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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: worlds collide in a taut tale of two pregnancies

The Secret She Keeps.
The Secret She Keeps. Photograph: John Platt/BBC/Lingo Pictures

The Secrets She Keeps
9pm, BBC One

A tale of two pregnancies: Jessica De Gouw and Laura Carmichael star as two expectant mothers from very different sides of the class divide in this Australian drama. De Gouw is the wealthy blogger and mum of two, Meghan, whose seemingly idyllic life is envied by Agatha (Carmichael), a shelf-stacker who works in the nearby supermarket and is pregnant with her first child following a recent miscarriage. Secrets soon unravel that chip away at Meghan’s middle-class existence and bring her closer to Agatha in this pulpy thriller. Ammar Kalia

Exhibition on Screen
7pm, Sky Arts

As England’s museums and galleries tentatively reopen, take a tour of the Royal Academy’s most successful exhibitions to date in this new series. Manet: Portraying Life from 2013 presents the impressionist’s paintings in HD detail, accompanied by interviews with the curators on their staging choices. AK

Wimbledon: The Best of the Championship
8pm, BBC Two

While the tennis world tries to move on from the grim consequences of Novak Djokovic’s ill-fated, Covid-stricken Adria Tour event, the BBC once again plunges into its vast archive of Wimbledon action. Tonight, Sue Barker is joined by Tim Henman and Martina Navratilova for their highlights. Phil Harrison

Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation
8.30pm, ITV

Jason Manford narrates this deep dive into the Corrie archives, from Richard Hillman and Free the Weatherfield One to a pregnant Sarah Platt and Sir Ian McKellen on the cobbles. First up: headline-grabbing stories, with weddings, scandals and more still to come. Hannah J Davies

Outer limits: the planet Pluto.
Outer limits: the planet Pluto. Photograph: Nasa Nasa/Reuters

Pluto: Back from the Dead
9pm, BBC Two

Named after the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto was once dismissed as a “geologically dead” ball of ice on the edge of the solar system. Then the New Horizons spacecraft sent back images of a nitrogen glacier and a recently active volcano and its reputation was revived. Could there be life on it, too? Ellen E Jones


Being Beethoven
9pm, BBC Four

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the world’s most celebrated composers, this three-part series seeks to place Beethoven back in his late-18th and early-19th-century context, documenting his creative and personal life as it would have been in the present tense. Narrated by Peter Capaldi. Ammar Kalia

Life of Pi
Life of Pi. Photograph: 20th Century Fox/AP

Film

Life of Pi, 6.35pm, Film4 Ang Lee’s screen version of Yann Martel’s Booker-winning novel is an exquisite exercise in magical realism. Suraj Sharma is Indian boy Pi, who finds himself adrift on a storm-tossed ocean with Bengal tiger Richard Parker for company. It’s an epic tale, awash with stunning special effects. Paul Howlett


Sport

League One Football: Oxford United v Portsmouth, 4.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The play-off semi-final.

Italian Serie A Football: Lazio v AC Milan, 4.30pm, Premier Sports. Action from the Italian Serie A.

Premier League Football: Tottenham Hotspur v Everton, 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. All the action from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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