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Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: the White House Farm murder case re-examined 40 years on

Jeremy Bamber, above, is serving life for the crime examined in White House Farm: Murder, Bloodline and Betrayal.
Jeremy Bamber, above, is serving life for the crime examined in White House Farm: Murder, Bloodline and Betrayal. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy

White House Farm: Murder, Bloodline and Betrayal

10pm, Channel 4
In 1985, the Bamber family – Nevill and June, their daughter Sheila Caffell and her six-year-old twin sons – were found dead at their Essex home. At first, police believed Caffell was responsible for the murders before turning the gun on herself, but suspicion turned to her brother Jeremy Bamber. He was convicted in 1986 on five counts of murder and has been in prison ever since, but has always insisted he is innocent. The grisly, perplexing case of “the farmhouse of death” is scrutinised here by some of those who responded to and reported on the crime. Hollie Richardson

The Great British Sewing Bee

9pm, BBC One
Art week should be a breeze for this crafty bunch. But with a place in the quarter-final coming into view, the pressure is on. After making dolls’ dresses and painters’ overalls, the theme for the Made to Measure challenge is pop art – but who will confuse it with impressionism? Oops. HR

The Jury: Murder Trial

9pm, Channel 4
A second series of the social experiment that recreates a real trial for the benefit of a new batch of 12 laypeople. A Liverpool mother says she stabbed her boyfriend in self-defence; as arguments rage, it’s as much a reality show about individuals whose behaviour is altered by the knowledge that they are on camera as it is a comment on the judicial system. Jack Seale

Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury

9pm, BBC Three
It can’t be easy having Tyson Fury as a brother – particularly if you are also a boxer. In this glossy series, Tommy Fury looks to establish his own niche, opening the doors to the cameras and discussing doubts, ambitions and family. He also gets into the ring for some gentle sparring with his elder sibling. Phil Harrison

Resident Alien

10pm, Sky Max

Season four of the daffy sci-fi comedy veers into Doctor Who territory as powerless Harry and D’Arcy don curly wigs and flares to zap back to the 1970s. Can they convince time-travelling frenemy General McCallister to give up an artefact that could restore Harry’s alien mojo? Graeme Virtue

Crime Scene Cleaners

11.05pm, Channel 4
This week on true crime’s answer to Mrs Hinch, a Las Vegas team encounter a corpse so decomposed its outline is etched into the mattress. Meanwhile, in the UK, an evicted tenant in Newcastle has booby-trapped his former home with dirty needles suspended from the ceilings and doorframes. Ellen E Jones

Film choice

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi), Tuesday, 1.20am, Film4
The director of 2021’s Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, released another, even more affecting film the same year. This one comprises three short stories in which encounters inadvertently lead to emotional revelations: a model realises her best friend has unknowingly fallen for her ex-lover; a former student is asked to “honeytrap” a professor and novelist she admires; two strangers mistake each other for old schoolmates. Bergmanesque dissections of relationships mingle with heartfelt, cathartic confessionals to profound effect. Simon Wardell

Live sport

The Hundred Cricket: Northern Superchargers Women v Manchester Originals Women, 2.45pm, BBC Two
From Headingley, Leeds. The men’s teams play at 6pm.

Carabao Cup football: Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds, 7pm, Sky Sports Football
All the second-round matches are available on Sky Sports+. On Wednesday, Grimsby v Manchester United is on ITV1 and Sky Sports Football at 7.30pm.

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