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Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: the rise of a fascist US president

The Plot Against America.
Spectre of Nazism ... Zoe Kazan in The Plot Against America. Photograph: HBO

The Plot Against America

9pm, Sky Atlantic

After similarly themed hits including The Man in the High Castle and Hunters, The Wire’s David Simon and Ed Burns’s fascism-themed alternative history arrives on screen, starring Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan and John Turturro. Ryder plays a Jewish woman, Evelyn Finkel, whose family must contend with the encroaching spectre of nazism in the form of recently elected fascist president Charles Lindbergh. A chilling take on what might have been. Ammar Kalia

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

8pm, BBC Two

Chef Monica Galetti and writer Giles Coren return with a new helping of wanderlust in this extravagant series on the world’s best hotels. This week the pair are off to the Chinese gambling capital of Macau to stay in the brand new MGM Cotai, where they experience the high-roller suites. AK

Bake Off: The Professionals

8pm, Channel 4

It’s happy hour for at least four of the five remaining teams, as judge Benoit Blin tasks them with making cocktail-inspired desserts. They’ll need to sober up in time for the showpiece, though. It’s themed “playtime”, but heating the sugar without melting the chocolate is no game. Ellen E Jones

The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty

9pm, BBC Two

A three-part deep dive into the moneyed pockets of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in this documentary series. We open with Murdoch in 1995 as he seeks to secure the victory of the next prime minister, Tony Blair. We hear how the pair developed their close relationship. AK

Saudi Women’s Driving School

9pm, Sky Documentaries

The UK premiere of HBO’s moving, politically-minded film about women taking the wheel after the end of Saudi Arabia’s longstanding driving ban in 2018. What does this new freedom mean, when other liberties are still restricted? And what could it spell for the nation’s future? Hannah J Davies

I May Destroy You

10.45pm, BBC One

It’s the final episode of Michaela Coel’s brilliant study of consent and the chaos of life. Coel has been mesmerising as Arabella, under the watchful eye of Terry (Weruche Opia). The finale sees Arabella revisit the memory of that fateful night at Ego Death bar as the recollection of her assault comes back. Hannah Verdier

Film choice

Ryan Reynolds in Buried.
It’s not the cough that carries you off ... Ryan Reynolds in Buried Photograph: Publicity image from film company

Buried (Rodrigo Cortés, 2010) 11.10pm, Film4

Set inside a coffin, this ingenious thriller pretty much corners the market in claustrophobia. Ryan Reynolds is an American contractor in Iraq who wakes up to a nightmare, buried alive with only a mobile, a lighter and a light-stick for company. Director Rodrigo Cortés inventively teases out the sweaty terror. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Berlin Bett1 Aces tennis 11am, Eurosport 2. The semi-finals from Steffi Graf stadium in Berlin.

Italian Series A football: Atalanta v Brescia 8.40pm, Premier Sports. The sides face off at Gewiss stadium.

Premier League football 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Live coverage of Norwich v Chelsea, kick-off 8.15pm.



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