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Mike Bradley, Hannah J Davies, Paul Howlett, Jack Seale, Graeme Virtue

TV tonight: My Dad Wrote a Porno hits our screens

Alice Levine, Jamie Morton and James Cooper My Dad Wrote A Porno
Belinda Blinked ... Alice Levine, Jamie Morton and James Cooper in My Dad Wrote A Porno. Photograph: HBO

My Dad Wrote a Porno

9pm, Sky Atlantic

From scam saga Dirty John (which became a Netflix Original) to government thriller Homecoming (adapted for TV by Amazon), the pod-to-TV movement is alive and well. This latest addition is more homegrown: a special small-screen outing for the team behind the hugely successful, cringe-inducing British podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno. Can Belinda Blinked, the erotic series penned by Jamie Morton’s old man, prove even more embarrassing when read in front of an audience at London’s Roundhouse? Hannah J Davies

When I Grow Up

8pm, Channel 4

Bugsy Malone, but with pens instead of pie guns: the series that puts kids in charge of businesses wraps up its first series with six eight-year-olds forced to become estate agents in Harrogate. The young team seem up for it, even if they commendably struggle with the fork-tongued art of valuation reports. Graeme Virtue

David Harewood
A profound contribution to our understanding of mental health ... David Harewood revisits the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Photograph: Sebastian Rabbas/BBC/Films of Record

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

9pm, BBC Two

An outstandingly courageous film by the Homeland star, who went public in 2017 with the fact that he was sectioned in his 20s during a psychotic episode. His painful efforts to reconstruct what happened to him add up to a profound contribution to our understanding of mental health. Jack Seale

The Good Fight

9pm, More4

Topical as always, The One Where Kurt Saves Diane sees the partners ruffled when a case involving an aggrieved gay rightwinger is filed against a client, media giant ChumHum. It alleges that the fictional search engine is allowing China to censor its content by burying him in the search results. Mike Bradley

Lee and Dean
10pm, Channel 4

Channel 4 should be applauded for taking a punt on this working-class comedy. One of the funniest shows on TV, the second season has seen the Stevenage builders grapple with a changing world of antenatal classes, fourth-wave feminism and cadavers on the Costa del Sol. This riotous finale finds them on top form. MB

My Extreme Drugs Diary

10pm, Channel 5

This instructive series signs off with an episode about MDMA, the powdered form of party drug ecstasy. Veteran users tell cautionary tales about overindulgence, advising “don’t be daft, start with a half”, and psychiatrist Adam Winestock provides some sound scientific advice for prospective dabblers. MB

Film choice

Robert Ryan The Set-Up
Tremendous fight-movie-cum-film noir ... Robert Ryan in The Set-Up. Photograph: RKO/Rex/Shutterstock

The Set-Up (Robert Wise) 9.45am, Movies4Men
Robert Ryan excels in this tremendous fight-movie-cum-film noir. When his battered old pro Stoker refuses to take a dive – he still believes he’s “just one punch away” from success – the gangsters who have lost out come looking for revenge. A downbeat, uncompromising account of the corrupt fight game. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Golf: US PGA Championship 1pm, Sky Sports Golf. Day one of the major, won last year by Brooks Koepka.

World Taekwondo Championships 6pm, BT Sport 2. The women’s -46kg and -73kg finals and the men’s -58kg final.

Premier League Darts 7pm, Sky Sports Action. Coverage of the 15th round of the season, which takes place at First Direct Arena in Leeds.

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