New Tricks
9pm, BBC1
Well, the finger of fate is certainly fickle. First of all, lady luck plucks out lottery syndicate the Dream Team for a seven-figure windfall, then flips the proverbial bird at syndicate member Cheryl, who suddenly disappears. Seventeen years on, remains recovered at a luxury home once owned by a fellow syndicate member confirm some long-held suspicions, with all doubts shifting to the victim’s shambolic spouse. Yet, despite such a seemingly clear-cut case, the truth that emerges is a little more convoluted. Mark Giddings-Jones
The Naked Choir With Gareth Malone
9pm, BBC2
Choirmaster Gareth Malone returns for another of his tuneful talent trawls, this time looking for Britain’s most entertaining amateur singing group. The twist, as you’ve probably twigged, is that those competing will have to do so “naked”; not in the “Keith Chegwin on Channel 5” sense of the word, but rather without any instruments or backing tracks. Those doing the a cappella arpeggioing this week include some female barbershoppers from Portsmouth and an Essex gospel group. Gwilym Mumford
Educating Cardiff
9pm, Channel 4
Maths. Ugh. Double maths: a lesson apparently designed to sieve any last crumb of joy from the school day. So you have to feel for Benjy, who really doesn’t share maths teacher Mr Lo Celso’s enthusiasm for it, funnily enough – despite being moved down a set to avoid the dreaded Mr Hennessy. Meanwhile, Kalid wants to be a DJ, and the school’s radio station, Willow Waves, looks just the vehicle for an up-and-coming jockey. But can he sort out his less-than-spectacular attendance record first? Ali Catterall
Look Into My Eyes
10.30pm, E4
Baby-faced 21-year-old close-up magician and hypnotist Archie Manners’s shtick is that he’s extraordinarily, almost impossibly posh. Having previously billed himself as “the society magician” at upscale parties and the like (according to his website, Prince Edward thinks he’s “very good indeed”), Manners is now bringing his talents to Look Into My Eyes for E4. He uses his skills of hypnotism, persuasion and sleight of hand to bend the minds of both the public and a few celebs, including the former boxer David Haye. Ben Arnold
And Here is the News
10.40pm, ITV
Marking six decades since the first newsreader appeared on British TV, those who have sat in the hot seat offer their reflections on telling it like it is. Or, at least, what with journalism being history’s first draft and all, as it seemed on any given day. Featured here: Michael Aspel discussing the race between Auntie and ITV to let loose the first on-camera presenters on the nation, Angela Rippon remembering her alleged rivalry with Anna Ford, and tributes to the newsreaders’ newsreader, Alastair Burnet. Jonathan Wright
Ballers
10pm, Sky Atlantic
Ballers has proved very watchable in its depiction of sportsmen coping with their post-playing careers, musclebound kings of bling who had it all but now find their circumstances reduced. Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson may well be in the role of his career as ex-NFL player Spencer. In the first of tonight’s double bill, the fallout from his and Joe’s yacht party continues, as Vernon finds himself blackmailed by someone who took compromising pictures of him, while in the second episode, Charles makes himself at home at Ricky’s lavish abode. David Stubbs
Today’s best live sport
World Cup of Pool
York Hall in Bethnal Green plays host to day one of the annual tournament, won last year by England.
12.30pm, Sky Sports 3
La Liga Football: Atletico Madrid v Getafe
Spanish top-flight encounter. Granada v Real Sociedad follows.
6.55pm, Sky Sports 2
Capital One Cup Football: Aston Villa v Birmingham City
Coverage of the third-round match from Villa Park, where the local rivals face each other for the first time since the 2010/11 season.
7pm, Sky Sports 1
Film choice
High Noon
(Fred Zinnemann, 1952) 2.55pm, Film4
Zinnemann’s classic man’s-gotta-do western: Oscar-winning Gary Cooper is Marshal Will Kane, who must face the men who hate him – and on his wedding day, too. Much is made of the real-time storytelling – the clock ticks remorselessly to the high-noon showdown – and the way Kane’s erstwhile friends fail to back him is seen as a liberal lament for personal integrity in the McCarthy age.
The Krays
(Peter Medak, 1990) 10pm, ITV4
An honest account of the lives of a right pair of villains, the twins Ron and Reg, who rose through a spot of GBH to murderous rule of the East End, then went up west and got into bother. Spandau Ballet brothers Gary and Mark Kemp make a surprisingly strong fist of playing the brothers – although both are soundly thumped by Tom Hardy’s dual role in the new Legend – but it’s Billie Whitelaw who turns out toughest of all as their old mum, Violet.
