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Father issues

9.35pm, BBC One
The sweet father-daughter comedy between Amy Lou Wood and David Morrissey returns, and they’re now joined by baby Sadie. Gemma (Wood) grapples with motherhood and daydreams about dating again, while dealing with the transition of her previously estranged mother Davina (Jill Halfpenny). Eager to be a grandfather, Malcolm (Morrissey) goes to extreme lengths to help her get rid of his ex. Holly Richardson

Back to heaven

8pm, BBC One
The classic locked-room mystery trope gets a youthful twist in this installment of the laid-back Aussie cop show, in which a drunken English sidekick of expatriate detective Colin (Lloyd Griffiths) becomes embroiled in a messy hotel murder. Can his hyper-focused colleague Mac (Anna Samson) get to the bottom of things? Graeme Virtue

The world of gardeners

8pm on BBC Two
One last visit to Monty Don before winter, where he makes a leaf mold out of decaying leaves, while also stocking up on dahlias and growing tulips in pots. Elsewhere, Carol Klein looks at how to maintain gorgeous garden borders throughout the fall. Human resources

Empire with David Olusoga

9pm on BBC Two
Olusoga is, and always has been, a quietly radical historian. In the final of his three episodes on the British Empire, his assessment of the collapse of the UK’s global influence upends some beliefs about the two world wars, the Windrush migration and the Partition of India. Talking to descendants of colonizers brings more clarity. Jack Seale

It’s all her fault

9pm, Sky Atlantic
Sarah Snook (aka Shiv from Succession) and Jake Lacy (Shane from The White Lotus) are great as the desperate parents of a missing child in this twisty thriller. In this episode, wayward nanny Anna returns with a story about the Chicago Marathon, and details about a new suspect that Date Alcaras (Michael Peña) must track down. Ellen E. Jones

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm, on BBC One
It’s a big movie night. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson play Neil Diamond tributes in the upcoming film Song Sung Blue. They will join Ben Stiller – who made a documentary about his parents – and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who stars in A24’s romantic comedy Eternity. Human resources

Choose a movie

Train dreams (Clint Bentley, 2025), Netflix
Clint Bentley’s film adaptation of Dennis Johnson’s novella is an epic American tale filled with sadness. Joel Edgerton plays railroad worker and logger Robert, a quiet, isolated figure in his rural Idaho town in the early 1900s. He then married Gladys (Felicity Jones); They build their own house and have a child, giving him a taste of simple bliss. But it doesn’t last… The spirit of Terrence Malick is present here in the elegiac voice-over narration, episodic plotting, and heart-warming images of the natural world. Edgerton is perfectly portrayed as an ordinary man who witnesses his country’s progress from the sidelines, not expecting much joy from life but haunted after losing what little he has. Simon Wardle

The unholy trinity (Richard Gray, 2025), Paramount+
After his father is hanged, the vengeful Henry (Brandon Lessard) shows up at the Trinity Settlement in Montana in 1888 to shoot the sheriff. However, his target is already dead, and Henry finds himself stranded in a town full of secrets, most of which concern a new lawman, Gabriel Pierce Brosnan. Samuel L. Jackson owns a ball like St. Christopher’s, an old collection from Henry’s father, as well as the odd situation and some hidden gold. The uncertain definition of heroes and villains is one of the pleasures of Richard Gray’s hard Westerns, where everyone has their own reasons. Southwest