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Graeme Virtue, Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Ali Catterall

TV tonight: Brassic calls it a day with Tarantino-inspired finale

Four people stand in snow in a wood, three holding firearms
Lancashire standoff … Davey (Neil Ashton), Ally (Rowan Robinson), Fay (Tallulah Haddon) and Vinnie (Joe Gilgun) in Brassic. Photograph: Ben Blackall/Sky

Brassic

10pm, Sky Max
Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are bringing the curtain down on their comedy about a tight-knit bunch of likable chancers running riot in a rural Lancashire town. You might expect the finale to be a greatest hits victory lap of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. But the vibes are distinctly darker as Vinnie (Gilgun) and the gang hole up in a pub with gangster Davey MacDonagh (Neil Ashton) for a climactic 50th episode apparently inspired by Quentin Tarantino. Graeme Virtue

Dragons’ Den

8pm, BBC One
Ballet dancers leap into the den this week, as single mothers Laura and Stacey pitch their range of inclusive dancewear – and send Peter Jones into a spin. Then, an eye surgeon turned inventor has a clever gadget for lost tape ends. Hollie Richardson

All Creatures Great and Small

9pm, Channel 5
The veterinary adventures are all fine, but this superior period drama earns its corn with tender character work. A particularly affecting episode weaves the stories of a lame shire horse and a vanished calf into a more serious storyline centring on Tristan (Callum Woodhouse), whose behaviour prompts a fraternal intervention. Jack Seale

The Hack

9pm, ITV1
It’s been a long road. But the penultimate episode of this initially sluggish but eventually gripping phone-hacking drama sees David Tennant’s Nick uncovering information about the News of the World’s conduct that the rest of the media simply can’t ignore. Things are also looking up for Dave (Robert Carlyle), who has a surprising new ally. Phil Harrison

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

9pm, BBC Three
Jazz hands at the ready: it’s time to stage Peter Pansy – The Rusical! That means the pressure is on for the queens to sing, dance, act and ultimately slay as they prepare for the production. And who better to guest judge than West End stage legend Mazz Murray, alongside Graham Norton, Michelle Visage and RuPaul. HR

The Iris Affair

9pm, Sky Atlantic
Those with a phobia of creepy crawlies will want to fast-forward as episode six begins, before something of a Mexican (or rather Sardinian) standoff ensues, when Cameron forces Iris to swap her diary for the hostaged Joy – else she’ll be “riddled with bullets” from Meski’s menacing drone … How to get out of this one? Ali Catterall

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