason steps on to the set of Open All Hours a whopping 50 years after the sitcom first aired. Diane Morgan narrates this two-hour special that looks back at the show with Jason, along with fans such as Johnny Vegas and cast members including Maggie Ollerenshaw. There’s also a new concluding scene that has been recorded to give the show a proper send-off. Hollie Richardson

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Lucy Punch’s titular protagonist deals with a new rival in the opener of season two. Plus: a hair-raising documentary about the Salisbury poisonings examines a near catastrophe. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC One

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A wild true-crime tale. Plus Jamie Oliver’s ultimate barbecue and a gruelling trek with Bear Grylls and Matthew McConaughey. Here’s what to watch this evening

9.45pm, BBC TwoThis heart-racing, three-part documentary tells the wild story of a casino bomb and the man behind it. In 1980, a ticking timebomb using 1,000lb of dynamite was wheeled through Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino in Lake Tahoe, with a note demanding $3m (£2.2m) attached to it. It was so sophisticated that, as one bomb squad member who was there remembers in the first episode, “all the usual techniques were thrown out of the window”. Hollie Richardson

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Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay star in the watchable four-parter, Number One Fan. Plus practice makes perfect in Virgin Island. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 5Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay star in a silly but oh-so-watchable thriller, which runs through the week. Lucy Logan (Halfpenny) is the nation’s favourite daytime telly host with a seemingly perfect life. But when she is mugged, superfan Donna (Lindsay) comes to the rescue – and soon she keeps popping up everywhere Lucy turns. Soapy twists ensue. Hollie Richardson

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The broadcaster relives his landmark series that changed everything. Plus, gritty casino drama The Cage continues. Here’s everything to watch this evening

8pm, BBC One

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The enjoyable 2024 movie adaptation is sliced into a four-part series. Plus, White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood hosts SNL UK! Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Four

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Season two of the Oregon hospital series starts with the launch of a birthing centre. Plus, Bill Bailey’s moving portraits series. Here’s what to watch this evening

11.10pm, BBC OneIf the nonstop emergencies of The Pitt are a bit too unnerving, why not try a dose of Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin’s good (and occasionally excellent) mockumentary, set in an underfunded hospital in Oregon? As season two kicks off, Joyce is stressed about the launch of the new birthing centre, while Alex desperately tries to cling on to her blissful Hawaii holiday vibes. And Bruce’s aikido training proves useless when he’s attacked in the car park. Hannah J Davies

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What’s not to love about Izuka Hoyle and Tahar Rahim’s action-packed drama Prisoner? Plus, the Indian version of The Traitors. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticA lean, Line of Duty-esque police drama finds a fresh-out-of-idyllic-maternity-leave prison officer Amber (Big Boys’ Izuka Hoyle) on her way to pick up Tibor Stone (The Serpent’s Tahar Rahim). He plays a prisoner so dangerous he can’t even be trusted with his own insulin pump. Despite his heinous crimes, the police need his testimony to bring down an organised crime syndicate. Sleek storytelling, plus Eddie Marsan playing against type – what’s not to love? Priya Elan

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Dalì is among the artist suspects in This Is Not a Murder Mystery. Plus: the story behind the 2018 Salisbury poisonings. Here’s what to watch this evening

8pm, U&DramaA period crime drama set in West Sussex, 1936: a stately home is playing host to the hottest artists of the day, including Salvador Dalí, Man Ray and René Magritte. After a party fuelled by cocaine, opium and professional jealousy, a body is found, staged like Magritte’s The Lovers – prompting the arrival of Stephen Tompkinson as acerbic DCI John Thistlethwaite. The clever visual references and arch dialogue make it hard not to love. Jack Seale

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Half Man is the story of two 1980s schoolboys and their entwined lives. Plus: a reality series following first-time daters. Here’s what to watch this evening

10.40pm, BBC OneRichard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer comes to regular telly, having premiered on iPlayer last week. Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell are both superb as weak Niall and violent Ruben, a duo of 1980s schoolboys. We flash forward to glimpse Jamie Bell and Gadd himself playing them as adults – who are about to form a toxic lifelong bond. Jack Seale

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