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What's on? TV highlights for Tuesday

Home of the Year
Home of the Year

Home of the Year is back, The Good Fight continues, and there's a trio of fascinating documentaries to choose from . . .

Pick of the Day

Home of the Year, 8.30pm, RTÉ One

Back for a fifth run, judges design legend Hugh Wallace, renowned interior designer Deirdre Whelan and award-winning architect Peter Crowley look for the key elements that make a house great.

First up, Robin Wilson lives with his wife Julie and their daughter Zara in a self-build in Down known locally as the ‘Goldeneye’ house; Chára Nagle, partner Alan Crosbie and family live in a horse shoe-shaped converted stable in Dublin; while Dee Noone and husband Evan live in an extended 1800’s cottage in Galway with their two dogs.

New or Returning Shows

Abused By My Girlfriend, 11.10pm, BBC Two

Here's the remarkable story of Alex Skeel, a 23-year-old man from Bedford in England who survived an abusive relationship with his girlfriend Jordan Worth.

Combining observational filming with personal and police archive, this film provides a raw and uninhibited window into a teenage romance that descended into terrible violence.

The Drawings of Yves Saint Laurent, 9.00pm, Sky Arts

Yves Saint Laurent sketched ideas constantly, creating new silhouettes, new codes of dressing and anticipating major changes in society.

This documentary takes viewers through more than 50 years of the Yves Saint Laurent archives, through thousands of sketches from his 40 years of haute couture collections, to his irreverent work for stage and TV productions.

100 Vaginas, 10.00pm, Channel 4

Documentary artist Laura Dodsworth - whose previous series of photos included breasts and penises - photographs 100 women and interviews 18 participants, from age 19 to 77, about how their vagina has shaped their lives.

Their stories range from intimate to shocking, moving, powerful and funny, and these women share, to better understand this part of themselves and its definitive role in women's lives.

Laura Dodsworth

Ending Tonight

Escape at Dannemora, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic & Now TV

The second part of the finale to Ben Stiller’s acclaimed prison escape drama arrives, as Matt, Sweat and Tilly’s attempts to evade the authorities come to a conclusion.

My Million Pound Menu, 8.00pm, BBC Two

Fred Sirieix oversees a battle for investment between three restaurant ideas, who think their take on modern British dining will secure them the chance for big-money backing to open on the high street.

Don't Miss

The Good Fight, 10.15pm, RTÉ One

Adrian and Diane serve as outside counsel for a broadcast network planning to air a controversial segment that would derail the career of a beloved male movie star.

Meanwhile, Maia and Lucca have vastly different experiences while out on separate ride-alongs with the Chicago Police Department.

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