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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: the rise and fall of London's bankers

Former city analyst Geraint Anderson in Boom, Bust and Bankers, on Channel 4.
Former city analyst Geraint Anderson in Boom, Bust & Bankers, on Channel 4. Photograph: Jude Edington/Channel 4

Boom, Bust & Bankers
9pm, Channel 4

From Thatcher’s mass deregulation of the financial markets in 1986 to 2008’s financial crash and the uncertainty of Brexit, this doc takes the vast complex of the City of London’s Broadgate as a symbol for the workings of our financial institutions. It analyses the lives and careers of the super-rich who work there, as well as the cleaners and security staff who keep the building running. It is an often worrying take on the continuing free-market philosophy that is altering not only the face of London, but the shape of our society. Ammar Kalia

Johnson v Corbyn: The ITV Debate
8pm, ITV

Julie Etchingham referees a head-to-head between the two potential PMs, the shape of which might mirror the general election campaign: despite being the incumbent, Johnson is likely to spend as much time as possible bullishly rubbishing Corbyn’s ideas. Other party leaders have their say at 10pm. Jack Seale

Gold Digger
9pm, BBC One

Young love ... Gold Digger.
Young love ... Gold Digger. Photograph: Des Willie/BBC/Mainstreet Pictures

Nuanced performances are key to the success of this relationship drama. Julia Ormond maintains a fine balance between worldliness and vulnerability while Ben Barnes is a satisfying mix of charm and evasion as her younger suitor. Tonight, more family barbs and a discovery that changes everything. Phil Harrison

Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
9pm, BBC Four

Fifty years on from Ken Loach’s film version of Barry Hines’s novel A Kestrel for a Knave, comedian Greg Davies travels to Barnsley to talk to Hines’s brother, who was the inspiration for the book’s protagonist, as well as Loach himself on making the genre-defining realist film. A love letter to a classic of British culture. AK

Ray Donovan
9pm, Sky Atlantic

It is time for another awkward family reunion for Ray (Liev Schreiber) and the rest of the Irish-American crime clan. And “awkward” is putting it mildly, of course. This lot are downright homicidal. At least Ray now has therapist Dr Amiot (Alan Alda) on his side, but can the professional fixer fix himself? Ellen E Jones

Plastic Surgery Undressed
10.45pm, BBC One

Presenters Mobeen Azhar and Vogue Williams put a group of young people looking to have plastic surgery under the harsh studio spotlight in this series. There is plenty of gruesome surgery footage and the realisation from the participants that maybe it isn’t the answer. AK

Film choice

Escape from the family holiday ... The Way Way Back.
Escape from the family holiday ... The Way Way Back. Photograph: Allstar/Fox

The Way Way Back, 6.55pm, Film4

Another slice of dysfunctional family life from The Descendants writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. It is the story of teenage Duncan (Liam James) who, on holiday with his mother (Toni Collette) and her boyfriend (Steve Carell), seeks refuge at the Water Wizz aquapark. Clever and funny. Paul Howlett

Live sport

International Football: Wales v Hungary 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The group E Euro 2020 qualifier.

International Football: Germany v Northern Ireland 7.40pm, Sky Sports Premier League. The Group C tie from Frankfurt.

International Football: Scotland v Kazakhstan 7.40pm, Sky Sports Football. Hampden Park hosts.

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