TV tonight: Mackenzie Crook’s lovely new supernatural sitcom

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Small Prophets

10pm, BBC Two
A sweet, supernatural new sitcom from Mackenzie Crook. Oddball Michael (Pearce Quigley) is Miss Havisham with a beard, living in the house his partner left seven years earlier and never returned to. But his dad, Brian (Michael Palin), who has moved to a care home, says he knows a way to finally find answers – and it involves using a little alchemy to grow homunculi (tiny humans). Brian just needs to find the recipe to conjure them up. Hollie Richardson

Jamie’s Feasts for a Fiver

8pm, Channel 4
A spin on a classic dessert steals the menu this week: raspberry jam treacle tart, with added crunchy cornflake golden syrup, served with custard. It’s to be enjoyed after another teatime favourite Jamie’s cooking up: toad in the hole. He also invites Patricia Chung to share her fish noodle soup, made with sardine broth and topped with crunchy chana dal. HR

Silent Witness

9pm, BBC One
An estate agent’s open house goes very badly wrong in the opening to this two-parter. That means a new case and a new city for crime scene investigation’s most glamorous power couple, Nikki (Emilia Fox) and Jack (David Caves). There appears to be a racial dimension to this murder – but appearances can be deceptive. Ellen E Jones

Guy Martin’s House Without Bills

9pm, Channel 4

Guy with a couple in front of their home
Guy explores how to make a semi in Greater Manchester cheaper to heat. Photograph: James Woodroffe/North One TV

Energy bills don’t look as if they’ll be falling any time soon, so here’s Guy Martin to test the latest wheezes to curb your usage. In Greater Manchester, a 1930s semi is fitted with insulation, draught-proofing and a heat pump, while a factory nearby makes super-green flatpack houses. Jack Seale

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

9pm, Sky Atlantic
So, little Egg (the brilliant Dexter Sol Ansell) is a Targaryen! But can this revelation help Dunk (the very tall Peter Claffey) get out of a sticky situation (read: beating up another, much nastier, Targaryen)? The answer is obviously no, but there is an opportunity for Dunk to escape the death sentence – he’s just going to have to convince some others to help him. HR

Industry

10.40pm, BBC One
Sweetpea is a ferocious dog with a bone as she heads to Accra in Ghana with Kwabena in a last bid to find the dirt on Tender. Meanwhile, Harper has some big news from home that leads to a deep and meaningful conversation with Eric. But then she needs to crack on with what will hopefully be a most memorable talk at next week’s conference. HR

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