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Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier, Henry Wong, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: so, can the Killing Eve finale satisfy fans?

Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in Killing Eve.
Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in Killing Eve. Photograph: Anika Molnar/BBC America,BBC America

Killing Eve

9.15pm, BBC One

When Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s gloriously naughty thriller launched in 2018, it was one of the freshest new dramas in years. That’s why, regardless of the largely criticised direction it went in, fans need to tune into the finale to find out how the story of obsession and gore ends for Villanelle and Eve. It opens with the pair on the road (debating which of them is the biggest psychopath), making their way to face Carolyn. Though the biggest question we need answering is: will they, won’t they? Hollie Richardson

Romeo & Duet

7pm, ITV

Picky singleton River wants to find a boyfriend who is at least 6ft 3in and looks like an NBA player. So he’s chosen to try to find love on this dating show where fellow single contestants attempt to win him over with a karaoke performance. First up: Phil, with an exuberant rendition of Mika’s smash hit Grace Kelly. HR

TOTP: The Story of 1996

8pm, BBC Two

Tonight’s 90s music deep dive transports us back to the year of Girl Power, with the Spice Girls making their first TOTP performance (recorded live in Japan). Ronan Keating also tells how Boyzone usurped Take That, and Peter Andre recalls shirt-ripping on stage. HR

A Lake District Farm Shop

8.15pm, Channel 4

Scenery lust is guaranteed with another look at this idyllic way of life, full of outdoor swimming, sheep milking and a daily commute to the barn. It’s not short on drama, though: there is a tense brie critique at the farm shop and a rush to make 7,000 portions of luxury butter at Winter Tarn Dairy. Hannah Verdier

Hidden

9pm, BBC Four

The final season of the Welsh drama reaches its rainy climax, as the truth about Siôn and Glyn’s past unravels. But the real draw is DCI Cadi (Sian Reese-Williams, who anchors this gloomy but heartfelt show) and her complicated relationships in the community. How will she say her goodbyes? Henry Wong

The 1% Club

9.15pm, ITV

Lee Mack fronts the quiz that has been described as the “ultimate leveller”: these questions are all about logic and common sense – right up to a £100,000 question that, according to the show’s makers, only 1% of the country will get right. Ali Catterall

Film choice

Funny Girl, 2.05pm, BBC Two

Omar Sharif and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
Omar Sharif and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. Photograph: Cinetext Bildarchiv/Columbia/Allstar

“So she looks a bit off balance /She possesses golden talents.” Bob Merrill’s lyrics are as much a description of the film’s lead, Barbra Streisand, as its subject, Fanny Brice – the Jewish New York performer who became a star with the Zeigfeld Follies in the early 20th century. In William Wyler’s sumptuous 1968 musical, Streisand (in her Oscar-winning film debut) owns the screen, committed to Brice’s comic pratfalls but capable of belting out the big, heartfelt numbers. Omar Sharif makes for an interesting contrast as her beau, suave gambler Nick. Simon Wardell


Looper, 9pm, Great! Movies

With the sad news of Bruce Willis’s retirement, here’s a tribute in the form of Rian Johnson’s cunning 2012 sci-fi thriller, which offers two Bruces for the price of one … sort of. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Joe, an assassin in 2044 who kills people sent back in time by his mob bosses from 2074 – when time travel has been invented. If his sardonic smirk and smudged nose look familiar, that’s because he is the youthful version of Willis’s character, not yet burdened by real love and loss. But when old Joe materialises as his next hit, young Joe faces a mortal dilemma. SW

Live sport

World Championship Snooker 10am, BBC Two. The tournament at the Crucible continues throughout the week.

Premier League Football: Arsenal v Man United 11.30am, BT Sport 1. From Emirates Stadium.

WBC Boxing: Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte 6pm, BT Sport Box Office Fury defends his world WBC heavyweight title against Whyte at Wembley Arena.

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