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Poker Face
9pm, Sky Max
Natasha Lyonne’s cool crime caper was one of 2023’s most entertaining shows, following Vegas casino worker Charlie (Lyonne) whose ability to instantly detect when people are lying gets her in big trouble with bad people and sets her on the run. As season two starts, she is still being chased across America – but stopping to use her skill to solve a different “howcatchem” in every star-studded episode. Cynthia Erivo is a hoot as she plays quintuplets (or is that sextuplets?) after their wealthy mother dies and leaves everything to only one child. This week’s triple bill opener also features Katie Holmes and Giancarlo Esposito as funeral directors, with Charlie all the while dodging bullets. Hollie Richardson
VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember
8pm, BBC One
Zoe Ball hosts a two-hour live concert at Horse Guards Parade in London to mark 80 years since the end of the second world war in Europe. As well as lots of musical performances, including Samantha Barks singing We’ll Meet Again accompanied by an orchestra, there will be a revival of Dad’s Army, while veterans reflect on their memories, and Brian Cox reminds us of Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech from 8 May 1945. Hollie Richardson
Taskmaster
9pm, Channel 4
Mathew Baynton, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Stevie Martin and Rosie Ramsey continue to do the ever-twisted bidding of Greg Davies and “Little” Alex Horne, as series 19 continues. It is a motley crew, but they are a delight – especially El-Ghorri, who brings the perfect level of lairy, sweary energy to the challenges. Hannah J Davies
The Trial
9pm, Channel 5
Interestingly timed after the themes raised in Adolescence, this one-off court drama imagines a world in which, under a new law, the parents of a child who has committed a crime need to prove they did a good job of parenting to avoid being convicted too. Ben Miles, Claire Skinner and Saoirse-Monica Jackson star. HR
Man Like Mobeen
9pm, BBC Three
Operation Save Aqsa is in full swing, but it seems that Mobeen’s old allies aren’t entirely on board with his plan of action, while his new “friends” – an Irish gangster and the Turkish mafia – aren’t necessarily to be relied on, either. At least Mobs can count on Uncle Shady to come through with the goods … Right? Ellen E Jones
Gangs of London
11.50pm, Sky Atlantic
The violent crime thriller reaches its climax, and this series will always be remembered as the one in which a guy was strangled to death with an umbilical cord. Elsewhere, veteran fixer Ed (Lucian Msamati) is in a tight spot, while Elliot (Sopé Dìrísù) belatedly learns the truth about his wife and son’s deaths. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
The Assessment (Fleur Fortune, 2024), Prime Video
In a post-climate disaster future in which freedoms are restricted, Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and Aaryan (Himesh Patel) are visited by an official for seven days of close observation to check their suitability to have a child. But Virginia (Alicia Vikander) isn’t just there to ask them intrusive questions; day two starts with her having a tantrum as if she were a toddler. In Fleur Fortune’s slippery psychological drama, the couple’s attempt at parental role play – while never really knowing whether or not Virginia is being herself – turns into a tense game of manipulation, even exploitation. Vikander is the film’s chief delight as the murkily motivated visitor, but Olsen and Patel give as good as they get. Simon Wardell
The Invisible Woman (Ralph Fiennes, 2013), 10.10pm, BBC Four
Claire Tomalin’s book about actor Nelly Ternan’s secret relationship with Charles Dickens has been moulded into a nuanced drama by writer Abi Morgan and director Ralph Fiennes. Felicity Jones is wonderfully affecting as the teenage innocent, Nelly, who catches the eye of the celebrated author (Fiennes) and – in an uneasy mix of attraction and financial imperative – becomes his lover. A fascinating look at the star wattage of Dickens, but also the women who trailed silently in his wake. SW
