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Darkness

9pm on ITV1
With the serial killer taking his third victim in the latest cliffhanger, it’s been a tough week at work for DI Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) in this sinister police drama. Local men in their teens and twenties are the targets, and Kennedy thinks she knows who will be next – but will she save him? Or is she just playing the killer’s sick, twisted game? What about her troubling domestic dilemma with her daughter? Holly Richardson

There’s a Gangster in My Apartment: Jigsaw

8pm, BBC One
This week’s investigation posits that viewers can find an ounce of sympathy in their hearts for buy-to-let landlords. It explores the plight of apartment owners who, despite paying agencies to conduct rental checks, end up with criminals and gang members on their properties. It’s supposed to be an unpleasant problem but it’s probably a very specialized problem. Phil Harrison

University challenge

At 8.30pm on BBC Two
The meaningless test where overconfident undergraduates can fool themselves is still in the early days of its thirty-third series. But this first-round heat provides an opportunity to gauge the current form of defending champions Manchester. They face 2023 winners Durham, headed by Amol Rajan. Graeme Virtue

Dragon House

9pm, Sky Atlantic
After two episodes that focused more on political machinations than on the armed conflicts that define life in Westeros, the Game of Thrones prequel is ready to return to fiery and bloody life. Owning the Iron Throne has been a tainted blessing for Rhaenyra, but she wants to keep it. However, more than one branch of her tangled family tree differs violently. Jack Seale

development

9pm on BBC Two

There’s a lot of sex in this episode of Chris Packham’s series Revelations About the Origins of Life. Don’t expect rudeness, though; Instead, there is a detailed explanation of why trilobites are so difficult to get busy. Packham’s final destination is the huge eggs produced by ostriches, but, as always, he takes a wonderfully scenic route. pH

The Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives

At 10pm on Channel 4
“We’re like the Kardashians, but if they were fat, broke and on benefits.” This is what Roma community influencer Triuli Precious says about herself and her sisters in this new reality series. They are part of a new wave of glamorous, high-fashion-loving girls, called “gypsy girls,” who are breaking free from the strict rules of the older generation. Priya Elan