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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia Phil Harrison Jack Seale Ali Catterall and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: foul-mouthed Alma's dark, dry and addictive journey

Family life ... Alma’s Not Normal.
Family life ... Alma’s Not Normal. Photograph: Matt Squire/BBC/Expectation

Alma’s Not Normal
10pm, BBC Two

Aspiring actor and foul-mouthed Boltonian Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan) is trying to get her life back on track following a breakup with her childhood sweetheart and a long streak of unemployment. First, though, she has to deal with her vodka-drinking gran Joan and her sectioned mum, who is also battling a heroin addiction. Dark, dry and addictive, Willan’s writing and portrayal make this a touching series on mental health and difficult female relationships, with plenty of laughs thrown in for good measure. Ammar Kalia

Your Home Made Perfect
8pm, BBC Two

Angela Scanlon presents a new series of this visually striking home improvement show. Using virtual reality simulations, home owners can experience potential renovations before they waste their time and money on them. But will that loft conversion or garden revamp live up to their expectations? Phil Harrison

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

The final of this charitable take on Bake Off sees Kelly Brook, Rob Rinder, Carol Vorderman and Mo Gilligan go head to head in the tent. They are set three fiendish challenges to close off the series: a sandwich biscuit, a sweet bread bake, and a guilty pleasure cake showstopper. AK

The Art Mysteries With Waldemar Januszczak
8.30pm, BBC Four

The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak.
Hidden depths ... The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak. Photograph: ZCZ Films Production/BBC

Januszczak turns his art detective’s gaze on to Paul Cézanne’s Card Players in the final part of this art history series. What on the surface seems a simple composition soon reveals the artist’s fascination with patron saints and the developing Catholicism of his old age. AK

Return to Belsen
9pm, ITV

Jonathan Dimbleby retraces the steps of his father Richard, whose broadcast from the newly liberated Belsen concentration camp remains one of the most stunning pieces of reportage on the Holocaust. Seventy-five years on, Dimbleby Jr visits the site and hears the precious testimony of the few surviving witnesses. Jack Seale

A Country Life for Half the Price With Kate Humble
9pm, Channel 5

Kate Humble follows the Cook family who, desperate to escape the suburban rat race, want to move to Shetland and start again, debt free. As mum Gen says: “I’m hoping that in a few years’ time we’ll look back and say: ‘We did it, we went on an adventure.’” Will they succeed? Ali Catterall

Film choice

Ripping yarn ... The Adventures of Tintin. Photograph: Allstar Collection/Paramount Pictures
Ripping yarn ... The Adventures of Tintin. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

The Adventures of Tintin, 6.50pm, Film4
Hergé’s adventures of Belgium’s most famous cartoon cub reporter come to near-life, in slightly weird motion-capture animation. Tintin (Jamie Bell), Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and Snowy are vying with Daniel Craig’s evil Sakharine in the hunt for ancient treasure manuscripts, rushing through typical Steven Spielberg scrapes from stormy seas to the Sahara desert: a really ripping yarn. Paul Howlett


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