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Hannah Verdier, Gwilym Mumford, Andrew Mueller, Ben Arnold, Jonathan Wright, Ali Catterall, Hannah J Davies and David Stubbs

TV highlights 07/11/2014

Hank Williams … The Heart Of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA. Photograph: Michael Ochs
Hank Williams … The Heart Of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Outback Wrangler
9am, Eden

New series in which Matt Wright props up the Aussie stereotype of a man at large, laughing in the face of danger. The Outback Wrangler is rugged, fearless and on a mission to make sure animals and humans can co-exist happily without getting their heads bitten off. Cute pet dog Nash is at his side, making inquisitive moves towards snakes and getting into scrapes. Matt’s first job is to relocate 20,000 saltwater crocodile eggs, but the fiercely protective mothers aren’t happy about a stranger invading their territory. Hannah Verdier

FA Cup Football: First Round
7.30pm, BBC2

The FA Cup returns to the Beeb, though in an unfamiliar Friday evening slot, with coverage of Warrington Town of the eighth tier at home to League Two’s Exeter City. Two further live games will be shown on BT Sport 1 on Saturday and Monday. Gwilym Mumford

Unreported World
7.35pm, Channel 4

The inspirational teacher struggling to rescue students from unpromising circumstances is a well-worn trope of feelgood fiction, which makes Ade Adepitan and Nick Blakemore’s dispatch from Honduras all the more powerful. The city of San Pedro Sula is a gangland battlefield, and many of its citizens have elected to risk sending their children elsewhere – thousands of unaccompanied minors have recently fled for the US. One teacher, Hector, is trying to persuade the kids that staying, and studying, is a better option. Andrew Mueller

Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD
8pm, Channel 4

Has Simmons now switched her allegiance from SHIELD to Hydra? It would certainly seem that way. Unless, of course, there’s something secret agent-y going on. Whatever, both Hydra and SHIELD are now head-to-head in a race to “reacquire” the errant Donnie Gill, AKA Blizzard, whose power to freeze stuff with his fingertips has become something of an issue for both organisations. Given Marvel’s billions, you’d have thought they might chuck a few more quid at the special effects. Ben Arnold

Lewis
9pm, ITV

Every fictional plod needs a nemesis and, for the latest two-parter, the makers of Lewis seem to have lined up convicted cop killer Graham Lawrie (Alec Newman) for the role. Lest you’ve forgotten, Lewis first tangled with Lawrie, a man diagnosed as a psychopath at his trial, in 2001. But the case against Lawrie is falling apart thanks to dodgy DNA evidence and a murder where the modus operandi has a striking resemblance to events 13 years previously. Darker in tone than many Lewis episodes and the better for it. Jonathan Wright

The Heart Of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
9pm, BBC4

It traded in “white man’s soul music”, from a city built on the Bible, banking and life insurance, while its famous Grand Ole Opry stage show has hosted both the sublime (Hank Williams) and the ridiculous (Achy Breaky Heart). This engrossing feature-length history charts Nashville’s changing face. Followed by Country Queens At The BBC, featuring performances from the likes of Bobbie Gentry, Billie Jo Spears and Crystal Gayle. Ali Catterall

Not Going Out
9.30pm, BBC1

The ultimate in middle-of-the-road British comedy, the gags on offer here are so predictable they may have you convinced you’ve got extrasensory perception. It’s well intentioned, though, and well into its seventh outing it continues to pull in both rapturous laughter from a studio audience and healthy viewing figures. This week, Lee (Lee Mack) attempts to impress wealthy neighbours Toby and Anna (new regular cast members Hugh Dennis and Abigail Cruttenden) with some tall tales, as flatmate Lucy (Sally Bretton) plays along. Hannah J Davies

Enlightened
10.35pm, Sky Atlantic

As crunch time approaches for Amy in her mission to expose and destroy Abaddon, she must feel very isolated – Tyler is looking distinctly wobbly, being in a relationship with insider Eileen, her journalist contact has given her the romantic cold shoulder, and now even her mother is suggesting she move out of the house. Can she summon up the inner strength in the final furlong? Where will she find friends? So ends a minor pearl of a TV show, bobbing enigmatically somewhere between comedy and drama. David Stubbs

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