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Mike Bradley, Hannah Verdier, Ellen E Jones, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Pose serves up a fierce finale

Blanca Rodriguez (MJ Rodriguez) and Lulu (Hailie Sahar) in Pose
Blanca Rodriguez (MJ Rodriguez) and Lulu (Hailie Sahar) in Pose. Photograph: JoJo Whilden/BBC/FX

Pose
9pm, BBC Two

One of the dramatic surprises of the year so far, Ryan Murphy’s intimate portrait of 80s New York ball culture has built a solid fanbase who will be thrilled and saddened by tonight’s finale (season two airs in the US in June). It is a time for reconciliations, the tying up of loose ends and new beginnings as Blanca plays good samaritan, Pray Tell gets his mojo back and Elektra has a change of heart. House Evangelista jostles with Ferocity and Abundance and the category is undeniably: House v House. Mike Bradley

Our Dementia Choir With Vicky McClure
8pm, BBC One

The concluding part of McClure’s mission to prove the power of music as therapy for people with dementia. The unpredictability of the disease threatens the choir as they prepare for their big gig. McClure is on hand to inspire them, never shying away from the difficult situations that crop up. Hannah Verdier

When I Grow Up
8pm, Channel 4

Based on new social-mobility research, Channel 4 kits out kids in businesswear – cute! – then sends them off to work. Can early on-the-job experience expand horizons? This week the baby bosses are at the chocolatier Montezuma’s, where Constantin, a prep-school pupil from Belgravia in London, secures a manager’s position. Ellen E Jones

Grand Designs: The Street
9pm, Channel 4

The final episode of this series about a street of self-built houses introduces Pauline and Godfrey and proposes a solution for anyone grappling with the ludicrous housing market. The couple are downsizing to a factory-built modular home and the resulting dwelling is impressive – even more so given their minimal budget. Phil Harrison

Deep State
9pm, Fox

David Jonsson as Isaac Turner, Joe Dempsie as Harry Clarke and Warrick Grier as Pierre Brossard in Deep State
A macho spy thriller ... Deep State. Photograph: Joe Alblas/Fox

As season two of this macho spy thriller opens, the team are licking their wounds following events in Tehran, when news arrives from Mali that four US special forces and a translator have supposedly been killed in an ambush – triggering the start of another thrilling mission. Action-packed intelligence drama. MB

Great Art
10.45pm, ITV

Tim Marlow uses the National Gallery’s 2015 exhibition Goya: The Portraits as a springboard for an absorbing investigation of the career of the Spanish painter hailed as “the father of modern art”. A fine programme marred slightly by an exaggerated Aragonese accent and some preposterous false sideburns. MB

Film choice

Robert Carlyle and Shirley Henderson in Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
A spaghetti western, Nottingham-style ... Once Upon a Time in the Midlands.

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (Shane Meadows, 2002), 11.30pm, Film4
This spaghetti western, Nottingham-style, shows Shane Meadows at his best, combining broad comedy with Loachian drama to create a warm-hearted whole. Robert Carlyle is crooked Jimmy, who rides into town to reclaim his ex (Shirley Henderson) from her weedy boyfriend (Rhys Ifans). Paul Howlett

Live sport

European Tour golf: British Masters 10.30am, Sky Sports Golf. Event held at Hillside golf club in Southport.
Premier League darts 7pm, Sky Sports Action. From the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield.
Europa League football: Valencia v Arsenal 7.15pm (8pm kick-off), BT Sport 2. Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt is on BT Sport 3 at the same time.

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