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Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Ali Catterall, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: what really happened in Michael Barrymore’s pool?

Michael Barrymore at a hearing on the death of Stuart Lubbock in 2002
Dark times ... Michael Barrymore at a hearing on the death of Stuart Lubbock in 2002. Photograph: Nick Razzell/Shutterstock

Barrymore: The Body in the Pool
9pm, Channel 4

The discovery of Stuart Lubbock’s body in Michael Barrymore’s swimming pool in March 2001 sparked a tabloid frenzy and destroyed the career of one of Britain’s most popular entertainers. This feature-length documentary goes into painstaking detail to retell the events of the evening of Lubbock’s death, broadcasting the original 999 call and interviewing people who were there to piece together one of Essex police’s most notorious unsolved cases. Ammar Kalia

Secrets of the Museum
8pm, BBC Two

It is a hoarder’s dream in the stores of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, as this behind-the-scenes series reveals. The first episode looks into the painstaking work of the conservators attempting to stop the decay of beloved items such as the early 20th-century children’s toy elephant Pumpie. AK

Travels in Euroland With Ed Balls
9pm, BBC Two

Influencing and populism ... Travels in Euroland with Ed Balls.
Influencing and populism ... Travels in Euroland with Ed Balls. Photograph: Expectation Entertainment/BBC

In the final episode of his fun but sobering ideological travelogue, Ed Balls quizzes a glam Italian influencer about the rightwing former deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini while they each receive an intimate massage. He also meets French workers enticed by Marine Le Pen’s rebranded National Rally party. Graeme Virtue

Inside the Crown: Secrets of the Royals
9pm, ITV

Queen Elizabeth II has been on the British throne for … ever. The penultimate instalment of this series, looking at her record-breaking reign, explores her trials and tribulations over 67 years as head of state, including how she handled disasters such as Aberfan and Grenfell, as well as personal tragedies. Ali Catterall

Edgar Wright: Life Cinematic
9pm, BBC Four

From Spaced and Hot Fuzz to Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Baby Driver, Edgar Wright has taken his knack for smart, satirical film-making all the way from Britain’s West Country to the US west coast. Here, he follows last week’s subject, Sam Mendes, in discussing his favourite films, from An American Werewolf in London to Carrie. Hannah J Davies

The Heist
9pm, Sky One

In the second series of this high-stakes competition, 10 otherwise law-abiding citizens are challenged to team up and steal £1m from a cash-in-transit van under the watchful gaze of a squad of detectives. If they can hang on to the cash for two weeks without being detected, they can keep it. AK

Film choice

Kid gloves ... Michael B Jordan (Adonis Johnson) and Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa).
Kid gloves ... Michael B Jordan (Adonis Johnson) and Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa). Photograph: Barry Wetcher/Allstar/Warner Bros

Creed, 10pm, Channel 5
Having fought his final bout in Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone’s battered hero reluctantly begins a new career as the trainer of his old foe Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis Johnson (played winningly by Michael B Jordan). Black Panther director Ryan Coogler works a real knockout boxing movie out of Adonis’s title fight. Paul Howlett

Today’s sport

Cycling: Tour of Valencia 2pm, Eurosport 2. Stage two: 181km from Torrent to Cullera.

PGA Tour golf 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Opening day of the AT&T Pebble Beach National from California.

Super League rugby league: Warrington Wolves v St Helens 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. A second-round match at Halliwell Jones Stadium.

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