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What's on? TV highlights for Monday

The Victim
The Victim

It's goodbye to the gloriously-failing Fleabag, Kelly MacDonald stars in The Victim, there's a documentary about drama students with Down’s Syndrome, and My Tribe concludes with a look at skinhead culture . . .

Pick of the Day

The Victim, 9.00pm, BBC One

This four-part courtroom drama series is spread over the next few nights, so either get the red button going or cancel all nightly appointments between now and Thursday.

Fifteen years after her son’s murder, Anna Dean (Kelly MacDonald) arrives at Edinburgh High Court for the start of a major court case - but who is on trial?

Six months previously, on Hallow'een, Craig Myers (James Harkness) is viciously attacked and discovers he has been accused online of being the notorious child murderer Eddie J Turner.

The investigation into the online post and the subsequent attack uncovers evidence that DI Grover (John Hannah) believes incriminates Anna - but senior officers seem intent on blocking his enquiries.

New or Returning Shows

Life After Lock-up, 10.00pm, Channel 4

This observational documentary series traces a year in the lives of ex-offenders as they are released from prison hopefully to reintegrate back into society.

In this first episode, Chris (pictured) is released after serving over 32 years for murder, shoplifter Gemma returns to sleeping rough in Swindon, and burglar Azhar tries to win back the respect of his family.

Thronecast: War Room, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic & NOW TV

Sue Perkins heads up a panel of Game of Thrones celebrity super-fans and past cast members for a vibrant discussion on how the much-hyped fantasy series shapes up ahead of its eighth and final season.

There’ll be a recap of the story so far, special vignettes on the lore behind the show, and the panel will be making their predictions as to who will be left standing once the dust has settled and the dragonfire has flickered out.

Showstoppers, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

Here's a story of ability, friendship and endeavour among a group of drama students with Down’s  Syndrome.

This documentary follows their journey as they prepare for their first professional performance – One Love – before stepping further into the world of theatre through the formation of a touring stage company.

While working towards their first professional theatre production, the students also open their lives to the viewers, discussing their jobs, their friendships and their loves.

The Bay, 9.00pm, Virgin Media One

DS Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) is assigned as the Family Liaison Officer to the case of teenage twins, Holly and Dylan Meredith, who have disappeared from their home in Morecambe.

After meeting the twins’ parents, Armstrong is shocked to discover that her connection to the family might be a lot more than merely professional.

A House Through Time, 9.00pm, BBC Two

In the second season of this fascinating, award-nominated history series, broadcaster and historian David Olusoga uncovers the history of another house, this time in Newcastle.

Tracing its residents’ stories back 200 years, he reveals real-life drama ranging from burglary to bigamy, and investigates characters including a vengeful lawyer and a doctor entangled in scandal.

New to Download

The Possession of Hannah Grace, Sky Store

Shay Mitchell stars in this horror movie as morgue worker Megan Reed who, when working the graveyard shift (because a 9-5 isn’t spooky enough), takes delivery of a disfigured cadaver – the eponymous Hannah Grace.

Little does she know the cause of death was a violent exorcism that spiraled out of control, and it soon becomes clear that something evil inhabits poor Hannah’s body.

Ending Tonight

Fleabag, 10.35pm, BBC One

Just like the pretty flawless Fawlty Towers, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's delightfully downbeat Fleabag comes to an end after just two seasons and a dozen superb episodes. We may never see its zeitgeisty like again.

As the day of the wedding of Godmother and Dad arrives, Jake wants to know where Claire is, and the priest upstages the bride.

As secrets are revealed and decisions are made, will Fleabag find the ending she’s looking for? Let's hope not, eh?

Don't Miss

My Tribe, 7.30pm, RTÉ One

In the final episode of this bilingual series about youth culture movements, Finglas skinhead Gearóid recalls that in the 1980s all Skinheads in Dublin were labelled as trouble, a label they’ve struggled to shake.

Twenty-year-old Henna, who is half-Irish/half-Indian, dispels the myth that all Skinheads are Nazis as she found out when she entered the scene. Meanwhile, former model Adam found his tribe with the Skinheads and now considers them family.

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