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Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Tobias Lindholm's investigation ends with a double bill

Pilou Asbæk as Jakob Buch-Jepsen in The Investigation.
Pilou Asbæk as Jakob Buch-Jepsen in The Investigation. Photograph: Henrik Ohsten/BBC/misofilm & outline film

The Investigation

9pm, BBC Two

Tobias Lindholm’s engrossing and impressively well-researched dramatisation of the police investigation into the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall concludes with this double bill. Despite the gruesome evidence found by the divers, homicide detective Jens Møller (Søren Malling) feels there is still too little to pin a murder charge on the suspect, while a search of his hard drive reveals disturbing content. It is up to the forensics team to provide incontrovertible proof. Ammar Kalia

Not Going Out

8.05pm, BBC One

Secrets and lies are unearthed in this poignant closer of Lee Mack’s sitcom. As the family prepare to visit Normandy’s war graves to pay respects to Wendy’s uncle, an ever-escalating series of long-buried revelations threatens to turn proceedings into “a middle-class version of Jeremy Kyle”. Ali Catterall

Death in Paradise

9pm, BBC One

On the case ... Joséphine Jobert (DS Florence Cassell) and Ralf Little (DI Neville Parker) in Death in Paradise.
On the case ... Joséphine Jobert (DS Florence Cassell) and Ralf Little (DI Neville Parker) in Death in Paradise. Photograph: Denis Guyenon/BBC/Red Planet

Was last night’s attack related to the unsolved murder of concert pianist Pasha Verdinikov? The investigation of DI Parker is already under way, and he is getting assistance from some familiar faces back on the island. One returnee is rumoured to be dead original DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller) … Ellen E Jones

It’s a Sin

9pm, Channel 4

Episode three of Russell T Davies’s exhilarating and heartbreaking portrait of friendship and the Aids crisis in 80s London. Roscoe is left intrigued after a one-night stand, but things aren’t quite what they seem. Meanwhile, as Ritchie’s career prospects grow, so do his fears about catching the virus. Hannah J Davies

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

10pm, BBC Four

This entertaining series on the formative songs in hip-hop continues with a double bill analysing Run DMC’s Rock Box and OutKast’s Elevators. The former broke down the divide between rap and rock, while the latter expanded hip-hop’s cultural boundaries into the American south. AK

Ramy

11.05pm, Channel 4

After its streaming debut on StarzPlay, Ramy Youssef’s excellent comedy series – in which a fictionalised version of himself navigates his American-Muslim identity in New Jersey – finally reaches terrestrial British TV. In this opener, Ramy ponders the intricacies of toe-washing before prayer. AK

Film choice

Leader of the pack ... Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.
Leader of the pack ... Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey. Photograph: Claudette Barius/Warner Bros

Birds of Prey (Cathy Yan, 2020) 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
In between 2016’s Suicide Squad and the upcoming The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn, Margot Robbie has fit in another turn as off-kilter DC antihero Harley Quinn. Cathy Yan’s wacky caper sees her team up with an array of reprobates to take on a mutual enemy, Ewan McGregor’s Gotham club owner Roman Sionis. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Test cricket: Pakistan v South Africa 5am, Sky Sports Main Event. Day two of the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Snooker: Shoot-Out 12.45pm, Eurosport 1. Day two of the single-frame tournament in Milton Keynes.

Premiership rugby union: Bristol Bears v Sale Sharks 7pm, BT Sport 1. From Ashton Gate.

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