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Hannah J Davies, Andrew Mueller, Jonathan Wright, John Robinson, Phil Harrison, David Stubbs and Paul Howlett

Tuesday’s best TV: Next of Kin; Inside No 9

Next of Kin ... Mona Shirani (Archie Panjabi) and Mrs Shirani (Shabana Azmi).
Next of Kin ... Mona Shirani (Archie Panjabi) and Mrs Shirani (Shabana Azmi). Photograph: ITV

Next of Kin
9pm, ITV

It is the finale of the strong if occasionally cliched drama about middle-class doctor Mona (Archie Panjabi), who becomes embroiled in her terror-suspect nephew’s world. Following last night’s episode, in which Danny tried to stall the attackers, tonight finds both him and Mona in peril. Will they survive? And can the counter-terror police stop further bombings? Regardless of whether the door is left open for a second run, Panjabi’s excellent performance may well see her enter TV’s big leagues. Hannah J Davies

Back in Time for Tea
8pm, BBC Two

The cunning pun of the title introduces a conceit in which present-day Britons dine on the cuisine – and to some extent live the lives – of their predecessors. This new series begins tonight with the Ellis family of Bradford, revisiting the years after the first world war. The children are enjoyably aghast. Andrew Mueller

What Would Your Kid Do?
8pm, ITV

Adding the child development psychology element so often missing from gameshows, Jason Manford hosts a new series based around the titular question. As cameras chart activities designed to test, for example, children’s capacity for rule-breaking, the kids think it’s just another day at school. Jonathan Wright

Flatpack Empire
9pm, BBC Two

Ikea is fairly secretive (although that may change in the wake of Ingvar Kamprad’s death), so documentaries like this three-parter are good value. Tonight we meet staff in Warrington, the prototype team, and designer Tom Dixon, who unsuccessfully pitched the company a coffin. John Robinson

Elizabeth: Our Queen
9pm, Channel 5

Channel 5 parks its tanks on the BBC’s lawn, embarking on the kind of major royal retrospective that is usually Auntie’s domain. This eight-part series tracks the life of our monarch and her occasionally problematic Greek husband; it might make a decent companion piece to The Crown. Phil Harrison

Inside No 9
10pm, BBC Two

The last instalment of this generally fine series is sadly not its best episode. It’s a supernatural tale of a dead hoarder and the council contractors sent to go through his belongings, carrying the slightly trite message: “Be careful what you wish for.” Still, it does feature Nigel Planer, no longer a Young One, alas. David Stubbs

Film choice

Jack O’Connell in ’71.
Jack O’Connell in ’71. Photograph: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock

’71 (Gregory Burke, 2014) 11.50pm, Film4

West Belfast, 1971: a young squaddie, Jack O’Connell’s Gary Hook, finds himself stuck behind enemy lines. Never mind the politics; this is a ferocious, nerve-jangling action movie, as Hook tries to stay ahead of the IRA. In its fire-bombed night-time fights and chases, it seems indebted to Walter Hill’s Assault on Precinct 13. Paul Howlett

Live sport

FA Cup football: Swansea City v Notts County A replay from the fourth round. 8pm, BBC One

Cycling: 6 Days of Copenhagen Coverage of the final day of the Danish race. 8.15pm, Eurosport 2

Basketball: Princeton Tigers v Pennsylvania Quakers From Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey. 11pm, BT Sport 2

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