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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Graeme Virtue, Jonathan Wright, Ben Arnold, Phil Harrison, Jack Seale, John Robinson and Paul Howlett

Tuesday’s best TV: Seven Year Switch; The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

Seven Year Switch.
Seven Year Switch. Photograph: Channel 4 Television

Seven Year Switch
9.15pm, Channel 4

It sounds like an attempt to put a worthy spin on the Love Island format: four fractious couples – who at least all agree that they are currently unhappy with their long-term partners – embark upon a two-week wife swap in deluxe villas on a beautiful Thai island to see whether it will reboot their ailing relationships. Half of this gripping opening episode is given over to establishing each couple’s domestic problems in relatable but excruciating detail. Little do they know that there is an added twist to come. Graeme Virtue

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer
8pm, Channel 4

The starry Bake Off returns. This week, the contestants being asked, among other tasks, to conjure up a biscuit scene recreating the best day of their life are Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, standup Roisin Conaty and, increasing the possibility of cream horn jokes, comedian Harry Hill. Jonathan Wright

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
9pm, BBC Two

This week, Giles Coren and Monica Galetti head for the Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar hotel in Oman, perched vertiginously at the edge of a dramatic canyon on the Saiq Plateau and managed by a former British soldier. Keeping things tip-top is an endless feat of persistent fastidiousness. Ben Arnold

Wild Britain
9pm, Channel 5

It seems that Channel 5 is no longer content to leave nature programmes to the BBC. This new series explores the hidden lives of various elusive British beasts – this week, golden eagles and reindeer – and ventures into the Scottish Uplands to follow a project aiming to re-tree the area and recreate the Caledonian forest. Phil Harrison

Mum
10pm, BBC Two

Another deft episode of the sitcom where Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan act out an almost unbearably subtle romance, and everyone else carries on with broad jabs at lower-middle-class boors. While the idiots discuss clowns, sex and barbecuing, Cathy and Michael shuffle another half-inch closer. At this rate, they’ll be shagging by season 14. Jack Seale

Murder Made Me Famous
10pm, Really

It’s not likely that Susan Smith – repeatedly disciplined for self-harm, drug use and sex with prison guards – considers herself “famous”. Still, her crimes certainly made her notorious. In 1994, she drowned her children, a crime she blamed on a carjacking by a “black man”. This show rakes over the coals. John Robinson

Film choice

Nastassja Kinski in Cat People.
Nastassja Kinski in Cat People. Photograph: Allstar/RKO

Cat People (Paul Schrader, 1982) 2.15am, Horror Channel

A gory but seductive remake of Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 horror, with Nastassja Kinski as slinky Irena, who turns into a savage panther when sexually aroused, and Malcolm McDowell as her likewise afflicted brother. Kinski’s is a mesmerising act, even if the film lacks the claws of the old black-and-white classic. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Champions League football: PSG v Real Madrid PSG look to overhaul a 3-1 deficit. 7pm, BT Sport 2

ODI cricket: New Zealand v England The fourth game of the series from Dunedin. 9.45pm, Sky Sports Main Event

NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder v Houston Rockets From Chesapeake Energy Arena. 1am, BT Sport 1

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