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Mike Bradley, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: inside the restaurant staffed by people with dementia

The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
Well-intentioned ... The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes. Photograph: Joss Barratt/Channel 4

The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
9pm, Channel 4

An experiment that should never have seen the light of day, or a pioneering concept worthy of plaudits and prizes? Jollied along by jokey music, the opening instalment of the director Benjamin Leigh’s documentary about the launch of the UK’s first restaurant staffed by people with dementia proves likeable and baffling in equal measure. Still, any show that helps raise awareness of the disease and the impact it can have on those still of working age must be a good thing. Mike Bradley

Surviving R Kelly: The Impact
9pm, Crime + Investigation

The six-hour documentary series Surviving R Kelly aired earlier this year, cataloguing sexual-abuse claims levelled at the singer who styled himself “the R in R&B”. This sombre follow-up analyses the impact of the series, from his record label cutting ties with him to Kelly being indicted on multiple charges in Chicago. Graeme Virtue

Student Sex Workers: Stripping to Study
10pm, Channel 5

The latest offering in Channel 5’s unofficial season of depressing documentaries. This one is about cash-strapped students resorting to sex work. “Cam-girling” works out OK for some (Mum can even be in the next room, making a cuppa), but escorts such as 19-year-old Tom take safety risks. Ellen E Jones

Wild Bill
9pm, ITV

Rob Lowe as Bill Hixon in Wild Bill
Rob Lowe as Bill Hixon in Wild Bill. Photograph: Matt Frost/Kudos/ITV

The range of American heartthrob Rob Lowe never ceases to amaze, so his role as a disgraced Miami police chief who moves to the UK to head up the Lincolnshire police should come as no surprise. It may be overambitious and uneven, but Dudi Appleton’s new show is more comedy than drama and it is worth a try. MB

The Dark Side of the Ring
10pm, Vice

One for the hardcore grapple fans, this instalment of the series about the bizarre universe of professional wrestling tells the volatile love story of wrestling royalty Randy “Macho Man” Savage and “Miss Elizabeth” Hulette and its ruptures beyond the ring – not helped by Hulk Hogan. Tough stuff. MB

Secrets of Sugar Baby Dating
10.35pm, BBC One

The skin-crawling term “sugar baby” refers to a young woman who rinses older men for cash and luxury gifts. Naturally, it is an unregulated business. Tiffany Sweeney goes undercover to find out just how dangerous it is. On her travels, she meets an 18-year-old supported by seven “sugar daddies”. Hannah Verdier

Film choice

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in Serena
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in Serena. Photograph: Allstar

Serena (Susanne Bier, 2014), 1.50am, Channel 4
Silver Linings Playbook couple Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper are reunited in this Depression-era drama. Cooper is the owner of a logging firm; when he marries beautiful, poor Serena, he has the ideal partner for his cut-throat business. Lawrence is superb as it all goes up in a melodramatic blaze. Paul Howlett

Live sport

World Cup cricket: Australia v Pakistan 10am, Sky Sports Main Event. Holders Australia continue their campaign.

Cycling: Critérium du Dauphiné 2pm, Eurosport 1. Stage four of the World Tour race, held in south-east France.

Women’s World Cup football: France v Norway 7.45pm, BBC Four. The hosts are in action.

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