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Mike Bradley, Hannah J Davies, Paul Howlett, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue

TV tonight: two hours of Adele worship. Praise be!

Adele Oscars
Bond girl … Adele performs at the 2013 Oscars Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Adele: In Her Own Words

9pm, Channel 5

A bumper two-hour edition of the occasional autobiographical strand that profiles the “super-talented, super-normal” Grammy/Oscar-winning Glastonbury headliner and all-round people’s favourite via recollections from friends and industry folk. A treat for fans, the programme includes footage of that Albert Hall performance of the Cure’s Lovesong and Skyfall at the 2013 Oscars. One small carp: why bother including lollygagging time-waster Perez Hilton as a talking head? Mike Bradley

Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back

8.30pm, Channel 4

The breezy, slightly bonkers consumer affairs show finishes, although given successes such as getting Uber Eats to review its safety standards, here’s hoping it’s back soon. This week’s episode is about housing, and the dodgy agents using devious tactics to diddle desperate renters. Hannah J Davies

Deutschland 86

9pm, More4

Deutschland 86
Wheeling and arms-dealing ... Maria Schrader and Florence Kasumba in Deutschland 86. Photograph: Anika Molnár/Channel 4

Much of this sequel to Deutschland 83 has taken place far away from Europe, as exiled Martin (Jonas Nay) and his aunt Leonora (Maria Schrader) wheel and arms-deal their way around Africa. This finale promises a tense family reunion in West Germany, while a 1989-set season three is already in the pipeline. Ellen E Jones

Gotti: Godfather and Son

9pm, History

Documentaries about mobsters are often cheap and tawdry but this four-parter is an opulent affair in keeping with the lifestyle of its subject. John Gotti bossed the Gambino crime family in 1980s New York and became a national celebrity. His son John Gotti Jr opens up about worshipping then ultimately rejecting his father. Graeme Virtue

The Looming Tower

9.30pm, BBC Two

This compelling intelligence yarn about the rivalry between the CIA and the FBI in their supposed joint effort to combat al-Qaida takes a thrilling turn as Chesney interrogates the Nairobi embassy bomber. Bumbling CIA operative Martin Schmidt soon rumbles John O’Neill’s FBI plant but then goes on to make a big mistake. MB

The Devil’s Horn

1.10am, Sky Arts

Ever heard of the saxophone’s longstanding curse, which originated with its Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax? This look at the instrument’s controversial history and supposed dark powers reveals that it was variously banned by the church and the Nazis, and excluded from 50s Hollywood soundtracks. MB

Film choice

Kristen Stewart Personal Shopper
Psychic thriller ... Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper. Photograph: Carole Bethuel/AP

Personal Shopper (Oliver Assayas) 11.05pm, BBC Two
Kristen Stewart is Maureen, a young American working as a personal shopper to a supermodel in Paris. But Maureen, abstractedly indulging a penchant for wearing the boss’s designer clothes and sleeping in her lavish apartment, is increasingly haunted by her dead twin brother, in Assayas’s psychic thriller. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Women’s Tennis: Madrid Open 1.30pm, BT Sport 1. Semi-finals action.

Boxing: Leigh Wood v Ryan Doyle 7pm, Sky Sports Action. Commonwealth featherweight title fight from the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.

Scottish Premiership Football: Aberdeen v Hearts 7.15pm, BT Sport 1. Pittodrie hosts this top-flight clash.

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