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Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Changing Rooms is back … and it’s had a makeover of its own

Some things never change ... Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Anna Richardson mid-makeover.
Some things never change ... Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Anna Richardson mid-makeover. Photograph: Channel 4

Changing Rooms

8pm, Channel 4

Linda Barker and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s delightfully camp home renovation staple of the mid-00s returns for a thoroughly 2020s revamp. Fingers will be crossed to avoid another teapot disaster as host Anna Richardson leads designers Llewelyn-Bowen, Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead, and carpenter Tibby Singh, to help two neighbourhood locals renovate each other’s properties. Here, the team is in Swansea aiming to give some life to Claire’s beige living room, as well as neighbour Lisa’s bedroom. Ammar Kalia

Fake or Fortune?

9pm, BBC One

Anglesey farmer Huw Lewis picked up a depiction of the Last Supper online for just £50. He now brings his find to our art historical detectives Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould, who set about investigating whether it might be a work by 18th-century artist Benjamin West and subsequently worth a whole lot more. AK

Jay Blades with contributors Karen, Lucy and Sandra.
Jay Blades with contributors Karen, Lucy and Sandra. Photograph: Andy Linfield/BBC/Ricochet

Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop

9pm, BBC Two

While Changing Rooms has the farce covered, The Repair Shop stalwart Jay Blades brings on the tears in this new series from his Bradford workshop where a member of the public nominates a local hero to have a bespoke piece of furniture made for them. Up first is liver donor Jack. AK

This Way Up

10pm, Channel 4

Crossed wires abound in the season two finale of Aisling Bea’s gutpunch sitcom; a boisterous but beautiful snapshot of modern intimacy and anxiety. Áine (Bea) and her sister Shona (Sharon Horgan) look to be making real progress in their relationships just as the early signs of a pandemic loom. Graeme Virtue

Missions

10pm, BBC Four

The Gallic space drama reaches the end of its second series, tinged with paranoia and complete with a pleasingly retro aesthetic. Vladimir delivers a subterranean shock – before fates are sealed in the finale. A series for fans of Blade Runner, Lost and dialogue that sounds all the more thrilling in French. Hannah J Davies

Britain’s Puppy Boom: Counting the Cost

10.35pm, BBC One

A dog is for life, not just for lockdown. But, as vet Fabian Rivers reveals in this documentary, the pandemic has driven demand for pets such as bullies, frenchies and dachshunds. It’s having a devastating effect on animal welfare, including a rise in unregulated “canine fertility clinics”. Ellen E Jones

Film choice

Freeze ... Joel Edgerton in Midnight Special.
Freeze ... Joel Edgerton in Midnight Special. Photograph: Everett/Rex/Shutterstock

Midnight Special (Jeff Nichols, 2016), 11.15pm, BBC Two
Jeff Nichols’s kooky 2016 road movie has his Mud star Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton as tough guys on a desperate journey to return light-intolerant wunderkind Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) to his mother (Kirsten Dunst), pursued by a cult. A blacktop thriller, with a touch of American gothic. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Cricket: Welsh Fire Women v London Spirit Women 2.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Followed by men’s teams at 6pm.

Champions League football 7.30pm, BT Sport 2. Yet to be announced match.

Championship Football: Birmingham City v Bournemouth 7.45pm, Sky Sports Football. Hull City v Derby County and Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers also on the red button.

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