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Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Hannah Verdier, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Fred Sirieix seeks out the best dining spots in the New Forest

Fred Sirieix and Chris Bavin explore the New Forest.
Fred Sirieix and Chris Bavin explore the New Forest. Photograph: BBC/Outline Productions

Remarkable Places to Eat

8pm, BBC Two

Fred Sirieix is in the New Forest with the greengrocer and broadcaster Chris Bavin for this second episode of his series following chefs to find the best dining experiences the UK has to offer. Bavin shows Sirieix how the New Forest is famed for its seasonal produce, starting at The Pig in Brockenhurst and sampling oyster mushrooms and salt-baked celeriac all sourced within 25 miles of the restaurant. At the Royal Oak pub, the pair then try the signature ploughman’s lunch. Ammar Kalia

Springtime on the Farm

8pm, Channel 5

It’s Channel 5’s wholesome equivalent of Springwatch. And this week-long celebration of the changing of the seasons is similarly cheerful, visiting Yorkshire, the Cotswolds, Dorset and north Wales to check in on rare breed cattle, litters of piglets, and of course, lambing season. Phil Harrison

The Syndicate

9pm, BBC One

Kay Mellor’s lovable lottery yarn is warming up nicely. While the syndicate are chasing lost dogs and their lottery winnings, Frank (Neil Morrissey) and his dog are living it up in Monaco thanks to the lucky ticket. Can the friends scrape together the cash to get a flight to find him? And will Colette take a gamble on a date? Hannah Verdier

Neil Morrissey as Frank Stevenson in The Syndicate.
Neil Morrissey as Frank Stevenson in The Syndicate. Photograph: Ben Blackall/BBC/Rollem Productions

The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel 9pm, Sky Arts

Marking the 500th anniversary of the beginning of Michelangelo’s work painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with his fresco, the art historian Waldemar Januszczak spins an intriguing tale of the hidden religious meanings behind the vast, intricate work. AK

Being …

10.45pm, BBC One

This insightful series explores the community stories of religions throughout the UK. Tonight’s double bill starts with an episode on Islam. Jermaine and Mariyah are preparing for the birth of their first daughter by learning the call to prayer, while Emine prays for her recently passed mother. AK

Lights Up: Half Breed

11pm, BBC Four

BBC Four continues its season of theatre on TV with Natasha Marshall’s one-woman show about growing up as the only mixed race person in a Wiltshire village. As she captivatingly slips between her own semi-autobiographical character, Jaz, and those around her, it is hilarious and heartbreaking. Hannah J Davies

Film choice

David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London.
David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London. Photograph: Universal/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock

An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981), 9pm, Sony Movies Classic
In John Landis’s grisly, funny Hammer pastiche, two young Americans hiking on a bleak British moor are attacked by a werewolf. David Naughton survives, but Griffin Dunne dies horribly – and his slowly rotting corpse starts cropping up, warning his pal to beware the full moon … Paul Howlett

Live sport

Championship football: Norwich City v Huddersfield Town 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Live from Carrow Road.

Champions League football: Real Madrid v Liverpool 7.30pm, BT Sport 2. First-leg quarter-final from Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium.

Cricket: New Zealand v Australia 2.30am, BT Sport 1. Second women’s ODI in the three-match series.

• This article was amended on 6 April 2021. The Pig is in Brockenhurst, not “Brocklehurst” as an earlier version stated.

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