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Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Priya Elan

TV tonight: Strictly’s Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu join Celebrity Hunted

A blond woman with hair tied back in a white safari style dress with brass buttons and a blond man with a grey t-shirt and bright pink open waistcoat look at each other smiling
Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu on Celebrity Hunted. Photograph: Shine TV

Celebrity Hunted

9pm, Channel 4

They’ve gathered a likable bunch for the seventh series of this survival show. Strictly’s Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu bring the glam, while comedian Brian Conley and and his daughter, Lucy, have an advantage: “Only old people know who I am,” he says. The other runaways are Love Island’s Chris Taylor and Toby Aromolaran, TV presenters JJ Chalmers and Sophie Morgan, property experts Scarlette and Stuart Douglas, and comics Jen Brister and Laura Smyth. Hollie Richardson

Britain’s Strictest Schools – Panorama

8pm, BBC One

Detention for looking out of a window? Last month, Devon and Cornwall’s Athena Learning Trust announced it will dissolve and transfer its schools to other organisations after parents complained about strict disciplinary measures. Richard Bilton investigates the multi-academy trust and speaks to former teachers and students. HR

Evolution

9pm, BBC Two

How did we become intelligent? Which was the first animal to “think”? Chris Packham finds out in another mind-blowing evolution lesson by focusing on the super smart dolphin. He rewinds billions of years to light sensitive cells that developed into the first eyes, which would lead to the first brains. Surprisingly, moths get a mention in this quest of cleverness. HR

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace

9pm, ITV1

The family reunion show’s spin-off series, focused on foundlings, returns. Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall help David, who was abandoned in a London block of flats in 1960, trace his origins to France and the Netherlands. For the week’s other participant, Sarah, the story starts in a Leicester telephone box in 1983. Jack Seale

Sally Magnusson Remembers … Mastermind

9pm, BBC Four

For many, Mastermind will always be synonymous with the urbane Magnus Magnusson. This enjoyable documentary takes a trip down memory lane with his daughter Sally, who recalls the show’s origins, her youthful excitement at its success and how it felt to have strangers yell “I’ve started, so I’ll finish!” at her in the street. Phil Harrison

Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives

10pm, Channel 4
In the latest instalment of this documentary reality show, we learn a bit more about the marginalisation Trewley faced at school. As she heads to Liverpool to see about potentially launching a lipliner range, will her impostor syndrome get the better of her? Priya Elan

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