TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne solves the case of a murdered school gerbil

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Poker Face

9pm, Sky Max
The fun whydunnit continues and Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) is working at a posh elementary school this week, where she finds herself solving the murder of the class gerbil (the biggest victim yet?). She’ll have to get to the bottom of a feud between a girl and a boy who are battling to get the most gold stars. Margo Martindale guest stars as the principal, with Adrienne C Moore as the teacher. Hollie Richardson

Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation

8pm, Channel 4
What would have happened if the Nazis had occupied Britain? This series partly answers that time-worn question: much the same as what happened everywhere else. Eighty years have passed since the Channel Islands were liberated – this is a story of compromise, collaboration and, occasionally and heroically, resistance. Phil Harrison

Marie Antoinette

9pm, BBC Two
An “inappropriate” portrait of the French queen is yet another scandal that rocks Paris in this episode (“She’s painted in her underwear!”). Her masterplan to save her reputation? A haircut! Meanwhile, the diamond necklace scandal that Marie is unknowingly involved in gets bloody. HR

The Secret Life of Bees

9pm, Channel 5
Steve Backshall continues his full-spectrum appreciation of everything to do with bees, throwing himself with impressive energy into cultivating his own hive, wearing a beard of bees and monitoring the dreaded Asian hornet. Plus, more thoughts on how to safeguard their future. Jack Seale

Danielle Does Life

9.50pm, BBC Three

Actor, writer and Hackney native Danielle Vitalis springs back on to screens with this short sketch show exploring the “funny unspoken rules from modern interaction”. We meet a driving instructor from hell, a trifling West Indian judge, and the podcaster who will say sorry for anything if it means more money and more followers. Matthew Pearce

The Horne Section TV Show

10pm, Channel 4
More from this absurdist meta-sitcom, with its gleefully chaotic blend of musical mischief, backstage parody and surreal sketch comedy from Taskmaster’s Little Alex and his band. This week, a guest-star footballer, missing shoes, a soggy producer – and a mystery black eye for Nelly. Ali Catterall