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Entertainment
Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, John Robinson, Candice Carty-Williams, Jonathan Wright, Ali Catterall and Paul Howlett

Tuesday’s best TV: Gotham; This Time Next Year; Class of Mum and Dad

Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne in Gotham
Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne in Gotham. Photograph: Warner Brothers/Channel 4

Gotham
9pm, E4

Season four of the Batman prequel debuts on its new home of E4, having taken a circuitous route from Channel 5 via Netflix. Visually, it goes for grittiness: this Gotham is a Nolanesque benighted cityscape of gloomy warehouses and chilly piers. Tonally, the show is pure panto, with familiar supervillains gleefully chomping on scenery while a teenage Bruce Wayne haltingly learns the batropes. Waddling villain Penguin is currently Gangster No 1 and is about to open a lavish new nightclub to prove it. Graeme Virtue

This Time Next Year
8pm, ITV

Davina McCall returns with the ingenious tearjerker in which punters announce a life change they would like to achieve, give themselves 12 months to do it, but then report back instantaneously, because the first part was filmed a year ago. Tonight’s goals include significant weight loss, a baby and a prosthetic nose. Jack Seale

Class of Mum and Dad
8pm, Channel 4

In a primary school on the outskirts of Bolton, a new class is beginning – consisting of a dozen parents of existing pupils. There are some classic responses from the kids (“Are you wearing my shorts?”), but class 6M are straight in at the deep end with Mrs Meads – and a maths test. Turns out it’s no joke. John Robinson

Come Home
9pm, BBC One

In the final episode of this powerful three-part series, Marie throws a life-changing demand in Greg’s direction, all the while battling with a secret that threatens to further fragment the already broken family. Will she tell Greg the truth about their daughter Laura or will she continue to bury the past? Candice Carty-Williams

My Floating Home
9pm, More4

Possibly because land-based property porn shows now exclude so many on financial grounds, the show devoted to homes on the water returns for a second series. Presenter Mark Evans begins by charting the construction of a fibreglass home, commissioned by dad Gerald for his son, Aiden. Jonathan Wright

Cunk on Britain
10pm, BBC Two

The blissfully stupid Philomena Cunk explores Tudors, Georgians and the civil war, covering everyone from Henry VIII and his “chronic wife addiction” to Will.i.am Shakespeare and Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins: “His method was foolproof, which was handy, because it had to be done by village idiots.” Ali Catterall

Film choice

Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne in I Give It A Year
Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne in I Give It A Year. Photograph: Giles Keyte

I Give It a Year (Dan Mazer, 2013), 11.15pm, Film4

Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne are Josh and Nat, who got married in haste and are now repenting, what with his sweet ex and her rich American client promising happier-ever-afters. A patchy romcom, but with a liberal helping of laughs; Olivia Colman is fun as a marriage guidance counsellor. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Commonwealth Games 2018 Road cycling and netball from Australia. 6am, BBC Two.

Champions League football: Manchester City v Liverpool Second leg of the all-Premier League quarter-final. 7pm, BT Sport 2.

Championship football: Aston Villa v Cardiff City Promotion hopefuls meet. 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event.

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