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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia, Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: a thrilling climax to Euphoria as big secrets threaten to spill

Gowns at the ready ... Euphoria.
Gowns at the ready ... Euphoria. Photograph: HBO

Euphoria
10.10pm, Sky Atlantic

The cult American teen drama reaches a suitably intense and thrilling climax with that most anticipated of US high-school events: the formal. Corsages, limos and gowns at the ready, the finale finds the relationship between Rue (played with expert dazed lethargy by Zendaya) and Jules getting rockier by the minute, with the option of skipping town tantalisingly close, while all the teens must come to terms with their long-held secrets. A neon-soaked, suitably murky trip to end a debut season of must-watch TV. Ammar Kalia

The Great British Bake Off
8pm, Channel 4

It’s custard pie time for Bake Off’s 1920s week.
It’s custard pie time for Bake Off’s 1920s week. Photograph: Channel 4

There is no use crying over spilt milk so, with Dairy Week over, the bakers turn their attention to another new theme, namely creations inspired by the 1920s. First up, it is custard pies (not the clown sort), before a classically tricky technical creation and some barnstorming, booze-inspired showstoppers. Hannah J Davies

The Capture
9pm, BBC One

This tense and timely surveillance thriller continues to ask the right questions about the increasingly compromised relationship between CCTV and what was once fondly known as the truth. Tonight, DI Rachel Carey finally comes face to face with a fugitive. But will any answers be forthcoming? Phil Harrison

Live: The Circle
9.15pm, Channel 4

Sure, Love Island is fun, but isn’t there something old-fashioned about face-to-face dating and being who you say you are? This social media-based show provides us indoor types with a “reality” full of snaky moves and cutesy face filters, while new host Emma Willis invites further audience interaction. Ellen E Jones

Defending the Guilty
10pm, BBC Two

It is law and order with a heavy helping of dry sarcasm in this new comedy series from Cuckoo writer Kieron Quirke, which follows an idealistic trainee barrister as he has his career motives put to the test by his cynical pupil master Caroline (Katherine Parkinson). This week, infidelity is in the air – should Will come clean? AK

Junior Doctors: On the Front Line
10.35pm, BBC One

With the pressures on junior doctors in the NHS only increasing, the BBC reality strand following new medical graduates returns. Tonight, we are introduced to aspiring surgeon Zohaib, who ends up on the geriatric ward administering an enema. A rude awakening indeed. AK

Film choice

Space warriors and hostile planets ... Star Trek Beyond.
Space warriors and hostile planets ... Star Trek Beyond. Photograph: Allstar/Paramount Pictures

Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin, 2016), 9pm, Film4

Fast and Furious director Lin was the new man at the helm of the rebooted Enterprise and he got the old crate powering along spectacularly. Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and crew – along with ace new space warrior Sofia Boutella – are marooned on a hostile planet, up against a beefy villain in Idris Elba’s Krall. Paul Howlett

Sport choice

Cycling: Road World Championships 2.30pm, Eurosport 1. Time trials from the women’s elite in Harrogate.

French Ligue 1 Football: Dijon v Marseille 6pm, BT Sport 1. Live from Stade Gaston Gérard.

Carabao Cup Football: Portsmouth v Southampton 7.45pm, Sky Sports Football. Third-round south-coast derby.

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