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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

FBI: Most Wanted is back for a new season, as is the terrestrial run of Better Call Saul on TG4, comedian Neil Delamere heads to Ohio on The End of the World with Beanz, while Alan Carr heads to Ascot . . .

Pick of the Day

FBI: Most Wanted, 9.00pm, Sky Witness

Streaming on NOW

Special Agents Scott, Barnes, Gibson and Gaines are back in the fifth season of FBI: Most Wanted,

Dylan McDermott and co are joined by Shantel VanSanten, who plays new addition Special Agent Nina Chase, who's marking her debut as a series regular following her recurring role in FBI.

As the new season begins, a mysterious deal goes south and leaves behind multiple dead bodies.

The Fugitive Task Force head to Virginia to put the pieces together, while Remy continues to grapple with the aftermath of connecting with his long-lost nephew.

New or Returning Shows

Better Call Saul, 10.30pm, TG4

Season three of this superb Netflix drama opens with Jimmy helping Chuck regain his confidence, but Chuck makes clear to his brother that he hasn't forgiven Jimmy for his trespasses.

After discovering an ominous note, Mike obsesses over the identity of a mysterious stranger who has been surveilling him.

Then Kim and Jimmy clash over the boundaries of their shared workspace.

Night Coppers, 10.00pm, Channel 4

It’s season two of the documentary series on the beat with the police officers who patrol the city of Brighton after dark.

Adrenaline-seeking officers Dakota and Dan are assigned to an over-zealous Brighton football fan who's been knocked out in the street.

Best friends Annie and Jack are put through their paces with some midnight cardio exercise when a man accused of assault bolts on foot and solo officer Emily is tasked with tracking down some youths in a fight.

Space Dive, 9.50pm, BBC Four

This is the story of 43-year-old Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner's parachute jump, when he became the first person to freefall through the sound barrier after leaping from a record-breaking height of 24 miles.

The film follows Felix as he trains under the supervision of 82-year-old Joe Kittinger, the man who set the altitude record when he fell 19 miles to Earth in 1960 and shows how the mission came close to being aborted in the final stages of the ascent.

Don’t Miss

The End of the World with Beanz, 7.00pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

In this week’s episode Martin Beanz Warde is joined by comedian Neil Delamere (below) in Ohio to learn how to survive in the great outdoors.

Martin also sees first-hand the effects of coastal erosion in Ireland and meets a group of teenagers for a discussion on climate anxiety.

Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr, 8.00pm, BBC One

The designers create their own personal interpretations of high-end sophistication and luxury as they each decorate their own hospitality box at Ascot Racecourse.

The specific task is setting the table for afternoon tea as judge Michelle Ogundehin and guest Kelly Hoppen decide who wins Stand Out Space and who will go home.

Home of the Year, 8.30pm, RTÉ One

Streaming on RTÉ Player

The judges examine Shane and Marty's 1920s terraced house in Dublin, Lorraine and Mike's dream home in county Mayo and Charlene and Alan's period-inspired new build (below) in county Antrim.

Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon, 9.00pm, BBC One

Stacey and the team help the Morrell family declutter and organise their impressively untidy home.

Sounds like nothing gets thrown out.

They are surprised to discover that it contains over 131 pairs of shoes, 30 remote controls, 22 toothbrushes and over 500 items of baby clothing.

Carpenter Rob creates a wooden feature wall in mum and dad Charlie and Keith's bedroom whilst Dilly reorganises everyone's wardrobes

Timewatch: The Houdini Myth, 9.00pm, BBC Four

This is a profile of the legendary 20th-century escapologist (below), featuring restored archive footage and interviews with historians and illusionists, who recall his impact on audiences.

The documentary also reveals some of the secrets behind several of Harry Houdini's most famous escapes.

Originally broadcast in 2000.

How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery, 11.20pm, BBC Four

For two years BBC cameras followed Doctor Sheperd Doeleman of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the work of the Event Horizon Telescope project team.

It’s a collective of the top scientific minds from around the world.

The project combines radio observatories and telescope facilities from around the world to make up a virtual telescope with a diameter spanning the entire planet.

This mega-telescope's ultimate mission: to capture the first image ever of a black hole. Although the concept of black holes has been long assumed to be fact, the Event Horizon Telescope's success would definitively prove the existence of this scientific phenomena for the first time - and provide clear visual evidence.

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