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Entertainment
Rachel Aroesti, Ben Arnold, Jonathan Wright, Ali Catterall, Graeme Virtue, Andrew Mueller

Tuesday’s best TV

Paul Whitehouse Nurse
Paul Whitehouse and Jo Enright in Nurse on BBC 1. Photograph: Des Willie/BBC/Des Willie

Free Speech: Battle of the Kingmakers
8pm, BBC3

To call this political discussion show one of the most worthwhile programmes ever to air on BBC3 is damning it with faint praise, so it should also be noted that it has achieved levels of clarity and insight that Question Time rarely seems to manage these days. This final instalment will see sharp and switched-on referee Rick Edwards field questions from the mainly student-age audience, and put them to representatives from Ukip and the Liberal Democrats. Rachel Aroesti

Ordinary Lies
9pm, BBC1

This week, it’s mostly Kathy’s story in Ordinary Lies. To fulfil what’s lacking in the bedroom department with her excessively jovial, bouncy castle-peddling fella Ralph, she starts meeting with estate agent Niall, an equally non-single gent she’s found on the internet. But when they witness a nasty assault during one of their illicit encounters, Niall’s weaselly true colours emerge and she’s left with a moral dilemma. There’s nothing ordinary about the resulting lies, as an improbable series of events rapidly unfolds. Ben Arnold

40 Kids by 40 Women
9pm, Channel 5

Five’s subtly monikered Brazen Britain season continues with a documentary devoted to men devoted to being serial dads. Mike, for instance, is a self-styled womaniser and sex addict who has 40 children, and we meet him as he attempts to get his kids back from care and reconnect with an estranged son. Meanwhile, mechanic and dancehall party fan Russian has a dozen sprogs by 10 different mothers, while Keith has been dubbed “the Sunderland shagger” and “Britain’s most feckless father”. Jonathan Wright

Nurse
10pm, BBC2

Liz’s personal crisis comes to a head while Graham makes a breakthrough in this final episode. There’s also a timely Top Gear rant from Billy the psychopathic agoraphobic (“If those presenters don’t know how lucky they are, they need a slap”), and another gently libidinous rumination from Herbert, perhaps some long-lost cousin of Rowley Birkin QC. Paul Whitehouse plays eccentric eightysomethings so well that by the time he actually is one, there’s a real risk he’ll be mistaken for being in character. Ali Catterall

Teens
10pm, Channel 4

Volatile bundles of hormones and huffiness, teenagers often provide unreliable testimony when questioned about their lives. This series attempts to capture a more accurate portrait of its 16-year-old subjects by surveilling their phone calls and social media activity, with the most notable LOLs and OMGs flashing up onscreen. In this second episode, Harry’s excitement about a new relationship causes friction with his mum, while Shauna has to reconcile her faith with the earthier interests of her peer group. Graeme Virtue

Costa Del Sol: The Last Brits Standing
10.45pm, BBC1

Last year, at least 90,000 expats gave up on the Costa Del Sol and came home, reasoning that they’d rather cope with Britain’s miserable weather than Spain’s imploding economy. Matt Rudge’s film meets those sticking it out – and those stuck there. The communities they have built are, somewhat ironically, a determinedly, nostalgically British monoculture of the sort that barely exists in Britain’s cities any more; more than one local suggests that they’re not entirely sorry to see them leaving. Andrew Mueller

Today’s best live sport

ATP Tennis: The Miami Open Live action from Crandon Park, Miami. 4pm, Sky Sport 3

Speedway: King’s Lynn Stars v Lakeside Hammers Racing from the Norfolk Arena. 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1

International Football: Italy v England Roy’s lads try to make up for the World Cup (and Euro 2012) in this Turin friendly. 7.30pm, ITV

NBA: Miami Heat v San Antonio Spurs Hoops from the American Airlines Arena in Miami. 1am, BT Sport 1

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