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The snake queen

At 10.05pm on Channel 4

A very modern drama in the rompy style of The Great and Mary & George. First broadcast on StarzPlay in 2022, the story is set in 16th-century France and follows Italian Catherine de Medici (Liv Hale playing the younger, Samantha Morton the older) who works her way to the top and earns her flaky reputation. The story begins with Catherine’s marriage to Henry II when she was only 14 years old. Holly Richardson

Strictly Come Dancing

6.35pm, BBC One

Sadly, the impressive La Voix has picked up an injury and will miss out on Blackpool. The remaining six couples taking to the precious dance floor are Louis and Katja taking Charleston to Arctic Monkeys, and George and Alexis taking Salsa to a classic 90s club. Additionally, Lewis Capaldi performs on Sunday’s results show. Human resources

Bettany Hughes Treasures of the World

7pm on Channel 4

The latest armchair travel adventure with historian Bettany, this series takes us to Estonia. It begins by introducing us to a 10,000-year-old piece of chewed tar that reveals the profile of a prehistoric teenager. Next, she finds a 16th-century shipwreck in Baltic waters, before trying her hand at drinking wine laced with snakes. Human resources

Kim Wilde at the BBC

8.05pm, BBC2

Three decades after her smash hit Kids in America, Kim Wilde – one of the most popular solo artists of the 1980s – performed at Radio 2 in the Park last year. Now she presents a retrospective of her appearances with the broadcaster, with more hits including a rarely seen duet with Tony Ferrino, aka Steve Coogan. Human resources

Wild cherry

9.05pm, BBC One

Teenager Iris is still missing and the mothers of Lake Richford appear to be in denial about the possible involvement of their dear daughters. Everyone except Lorna, who is determined to hack the secret app on Grace’s phone. Meanwhile, investigators find that class privilege poses a formidable obstacle to their investigations. Ellen E. Jones

Hitler’s DNA: A Dictator’s Blueprint

9.05pm, Channel 4

It is the concluding part of this somewhat speculative series on the genetic background of the German dictator. Unsurprisingly, he finds more evidence of Hitler’s unfitness for high office, and suggests significant signs of bipolarity and schizophrenia. It also assumes lower testosterone levels, and perhaps a “smaller penis.” Phil Harrison

Movie choices

After the chase, Prime Video is now released

It’s a rare Julia Roberts film where we don’t see her signature 100-watt smile, but there are few laughs in director Luca Guadagnino’s Yale-set mystery drama. Roberts plays the largely unlikable Alma, a philosophy professor who will take up her position alongside her colleague and best friend Hank (Andrew Garfield). That is until student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri) accuses him of sexual assault. Questions of privilege, feminism, restorative justice, and generational ignorance swirl around Alma as she is asked to choose who to believe – while her behavior is also up for debate. Simon Wardle

One Shot With Ed Sheeran is now available on Netflix

Teenage director Philip Barantini adapts his individual experience to the less zeitgeist subject matter of the Suffolk-raised singer who has conquered the world. It’s an uncut hour or so in which Ed is a suave troubadour in New York – playing guitar and singing at a marriage proposal, a birthday party, a bar session, an open-air tour bus and a subway train. Mild crowd disturbances ensue, while a nifty camera (at one point, switching from a handheld view to a drone shot of a skyscraper) enlivens the cavalcade of individual strikes. Southwest

Cabiria Nights, 9.05pm, Talking Pictures TV

One of many classic films directed by Federico Fellini that encompass the high life and low life of his beloved Roma, this 1957 comedy-drama stars Giulietta Masina as the sex worker Cabiria. With a dash of anger and (perhaps naive) optimism, she absorbs whatever life throws at her – whether it’s on the streets at night or in a movie star’s bedroom, meeting a stranger working in charity or a man who might make her an honest woman. Masséna’s Chaplin-like techniques give the piece a haunting, tragic aura. Southwest

Live sports

Premier League: Burnley v Chelsea, 11am, TNT Sports 1 Newcastle vs Man City at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.

International Rugby: Wales v New Zealand, 3pm, TNT Sports 1 Ireland vs South Africa at 5.30pm. France vs. Australia at 8 p.m.

Test Cricket: Australia vs England, 2am, TNT Sports 1 Day three of the first Test in Perth.