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Entertainment
Phil Harrison , Alexi Duggins , Graeme Virtue , Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: people with dyslexia meet Chris Packham in a moving series

Suiki is sitting on the ground in the woods looking at a glass jar.
Suiki, who is helped by Chris Packham to explain her dyslexia to her brothers. Photograph: BBC

Inside Our Dyslexic Minds

9pm, BBC Two
“Like a slippery fish you’re trying to grab hold of. And you can’t.” This is how Suiki describes her dyslexia as Chris Packham’s two-part series concludes. He has a particular connection to this form of neurodivergence as his stepdaughter, Megan, has dyslexia. But what becomes clear is that the experience of dyslexia affects people in different ways. Packham is engaging and empathetic, helping Suiki explain her dyslexia to her brothers, and making builder Lee the star of his own musical. Phil Harrison

Mastermind

7pm, BBC Two
Penguins, Led Zeppelin and the plays of Tom Stoppard are among the specialist subjects in the final of the Clive Myrie-hosted quiz show as contestants battle to be the 2025 champion. Whoever wins, the knowledge they have accumulated is probably a greater prize than the trophy – a glass bowl. Alexi Duggins

Panorama: The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs

8pm, BBC One
Olympic swimming medals are often decided by hundredths of a second. But does trying to reach such elite levels mean coaches are justified in bullying and fat-shaming? Rebecca Woods talks to swimmers who went through traumatic coaching experiences and asks if the regulator is doing enough to safeguard young hopefuls. Graeme Virtue

Meal Deals: Behind the Bargain

8pm, Channel 4
Does any country in the world take its supermarket lunch offers as seriously as the British? Almost certainly not. Joe Swash presents this lighthearted two-part documentary exploring the options, ranking the savings available and pondering what this daft consumer obsession says about us. PH

Virgin Island

9pm, Channel 4


It may sound like a tacky reality TV show but this series has proved admirably sensitive and even moving in places as the participants confront their intimacy struggles. Ben feels bad after another rejection in a group workshop but Emma fares better after revealing a secret. PH

The Last of Us

9pm, Sky Atlantic
In the penultimate episode, Tommy and Ellie have some reckoning with the past to do – if they can get a minute between fending off the Seattle-strain spores, that is. And who would you rather face in a hand-to-hand combat: a horde of mushroom-headed monsters or the ghost of your long-lost loved one? Ellen E Jones

Film choice

Malcolm X, 11pm, BBC Two
As ever when that wrecking ball of creative energy, Spike Lee, goes historical, the present-day resonances are clear and central. His biopic of political activist Malcolm X (a charismatic Denzel Washington) starts with footage of the beating of Rodney King and ends with a cameo from Nelson Mandela, but there is plenty in the personal experience of the robber turned Black nationalist leader to excite interest and anger. A story of idealism nurtured then thwarted, whether you agree with Malcolm’s views or not it is a fitting tribute to a major figure in US history. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Premier League Football; Brighton v Liverpool 6.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event

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