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Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue, Ali Catterall and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: JK Rowling's thriller Strike returns

Strike: Lethal White.
Strike: Lethal White. Photograph: Steffan Hill/BBC/Bronte Films

Strike: Lethal White

9pm, BBC One

A new adaptation of the latest book in JK Rowling’s Strike crime thrillers, written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith, begins. Tom Burke picks up his role as the eponymous private investigator Cormoran Strike and Holliday Grainger stars as his long-suffering partner Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger). Although the pair are at odds after Robin’s wedding to Matthew, they must get back to work as a new case of child strangulation soon finds its way to their desk, as well as the blackmail of a government minister. Ammar Kalia

Britain’s Got Talent: The Finalists Revealed

6.30pm, ITV

Roller-skating boybands, stripping opera singers and Golden Buzzers seem a world away, but now the 14th series of the reality TV favourite continues. The four-headed judging panel of Cowell, Holden, Dixon and Walliams reveal the semi-finalists who are a step closer to winning. Hannah Verdier

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

8pm, BBC Two

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Photograph: Pete Dadd/BBC/Owl Power

A trip down memory lane this week – Paul takes Bob to his old haunt of the River Lea in Hertfordshire to relive his teenage years spent fishing the stretch of water with his mates. The pair reminisce about school dinners, 70s haircuts, and how being a teen has changed from their youth to today. AK

Liverpool FC: The 30-Year Wait

9pm, BBC Two

How will we remember 2020? For Liverpool fans it will always be the year their club finally won the league again after a three-decade furlough. Narrated by Stephen Graham, this feature-length doc features insight from players and managers, including charismatic coach Klopp. Graeme Virtue

George Clarke’s National Trust Unlocked

9pm, Channel 4

In March 2020 the UK ground to a halt – and the doors closed on the National Trust’s 300 houses and gardens. So visitor George Clarke has free reign in this six-parter exploring the likes of Somerset’s 1,000-year-old Dunster Castle, or Capability Brown’s Croome Park, in Worcestershire. Ali Catterall

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

9pm, Sky Crime

This six-part docuseries tells the story of true crime writer Michelle McNamara’s investigation into the Golden State Killer. Although McNamara died in 2016 before the case was closed, we hear testimony from survivors on how her determination gave voice to their traumas. AK

Film choice

The Accountant.
The Accountant. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros.

The Accountant, 10.30pm BBC One

Gavin O’Connor’s action-thriller stars Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, whose genius expertise with numbers is matched only by his martial arts prowess. Given that he launders money for the mob, and they soon decide to do away with him, it is not long before his varied skill-set is fully deployed. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Rugby Union: Harlequins v Northampton Saints 1.30pm, BT Sport 1. Gallagher Premiership clash.

F1: Belgian Grand Prix 2.05pm, Sky Sports F1. Action from the seventh round of the season.

UEFA Women’s Champions League 6.30pm, BT Sport 1. Women’s Champions League final.

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