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Entertainment
Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: whip-smart sitcom Los Espookys is frightfully good fun

Los Espookys
It’s a scream … Los Espookys. Photograph: HBO

Los Espookys

11pm, Sky Comedy

The motley crew of “horror technicians” are finally here, two years after hitting the US. Created by and starring Ana Fabrega, Fred Armisen and Julio Torres (whose deadpan, blue-haired chocolate empire heir, Andrés, steals the show), the show features a group of friends who decide to turn their obsession with all things scary into a bizarre business. On the surface, it is half an hour of utterly ridiculous, camp fun. Don’t be fooled, though; this is whip-smart comedy. Hollie Richardson

Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs

7.30pm, BBC Two

Escape to the hidden lochs of Galloway with Paul Murton, who discovers the strategic wartime importance of Loch Ryan and meets a man whose memory of those days is tinged with tragedy, before Murton walks the old railway line towards Loch Ken. HR

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

8pm, Channel 4

Jo Brand, Tom Allen and Bake Off superfans (or should that be flans) Joel Dommett and Jools Holland get their teeth into pastry week. Elsewhere, they loaf about with the latest baker to leave. Ali Catterall

Gogglebox

9pm, Channel 4

What is better than watching television? Having the Goggleboxers watch it for you, of course. There have been plenty of big series for the gang to critique of late, but even if it is just a juicy news bulletin, there is always a joyous gamut of views. Hannah J Davies

Cobra: Cyberwar

9pm, Sky Max

David Haig and Robert Carlyle in Cobra: Cyberwar.
David Haig and Robert Carlyle in Cobra: Cyberwar. Photograph: Matt Squire/Sky UK

Yet more Kentish trauma as this hilariously catastrophist drama starring Robert Carlyle as a beleaguered prime minister continues. Tonight, a breach of security at the port of Dover has to be contained while avoiding panic. As if that wasn’t enough, there is a byelection that an opportunistic Francine Bridge might contest. Phil Harrison

The Graham Norton Show

10.35pm, BBC One

Podcast pals Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen make themselves comfy on the sofa, alongside Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan, the stars of Kenneth Branagh’s film Belfast. Salma Hayek squeezes in to discuss her Marvel debut in Eternals, while Tinie Tempah waxes lyrical about house extensions (obviously). HR

Film choice

Robert Downey Jr and Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac
Robert Downey Jr and Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac. Photograph: Paramount/Sportsphoto/Allstar

Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007), 11.25pm, BBC One
Between Seven and Mindhunter, David Fincher’s interest in serial killers led him to an unresolved case from the San Francisco area in the late 60s. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the cartoonist Robert Graysmith, who becomes obsessed with the case of the Zodiac killer when encrypted messages are sent to his newspaper by the murderer. Alongside the reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr) and a cop, Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo), Graysmith tries to eke out the clues to his identity. It is a slow-burning yet gripping tale of tension and frustration, with a hard-won smack of reality. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Premiership rugby union: Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs 7pm, BT Sport 1. Action from Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester.

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