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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: musical therapy in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Zoey (Jane Levy) in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Charmingly bewildered ... Zoey (Jane Levy) in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Photograph: Justin Lubin/NBC

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
10pm, E4

Zoey (Jane Levy), an introverted coder, finds herself living in an endless musical montage – à la La La Land – after a catastrophic MRI scan leaves her able to hear people’s thoughts in the form of glorious song. Levy is charmingly bewildered as Zoey, tuning into people’s cries for help each week via the power of their private tunes. Up first is an outwardly joyful and successful colleague who, it turns out – through Gary Jules’s Mad World – has a dark secret. Sweet and endearing. Ammar Kalia

Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers
9pm, BBC Two

Aldo Kane, a former marine, goes on the hunt for illegal tiger poachers in south-east Asia in this confrontational special. Filming undercover, Kane pursues the trafficking ring operating throughout Laos, Thailand and Vietnam before presenting his shocking findings to UN officials in Geneva. AK

The Trouble With Maggie Cole
9pm, ITV

Village gossip ... The Trouble With Maggie Cole.
Village gossip ... The Trouble With Maggie Cole. Photograph: Joss Barrett/ITV/Genial Productions

When Maggie Cole (Dawn French), the owner of a gift shop in Thurlbury and a local busybody, invites the entire town over to play them her radio interview about country life, she is horrified to discover that she has drunkenly stitched them up on air. Can they ever forgive her? A charmingly melancholy six-part drama. Ali Catterall

How to Look Good Naked
9pm, Really

Gok Wan returns for another outing of his body-positivity nudist show, nine years since it was last on air. Up first is Ames, a mum of three, whose years spent putting her family first have led her to stop going out and start hating her body. Wan is on a mission to have her walk the catwalk in the nude – in front of a crowd. AK

100 Kilo Kids: Obesity SOS
9pm, Channel 4

Inside Britain’s leading childhood obesity clinic at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, a team of NHS specialists are busy tackling the serious health consequences of overeating in children as young as five. It is up to the viewers to weigh up the complicated mix of sociocultural factors that may also tip the scales. Ellen E Jones

Sandylands
10pm, Gold

Running across the next three nights, this larger-than-life comedy sees a struggling artist, Emily (Natalie Dew), return to the titular seaside town to deal with the death of her impresario dad (Sanjeev Bhaskar). Some raucous karaoke, a “carpet diem” tattoo and a juicy cliffhanger get things off to a decent start. Graeme Virtue

Film choice

Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) in Buffalo Soldiers
Rogue trader ... Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) in Buffalo Soldiers. Photograph: Allstar/Film4

Buffalo Soldiers, 1.05am, Film4
Gregor Jordan’s subversive, hilarious comedy concerns the hell that is peace for soldiers. Oscar-winning Joker Joaquin Phoenix is Ray Elwood, an infantryman stationed in late-80s Germany with nothing much to do except trade in drugs, automatic weapons and anything else that comes his way. Paul Howlett

Live sport

One-day international cricket: South Africa v Australia 11am, Sky Sports Main Event. Second in the three-match series.

FA Cup football: Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City 7.30pm, BBC One. Fifth-round match from Hillsborough.

Coppa Italia football: Juventus v AC Milan 7.30pm, BT Sport 3. The semi-final, second leg from Turin.

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