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Mike Bradley, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones, Gwilym Mumford, Hannah Verdier, Paul Howlett

TV tonight: it's time for the last war in Game of Thrones

Firmly in the throes of war ... Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) in Game of Thrones.
Firmly in the throes of war ... Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) in Game of Thrones. Photograph: HBO/Helen Sloan

Game of Thrones
9pm, Sky Atlantic

After last week’s tragic ending, we are now firmly in the throes of the last war between Daenerys and Cersei, with a battle between the two due this week. Yet, the real intrigue of these final episodes is in the clandestine infighting between supposed allies, which looks set to intensify as Dany’s rage gets the better of her. Gwilym Mumford

Tricks of the Restaurant Trade
8.30pm, Channel 4

A new series investigating eating in and taking away sees Sunday Brunch’s Simon Rimmer joined by Sophie Morgan and Adam Pearson to dish up the facts on the food industry. Tonight, Rimmer looks at how Wagamama is influenced by customer feedback. Hannah Verdier

One Day in Gaza
9pm, BBC Two

We risk becoming inured to the scenes of almost routine horror from Gaza. This harrowing film acts as a corrective to that impulse, examining the events of 14 May 2018, a day on which 60 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,000 injured during protests at the border with Israel. Brutal, essential viewing. Phil Harrison

Victoria’s Palace
9pm, ITV

Ingenious 3D imagery, privileged access to places the public don’t get to see and expert knowledge combine to make this history of Buckingham Palace a worthwhile addition to the roster of shows marking 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria, the monarch who remodelled the royal residence. Mike Bradley

Gareth (Geraint Morgan) & Katie (Gabrielle Creevy) in 15 Days.
Gloomy ... 15 Days. Photograph: Tom Jackson

15 Days
9pm Channel 5

It took more than a month in the S4C Welsh-language original, 35 Diwrnod, but – in a rare foray into scripted, primetime drama – Channel 5 reckons it can rewind this flashback murder mystery in less than half the time. In a gloomy farmhouse, a young man is shot by an unseen assailant. The action then cuts to 15 days earlier, as squabbling siblings (including Coronation Street’s Catherine Tyldesley) gather in the same gloom to scatter their mother’s ashes and discuss their inheritance. Ellen E Jones

Storyville: A German Life

10pm, BBC Four

The Austrian doc that inspired Christopher Hampton to write his recent monologue for the stage about Joseph Goebbels’s secretary Brunhilde Pomsel. Here the real-life Pomsel, 105, in striking black-and-white, delivers a grave warning that the dangers that led to the rise of fascism have not been overcome. Mike Bradley

Film choice

Andrew Robinson and Walter Matthau.
Flawless ... Charley Varrick. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

Charley Varrick (Don Siegel, 1973) 11pm, TCM

Don Siegel’s flawlessly executed caper movie has Walter Matthau playing it deadpan as crop duster-cum-thief Varrick, who robs a bank and finds it contains too much money. It’s mafia cash, and grinning hitman Joe Don Baker is dispatched to recover it. Intelligent, beautifully crafted rough stuff. Paul Howlett

Sport choice

Women’s tennis: Internazionali BNL D’Italia, 10am, BT Sport 2 Day one action from Rome.

Cycling: Giro d’Italia, 12 noon, Eurosport 1 Stage three, from Vinci to Orbetello in Tuscany.

League Two Football: Forest Green Rovers v Tranmere, 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event The League Two play-off semi-final second leg.

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