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Entertainment
Ben Arnold, Andrew Mueller, John Robinson, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Jonathan Wright, Paul Howlett

Wednesday’s best TV: First Dates; My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me

Sophie and J … seem keen.
Sophie and J … seem keen. Photograph: Dave King/Channel 4

First Dates

10pm, Channel 4

First Dates returns for a 10th series and lands itself a bit of a first. Stuart and Mandy used to be married – for 11 years, in fact – but after getting divorced “for 30 quid on the internet”, they’re now looking for love again – on adjacent restaurant tables. Their dates, Adam and Claire, are suitably freaked out. Elsewhere, J and Sophie have both been unlucky in love, and, despite him almost mugging himself with cheeseball chat-up lines, she seems keen; while Morganne and valleys boy Nathan bond following a Jägerbomb faux pas. Ben Arnold

My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me

9pm, BBC One

The Good Friday peace has not made Northern Ireland an oasis but, as comedian Patrick Kielty’s film demonstrates, life there is vastly better than it was. Kielty was 16 when his father was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. He returns to the scene of that crime and meets others bereaved by the Troubles. Andrew Mueller

The Assassination of Gianni Versace

9pm, BBC Two

Andrew Cunanan’s inexorable journey to infamy continues. For sure, the reverse narrative structure has undermined the reveals, but really this is all about the nearly unwatchably intense performance of Darren Criss. Tonight, it’s 1996: Andrew goes to a party where he meets David Madson. John Robinson

Timeless

9pm, E4

This rollicking sci-fi adventure features a historian, a soldier and a nerdy engineer yo-yoing through time in natty period costume to stop a shadowy cabal from changing the future. Season two begins with a field trip to France during the first world war, and a brush with Marie Curie and her unruly daughter. Graeme Virtue

Save Me

9pm, Sky Atlantic

As the season finale descends further into darkness, what has made this drama so involving is even more in evidence: every line, every gesture of creator Lennie James’s performance as once careless now broken charmer, Nelly, is laden with finely nuanced emotion. No wonder he has already been recommissioned. Jack Seale

Why Do Men Earn More Than Women?

10pm, Channel 5

According to the Office for National Statistics, women earn 9.1% less than men. Karren Brady wants to know why. Her investigation of everyday sexism takes in a woman asking for compensation from Asda after learning she was paid less than male colleagues, executive pay and attitudes to motherhood. Jonathan Wright

Insyriated.
Insyriated.

Film choice

Insyriated 10.20pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

Philippe Van Leeuw’s brutal drama is set in a cramped Damascus apartment where a family are trying to wait out the civil war outside. With food and water running out and the violence creeping closer, the efforts of resolute matriarch Oum Yazan (Hiam Abbass) to protect her loved ones grow more desperate. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Masters Golf: The Par Three Tournament 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Traditional curtain-raiser to the first major of the year.

Champions League Football: Liverpool v Manchester City 7pm, BT Sport 2. An all-English quarter-final.

Commonwealth Games 12.15am, BBC One. The men’s and women’s triathlons kick off the event in Queensland.

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