Aidan Turner stars in new tennis drama Fifteen Love, Damien Chazelle's Babylon arrives on Sky, it’s Lucy's birthday on Not Going Out, there’s a trio of Two Tone acts on BBC Four, while Walter Presents French crime drama Disturbing Disappearances.
Pick of the Day
Fifteen Love, Prime Video
Starring Poldark's Aidan Turner and breakthrough star Ella Lily Hyland, Fifteen-Love is a new drama set – as the title suggests - in the world of elite tennis.
From the production company behind Vigil and Line of Duty, it explores the story of Justine Pearce (Hyland), a young sports prodigy, who had a meteoric rise in Grand Slam tennis.
Glenn Lapthorn (Turner) was Justine’s maverick coach and they shared an intense rapport. Together, they reached the semifinals of the French Open.
But tragedy struck on court, and Justine's dream of sporting glory was cut brutally short by a devastating injury, which resulted in a shattered wrist and the end of her professional career.
Five years on, now aged 22, Justine is a physiotherapist at her old tennis academy. It seems like she is healed, physically and psychologically, from her downfall on the global stage.
But when Justine makes an explosive allegation against her former coach, everyone at Longwood is forced to reconsider everything they thought they knew about Justine and Glenn’s past success.
Don’t Miss
Not Going Out, 9.00pm, BBC One
After last week’s episode – where Lee spent most of the show in a coffin – this looks like a more 'normal’ episode of Lee Mack’s (below) enduring sitcom.
It’s Lucy's birthday and to celebrate Geoffrey and Wendy take her Lee, Toby and Anna for a trip on a vintage steam train.
Naturally, Lee's decision to play at Poirot when a stranger turns up unannounced in their carriage risks Lucy's special day being ruined.
Madness: Live in Hyde Park, 11.10pm, BBC Four
The first of three programmes tonight featuring live performances by pioneers of the UK's late-1970s ska and 2-Tone movement.
Suggs and the rest of the Nutty Boys (above) take to London’s Hyde Park in 2016, treating the audience to songs old and new from their long career, including One Step Beyond, House of Fun, Baggy Trousers and Our House.
That’s followed at 12.10am by The Specials: 6 Music Sessions, a session recorded by the 2 Tone pioneers for Steve Lamacq on Radio 6 Music
Finally, at 12.45am there’s The Selector: Quay Sessions.
Beethoven’s Fifth at the Proms, 9.00pm, BBC Four
This would be an excellent introduction to classical music live, so this should appeal to anyone with even a slight interest in music.
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor laureate Tadaaki Otaka perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, recorded on 19th July at the Royal Albert Hall.
Star violinist Elena Urioste joins the orchestra to perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto, and Rachmaninov's Five Études-tableaux receives its first ever Proms outing in orchestration by Respighi.
The event is presented by Katya Adler (above).
Spider-Man: Homecoming, 10.40pm, BBC One
The pick of a meagre bunch of movies tonight is this superhero adventure, starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Parker balances life as an ordinary high school student with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, while waiting in vain to join his mentor Iron Man on a world-saving mission.
Determined to prove he is ready for bigger challenges, he investigates a spree of crimes committed with advanced weapons - leading him into a battle with a ruthless winged enemy on the hunt for priceless technology.
Other movies tonight include coming-of-age drama Blinded by the Light (9.35pm, RTÉ One) and WWII courtroom drama Hart’s War (9pm, RTÉ2).
The Last Leg, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Brian Cox was great on last week’s top-notch show. Can the gang keep up that standard, please? Even bring back the Just Stop Oil protestors who disrupted the start of the show.
This week,Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills and Alex Brooker (above) are joined by guests Tim Minchin and Judi Love for a comic review of the significant moments of the past seven days.
As usual, the hashtag #isitok paves the way for the gang to round up, examine and explain the leading and most entertaining news stories of the week.
New or Returning Shows
Disturbing Disappearances, 9.00pm, More4
The latest from the Walter Presents stable is a French crime drama, starring Sara Forestier, Pierre Rochefort and Bruno Dreyfurst. Looks pretty good.
Small-time dealer Tony is shocked when one of his regulars dies of an overdose after he sells her drugs.
Tony needs to cover up his supply trail to make sure his wife and family aren't affected by his criminal behaviour.
Pregnant Maya Rosetti convinces her partner Clement to help her solve this conundrum.
New to Stream
Babylon, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
Directed by Damien Chazelle, this is an epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva.
The ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart.
It’s a tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess that traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
They Cloned Tyrone, Netflix
At first I thought this might be about Tyrone gaelic football, but the reality couldn’t be any further from that.
And it’s got an impressive cast that includes John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris. None of whom are from Ulster football strongholds.
The series follows an eerie series of events that leads an unlikely trio (Boyega, Parris and Foxx) down a rabbit hole into a sinister neighborhood conspiracy.
Ending Today
Queen of Oz, 9.30pm, BBC One
It’s the sixth and final episode of the Catherine Tate-starring comedy about the black sheep of a fictional British royal family forced to move to Australia to become their Queen.
As the season concludes with an episode called I'm Not Marrying a Gorm, Georgie takes on a more positive attitude. But then, one by one, things start to fall apart.
