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Entertainment
Ben Arnold, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue, Mark Gibbings-Jones, Ellen E Jones, Jonathan Wright and Paul Howlett

Sunday’s best TV: The Woman in White; Little Big Shots

The Woman in White.
The Woman in White. Photograph: Steffan Hill/BBC/Origin Pictures

The Woman in White

9pm, BBC One

Given recent events, Fiona Seres’s riveting adaptation of Wilkie Collins’s novel takes on additional venom as a tale of the chaos wrought upon women by men. Former EastEnder Ben Hardy is the naive artist who, one murky London evening, encounters a distressed woman fleeing an asylum, before taking a job in the north where he is charged with teaching vivacious half-sisters Laura and Marian. When he sees the distressed woman again in Cumberland, he questions his sanity, as her claims take on a personal resonance. Ben Arnold

Little Big Shots

7pm, ITV

Dawn French is your host for the kids’ talent show with no prizes except the chance to show off on telly (and the mixed blessing of having your precocity on potential display for the rest of eternity). A pair of eight-year-old Russian acrobats, some talented tap dancers and a drummer who’s only seven are among the performers. Hannah Verdier

Symphony for Our World

8pm, Nat Geo Wild

To mark Earth Day 2018, an immersive hour of exotic wildlife footage with the usual anodyne narration ditched in favour of a soaring soundtrack from some of Hans Zimmer’s orchestral helpers. Enjoy the cute baby animal montage but stick around for the giant centipede versus mouse deathmatch. Graeme Virtue

My Year with the Tribe

9pm, BBC Two

Will Millard’s second visit to a Korowai clan in Indonesia reveals many changes since his first. A surprisingly meta episode, exploring the desire of documentary subjects to satisfy expectations, an outcome shaking Millard. This, and the steps made to return to the original remit, make for a singular series. Mark Gibbings-Jones

The Good Karma Hospital

9pm, ITV

It’s Ram and Mala getting wed in this series finale, but romance is also in the air for will-they-won’t-they docs Ruby and Gabriel. Acting as co-mediators in a fishing dispute is the unlikely spark; but then everything seems romantic with this south Indian backdrop. Sue Johnston guest stars. Ellen E Jones

Diana to Meghan: Royal Wedding Secrets

9pm, Channel 5

A royal wedding is a kerfuffle of a magnitude that necessitates lots of people getting involved. What do they all do? How do such huge events come together? Windsor nuptial veterans, including Kiri Te Kanawa who sang for Charles and Diana, share their insights. Jonathan Wright

Film choice

Radiator, 2am, Film4

Radiator.
Radiator. Photograph: Turnchapel/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock

The pain of old age is explored with real authenticity and emotion here. Richard Johnson is cantankerous old Leonard, so immobile in his Lake District cottage that his wife Maria (Gemma Jones) calls their estranged son Daniel (Daniel Cerqueira) for help. What follows is beautiful; bleak, but heartwarming. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Snooker: The World Championship More green baize fun. 10am, BBC Two

IPL Cricket: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians to follow. 11am, Sky Sports Cricket

FA Cup Football: Chelsea v Southampton The second semi-final. 2.30pm, BT Sport 1

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