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Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier, Katie Rosseinsky, Jack Seale, Sammy Gecsoyler and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: hit sitcom Ghosts gets a glossy US adaptation

Ghosts US on BBC Three.
Ghosts US on BBC Three. Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images

Ghosts US

8.30pm, BBC Three

US adaptations of UK comedies are hit or miss – and the jury is still out on this latest one. The format remains the same: Samantha and Jay inherit a dead aunt’s house teeming with a motley crew of ghosts. After a near-death experience, Samantha can see and speak to them. US versions of the original gang are here – with the additions of Flower the (annoying) 70s hippy and Thorfinn the Viking. It might just lack the charms of Jim Howick and Lolly Adefope. Hollie Richardson

BBC Young Jazz Musician 2022: Final

8pm, BBC Four

DJ Jamz Supernova is your host for the celebration of young musicians from the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The twentysomethings up for the prize – and performing a set with Nikki Yeoh’s Infinitum – are pianists Luke Bacchus and Nick Manz, double bassist Ewan Hastie, guitarist Ralph Porrett and saxophonist Emma Rawicz-Szczerbo. Hannah Verdier

Kingdom of Dreams

8pm, Sky Documentaries

The final part of this sumptuous series explores the pressures placed on fashion “princes” Alexander McQueen and Marc Jacobs as their careers went stratospheric in the 00s. It unpicks what journalist Dana Thomas calls the “sad, dirty side” of the industry: egos, addiction and enormous carbon footprints. Katie Rosseinsky

SAS Rogue Heroes

9pm, BBC One

The chaps prepare for another bash at that blasted Axis airstrip, as Connor Swindells and Jack O’Connell continue to keep dramatic operations on track with their juicy charisma clash as suave Stirling and wild Paddy. It’s bullish derring-do with just about enough grit and wit. Jack Seale

The Handmaid’s Tale

9pm, Channel 4

There’s a different jeopardy at play in this season, as the escaped June (Elisabeth Moss) reckons with her capacity for extreme violence – and her loved ones fear the extent of her capabilities. As the tension between family and the wider cause increases, June and Luke (O-T Fagbenle) embark on a hazardous new mission. JS

Italia 90: Four Weeks That Changed the World

9pm, Sky Documentaries

The second part of this series about the 1990 Fifa World Cup focuses on Yugoslavia’s ascent to the quarter-finals where they faced Argentina, with Paul Gascoigne and Jürgen Klinsmann appearing as talking (and walking) heads. Beautifully shot, emotionally resonant and filled with wonderful archive footage, this isn’t just for fans. Sammy Gecsoyler

Film choice

Surge, 10pm, BBC Two

Surge on BBC Two.
Surge on BBC Two. Photograph: Publicity image

Ben Whishaw gives a mesmerising performance in this relentless close-up drama about an airport security officer going off the rails. Friendless, joyless and withdrawn, Joseph snaps one day at work and has what appears to be a manic episode – beginning with chewing a glass and descending swiftly into bank robbery. From coiled and cowed to giddy and impetuous, a brilliant Whishaw runs the gamut of emotions in a debut feature by Oscar short film winner Aneil Karia that puts us right up in Joseph’s face as his sense of identity is smashed up and rearranged. Simon Wardell


Diego Maradona, 12.10am, More4

Yet more football-related content linked to the World Cup, but this has the stamp of quality as it’s by Asif Kapadia, the director of those fine documentary profiles Senna and Amy. Facing a life of more incident than most to cover, Kapadia focuses largely on the Argentinian’s time playing for the looked-down-upon Napoli, whom he helped win their first ever league title and then went on to lift the World Cup. With a wealth of unseen footage, it’s a fascinating cautionary tale of a man hitting the heights and plunging to the depths, sometimes simultaneously. SW

Live sport

Women’s Super League Football: Chelsea v Tottenham, 12.50pm, BBC One London derby at Stamford Bridge.

Men’s World Cup Football: Qatar v Ecuador, 3pm, BBC One The opening fixture of the 2022 tournament from Al Bayt Stadium.


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