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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Hannah J Davies, Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Miriam Margolyes on Australian identity

Miriam Margolyes explores her adopted homeland.
Miriam Margolyes explores her adopted homeland. Photograph: ABC TV

Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian
9pm, BBC Two

Having become an Australian citizen six years ago, after spending the best part of 40 years travelling back and forth between the country and the UK, the actor Miriam Margolyes now questions the meaning of a modern Australian identity in this three-part series. We open with Margolyes in the picturesque Bondi, learning how the property market has become far more inaccessible in the past decade, leaving growing numbers of women unable to afford a home in retirement. Ammar Kalia

It Pays To Behave
8pm, Channel 4

Would dangling a juicy cash prize make us better parents? This gimmicky new format smuggles a gameshow into the home of Clare and Matt, who thought they were signing up for a doc. The tireless Rylan Clark-Neal guides Mum and Dad through various tasks as they negotiate with their oblivious offspring. Graeme Virtue

Celeb 5 Go Caravanning: Back on the Road
8pm, Channel 5

Understandably, given the classic lineup, Channel 5 is running extended repeats of its 2018 celeb travelogue. Episode one sees Colin Baker, Sherrie Hewson, Sonia, Todd Carty, Brian Capron and Tony Blackburn convene in Keswick, Cumbria, where their first challenge awaits. Jack Seale

Rodney P’s Jazz Funk
9pm, BBC Four

The UK rap pioneer Rodney P reflects on the origins of black music in the UK in this fascinating doc on the genre jazz-funk. Born of children of the Windrush generation rebelling against the whitewashing of the 1970s, jazz-funk soon became a nationwide underground scene, before it was eclipsed in the 80s. AK

Pariah: The Lives and Death of Sonny Liston
9pm, Sky Documentaries

The death of the former world heavyweight champion boxer is still shrouded in mystery, this documentary considers Liston’s athletic excellence and underworld links. But did he overdose or was he offed by one of his many enemies? Hannah J Davies

The Young Offenders
9.30pm, BBC One

It’s a craic-filled third season for this Cork comedy from Peter Foott. Best friends Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley) continue to navigate their awkward teen years. Now expelled from school, they are forced out into the world of work to support themselves, matriarch Mairéad (Hilary Rose) and baby Star. AK

Film choice

Frankenstein.
Frankenstein. Photograph: Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.

Frankenstein 1.30am, TCM Movies

Crude and at times as heavy as Boris Karloff’s boots, James Whale’s 1931 creation is nevertheless a classic that set the template for countless horrors to come. The emotional jolts come from the poignant performances of Colin Clive as hubristic Dr Frankenstein and Karloff suffering nobly as the creature. Paul Howlett

Live sport

ANZ Premiership Netball: Pulse v Magic 8am Sky Sports Main Event. Seventh round match from Auckland.

Test Cricket: England v West Indies 10.30am, Sky Sports Main Event. First day of the final test.

World Matchplay Darts 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Day seven coverage from Milton Keynes.

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