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Entertainment
Ellen E Jones, David Stubbs, Lanre Bakare, Andrew Mueller, Phil Harrison, John Robinson and Paul Howlett

Tuesday’s best TV: Divorce; Pedalling Dreams; The FGM Detectives

Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Robert (Thomas Haden Church) in Divorce
Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Robert (Thomas Haden Church) in Divorce. Photograph: HBO/Sky

Divorce
10.10pm, Sky Atlantic

After all the craziness of series one, actually signing the divorce papers is surprisingly fuss-free for Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Robert (Thomas Haden Church). It is what comes next that provides the tears and laughter in the opener of the second season of Sharon Horgan’s acutely observed HBO dramedy. Frances has her gallery and her insomnia, Robert has his house‑flipping; neither has much in the way of new romantic prospects – yet. Funny how even the most moribund marriage can have such an eventful afterlife. Ellen E Jones

How to Get Fit Fast
8pm, Channel 4

Anna Richardson and Amar Latif present another series of tips on getting the most of your gym membership. Richardson investigates a new exercise trend called low-intensity steady state, while Latif hits a muddy endurance obstacle course. It is painful – the laboured, perky tone, that is – but it works. David Stubbs

Pedalling Dreams: The Raleigh Story
8pm, BBC Four

Before Team Sky and high-end brands such as Rapha, British cycling was a niche pursuit. Raleigh, though, managed to take a Nottingham-based brand global without the help of Bradley Wiggins or marginal gains. This film charts the company’s journey to becoming one of the world’s largest bike manufacturers. Lanre Bakare

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
9pm, BBC Two

Return of the travel-cum-reality conceit in which Monica Galetti and Giles Coren don’t merely stay at distinctive hotels, but join their workforces. Tonight, they visit the atoll of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia, purchased by Marlon Brando in 1967, now the location of a resort that bears his name. Andrew Mueller

100 Years Younger in 21 Days
9pm, ITV

New reality show that takes its participants’ apparently self-evident decrepitude as its starting point. Whether you are a legendary caner (Shaun Ryder) or a keen puffer (June Brown), this show promises – indeed, threatens – to bash its celebs into shape. Still, at least this green juice apocalypse takes place in lovely Sardinia, so it is not all bad. Phil Harrison

The FGM Detectives
10pm, Channel 4

Cathy Newman investigates FGM – the partial removal of female genitalia – in a documentary filmed over two years. Banned by the UN and the World Health Organization, FGM is still practised in some communities in the UK, where 20,000 girls are thought to be at risk each year. John Robinson

Film choice

Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel in Black Swan
Natalie Portman and Vincent Cassel in Black Swan. Photograph: Fox Searchlight/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010), 11.25pm, Film4
Aronofsky’s delirious horror-drama features a painfully intense Natalie Portman as ballerina Nina, who is to play Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. But director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel)’s insistence that she finds her dark, sexual inner self to play the evil Black Swan leads to a breakdown in which reality and fantasy merge. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Cycling: GP Le Samyn This year’s staging of the single-day road race from Belgium. 3pm, Eurosport 2

FA Cup football: Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday The Owls visit the Liberty stadium for this fifth-round replay. 8pm, BBC One

ODI cricket: New Zealand v England The second game of the series from Mount Maunganui. 12.30am (Wednesday), Sky Sports Main Event

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