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Mike Bradley, Jonathan Wright, Ali Catterall, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

Tuesday’s best TV: Informer; The Money Shot

Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) in The Informer.
Trademark cool ... Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) in The Informer. Photograph: Laura Radford/BBC/Neal Street Productions

Informer
9pm, BBC One

Writers Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani work clever tricks in the finale to their compelling thriller about undercover informant Raza Shar (Nabhaan Rizwan), who risks his life time and again on behalf of an ungrateful counter-terrorism unit administered by Gabe Waters (Paddy Considine). Now, in the wake of the terrible events at Cafe 66, we learn the identities of the terrorist cell responsible for, among other things, the murder of Yousef Hassan. Displaying all his trademark cool, Raza enters the wolf’s lair, but will he get out alive? Mike Bradley

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
8pm, ITV

The financial guru presents a live, one-hour spectacular in advance of Black Friday. Plus, he provides advice on how to talk more openly about household finances and, in the lead-up to Christmas, the Festive Forecaster predicts the best shopping deals of the season. MB

Saluting Dad’s Army
8pm, Gold

It says much for the fuzzy nostalgia surrounding Dad’s Army that this is the third of four retrospective docs to mark the sitcom’s 50th anniversary. This time, Alexander Armstrong goes behind the scenes and learns how the lovably pompous Arthur Lowe had much in common with Captain Mainwaring. Jonathan Wright

Flying Dreams: Women Airforce Pilots of WWII
9pm, PBS America

From chorus girls to farmers’ daughters, the 25,000 US women who volunteered to become air force pilots came from all sorts of backgrounds, as this doc explores. But these glass-breaking pioneers would see their feats suppressed for decades, until they finally received recognition 66 years after the war. Ali Catterall

The Outback Killer: Mia & Tom’s Story
10pm, Channel 5

The grim tale of British backpackers Mia Ayliffe-Chung and Tom Jackson who, while staying at a hostel in Queensland in 2016, were stabbed and killed by French traveller Smail Ayad. There has been much speculation about the motives of Ayad, whose actions were initially linked to terrorism. Phil Harrison

The Money Shot
12.05am, Channel 4

This bizarre, eight-part French drama from Walter Presents concerns a failing Parisian porn dynasty, headed by X-rated film-maker Alex Valadine, stubbornly resisting the digital age. Watch what happens when change is thrust upon them at a commemorative celebration for their former star, Alex’s ex-wife Elise. MB

Film choice

Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr) and Dr Dre (Corey Hawkins) in Straight Outta Compton.
Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr) and Dr Dre (Corey Hawkins) in Straight Outta Compton. Photograph: Allstar/Universal Pictures

Straight Outta Compton (F Gary Gray, 2015), 10pm, 5Star
The story of south-central LA’s favourite hip-hop outfit, NWA, gets a trad treatment in F Gary Gray’s biopic, which tucks the misogyny and cocaine out of sight. Still, there is an angry energy to the band’s clashes with record companies and the police, and heartfelt performances from O’Shea Jackson Jr and Corey Hawkins. Paul Howlett

Live sport

International women’s hockey: Japan v Great Britain 10am, BT Sport 1. A round-robin match from the FIH Hockey Champions Trophy.
Curling: European Championships Noon, Eurosport 1. Russia take on Sweden in Tallinn, Estonia.
Uefa Nations League football: Scotland v Israel 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The League C Group 1 match at Hampden Park.

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