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Entertainment
Mark Gibbings-Jones, Hannah Verdier, Jonathan Wright, Graeme Virtue, Ben Arnold, David Stubbs, John Robinson and Paul Howlett

Tuesday’s best TV: Our Girl; Celebrity Hunted

Michelle Keegan as Georgie Lane in Our Girl.
Michelle Keegan as Georgie Lane in Our Girl. Photograph: Frans Marais/BBC/Geraint Williams

Our Girl
9pm, BBC1

The army drama returns for a new series, following medic Lance Corporal Georgie Lane (Michelle Keegan). The first episode joins 2 Section as they aid earthquake relief efforts in Nepal. Georgie’s task is tough enough without having to mentor a squaddie with whom she has previously clashed. Meanwhile, Private Maisie Richards’s preference for banter-heavy behaviour and derring-do over procedure wins few friends in a crisis-hit community. Mark Gibbings-Jones

The Great British Bake Off
8pm, Channel 4

Groundbreaking scenes with Bake Off’s first-ever Italian week. Noel Fielding is on a gondola, temperatures are rising and one contestant is attempting jam roly poly cannoli. The technical challenge is the humble margherita pizza. “Basically it’s bread with a bit of cheese on top,” shrugs one. “What’s the worst that can happen?” But with a pizza-making injury and many deep sighs of desperation, one baker is about to say ciao. Hannah Verdier

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
9pm, BBC2

How did Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin come to take control of Russia? And was the Bolshevik revolution a coup d’etat or a triumph of and for the people? A century on, the likes of Martin Amis, Helen Rappaport, Tariq Ali, Bridget Kendall and China Miéville mull over 1917 and all that. If the talk is agreeably learned and opinionated, the dramatic reconstructions are less successful and the programme arguably tries to cover too much ground. Jonathan Wright

Concorde: A Supersonic Story
9pm, BBC4

Champers, droop snoots and going to the loo at the speed of sound: this appropriately swift doc traces the inspirational but tragic arc of Concorde, from its sci-fi conception in the 1950s to its decommissioning in 2003. Pilots, politicians and frequent flyers such as Joan Collins eulogise the now unimaginable creative collaboration between France and the UK, with vintage footage of chainsmoking workers near Toulouse and Bristol. Graeme Virtue

Celebrity Hunted
9.15pm, Channel 4

In aid of Stand Up to Cancer, seven celebs head out on the run, pursued by gruff former Scotland Yard man Peter Bleksley and his team. There’s Dom and Steph from Gogglebox, two of the Wanted, Spencer Matthews and Jamie Laing from Made in Chelsea and Treasure Hunt’s Anneka Rice. Dom and Steph put their incessant bon viveur-ing ahead of keeping their heads down while Anneka holes up at the house of a member of Dire Straits. Ben Arnold

The Deuce
10pm, Sky Atlantic

This David Simon co-created drama about the sex trade continues to warm up as we get to know the principal characters, though at times it feels as if the recreation of early 70s New York is the real star. Tonight, Candy takes further steps to get out of the game and into movies, Bobby’s irritation with a young anti-war worker has grim consequences, while Rudy and Vincent make the acquaintance of the helpful but scary Big Mike at the bar. David Stubbs

Tony Visconti’s Unsigned Heroes
9pm, Sky Arts

Maybe you thought that, as this series went on, you would be hearing a little less about the general legendariness of legendary producer Tony Visconti. Wrong! However, tonight’s episode provides a finale to that fanfare, as we arrive at London’s Union Chapel to formally salute the man’s life in music. It’s been a toe-curling journey, but now at last we’re at Peak Tony. Let the adulatory concert featuring Stewart Copeland begin! John Robinson

Film choice

The Road.
The Road. Photograph: Allstar/Dimension/Sportsphoto Ltd

The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009) 12.30am, ITV4

In a desolate, post-apocalyptic America, a father and son trudge through a land devoid of colour and hope, evading the bestial, cannibalistic gangs searching for victims. Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer-winning novel is bleak, sombre and moving, with compelling performances from Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as Man and Boy.

Live sport

Tennis: The Shanghai Masters Coverage of the second day’s play from Shanghai, China. 6am, Sky Sports Main Event

Cycling: Tour of Turkey The opening stage of the race, featuring a 178km route from Alanya to Kemer. 1pm, Eurosport 1

International T20 cricket: India v Australia Coverage of the second game in a three-match T20 series. 2.20pm, Sky Sports Main Event

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