The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
9pm, BBC One
In this mildly baffling but intriguing new mystery thriller Alice Newman (Rebekah Staton) faces the return of her buffoonish fraudster ex-husband Rob (Alistair Petrie), now masquerading as an “ecopreneur” and hellbent on “disruptive exploration”. Can she reveal the truth about Rob before he scams more money from gullible fools? The tone is never consistent – is this a comedy or something darker? – but it’s singular enough to be worth a look. Phil Harrison
Selling Super Houses
9pm, Channel 4
If you are wondering how you will be able to afford a habitable property, prepare to feel deeply alienated by this new series in which eight aspiring estate agents compete for the chance to work for luxury property magnate Paul “PK” Kemsley’s agency RIB. It’s glossier, jauntier and more uncritical than any property-based programme has the right to be. PH
So Help Me Todd
9pm, Alibi
Todd (Skylar Astin) is a disorganised private investigator, Margaret (Marcia Gay Harden) is his meticulous attorney mother. In a series that feels as if it might have been built round its punning title, Todd finds himself working for his mum after losing his job. In this opener, Todd’s tech-savvy sleuthing leaves Margaret grudgingly impressed. PH
Henpocalypse!
10pm, BBC Two
“In a dickless world what do women want?” is one existential question pondered in this week’s episode of Caroline Moran’s “mandemic” hen-do horror comedy. Things get even sillier as the hens encounter a rival gang of pilates instructors, ready to fight over the male stripper in gold hot pants who is being held captive. Hollie Richardson
The Girl in the Box
10pm, Channel 5
In 1992, 25-year-old estate agent Stephanie Slater was abducted at knifepoint by Michael Sams, who kept her trapped for eight days in a coffin-like box placed inside a wheelie bin, while demanding a ransom from her bosses. This documentary looks back at the nightmarish case, which would eventually lead to Sams’s conviction for a previously unsolved murder, too. Katie Rosseinsky
Storyville: iHuman
10pm, BBC Four
As one contributor here contends, AI could be the best thing ever to happen to humanity – or the worst. This bracing documentary explores the implications – for the work, leisure, internal and external lives of humans – of creating (and then trying to control) something potentially more intelligent than ourselves. PH
