Tonight's highlights include Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in Nine Perfect Strangers, Niamh Algar in Deceit, Pride Hits at the BBC, Kylie, Mo Gilligan and Sandra Oh in The Chair . . .
Pick of the Day
Nine Perfect Strangers, Amazon Prime Video
Another show to really get your teeth into. Well, if the trailer's anything to go by.
This eight-part series is based on The New York Times best-selling book from Australian author Liane Moriarty, and is produced by the teams behind Big Little Lies and The Undoing.
Filmed on location in Australia, the drama is set at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living.
Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies.
But these nine particular strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.
The ensemble cast also includes Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Boone, Bobby Cannavale, Luke Evans, Michael Shannon, Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Melvin Gregg, Samara Weaving, and Asher Keddie.
The first three episodes premiere today, with later episodes launching weekly.
Don’t Miss
Deceit, 9.00pm, Channel 4
It’s the second part of the (so far) superb drama revisiting the events of July 1992, when 23-year-old Rachel Nickell was stabbed 49 times on Wimbledon Common.
Niamh Algar was BAFTA-winning great in last week’s opener as undercover cop Sadie Byrne.
This episode enters the world of Colin Stagg, the Met Police's prime suspect. In officers' minds, Stagg perfectly fitted the criminal profile of the killer, and yet there was no hard evidence linking him to the murder.
Their hopes of a conviction rested on the involvement of an incognito Sadie Byrne in his life.
Pride Hits at the BBC, 9.30pm, BBC Four
Here’s a musical celebration for International Pride Month, with a collection of the BBC's archives' biggest stars, including Kylie (below), Elton John and Lady Gaga, along with once-controversial tracks such as Relax and Smalltown Boy.
BBC Radio 2 Live: Hyde Park Headliners - Kylie Minogue , 10.30pm
Kylie performs live in front of a 45,000-strong crowd at the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Festival in a Day.
The show features tracks from her number one album Golden, which draws inspiration from American country music, as well as a selection if classic pop and dance hits from her three decades in the spotlight.
This is followed by BBC One Sessions: Elton John (11.30pm) where the singer-songwriter (above) performs in concert at LSO St Luke's in London in front of an audience of just 300 people.
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, 10..0pm, Channel 4
The RTS award-winning and Bafta-nominated comedian and actor chews the fat with guests Aisling Bea, Adrian Dunbar, Munya Chawawa and Kurupt FM.
Plus, there’s the usual mix of exciting games, hilarious sketches and superstar performances.
Here's Laura Whitmore from last week's show:
New or Returning Shows
The Crimson Rivers, 9.00pm, More4
This is a French crime drama where detective Pierre Niemans and his ex-student Camille Delaunay tackle cases involving strange rituals.
First up, the duo are called to the unusual murder of a priest, Father Spaggio, at an isolated chapel outside a village.
Camille and Pierre hear rumours of the priest behaving inappropriately with children, but these are not confirmed.
Someone inserts a cryptic clue into Camille's coat which neither of them understand, and they are shown a link between the death of a third century martyr and the placement of Father Spaggio's body.
New to Stream
The Chair, Netflix
This six-part dramedy follows Dr Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh in yet another interesting move) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department, and as one of the few staff members of colour at the university.
Another character to look out for (Dr Kim certainly does) is Jay Duplass' Bill Dobson, a writer-turned-lecturer who's rather fond of the gargle, and is in mourning for his wife and pining after after his daughter, who has left for college.
Everything Will Be Fine, Netflix
After falling out of love, a husband and wife create unconventional rules to keep their family together for the sake of their daughter.
Sweet Girl, Netflix
Devoted family man Ray Cooper, vows justice against the pharmaceutical company responsible for pulling a potentially life-saving drug from the market just before his wife dies from cancer.
But when his search for the truth leads to a deadly encounter that puts Ray and his daughter Rachel in harm’s way, Ray’s mission turns into a quest for vengeance in order to protect the only family he has left.
Extinct, Sky Cinema & NOW TV
Love the tagline for this animated feature. 'Get ready for a hole new adventure'.
Meet chalk and cheese siblings Op (Rachel Bloom) and Ed (Adam Devine). These little critters are Flummels - cute, furry donut-shaped animals who live on an island in the Galapagos in 1835.
Ed, a grumpy pessimist, desperately wants to fit in with the community while Op, overly exuberant, constantly creates havoc that makes them outsiders.
When they accidentally time travel to modern day Shanghai, they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct.
It's up to this bumbling pair to save themselves and their species . . . and, just maybe, change the course of history.
