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Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Danielle De Wolfe, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: a reality TV star confronts her turbulent relationship with alcohol

Vicky and John Pattison
Family history … John and Vicky Pattison in Vicky Pattison: Alcohol, Dad and Me, Channel 4. Photograph: Production supplied

Vicky Pattison: Alcohol, Dad and Me

10pm, Channel 4

Reality TV star Vicky Pattison made a career out of appearing on shows that relied on her to be drunk for their sinister brand of entertainment value. Pattison has since won I’m a Celebrity, and now says she doesn’t like who she is after a drink. In this documentary, she addresses her turbulent relationship with alcohol and how her family history affected it. She focuses on her father, a functioning alcoholic who was the age Vicky is now when his addiction really took hold. Hollie Richardson

Worst House on the Street

8pm, Channel 4

Another completely tone-deaf property series, this time hosted by developer siblings Scarlette and Stuart Douglas. They help buyers transform rundown houses, and the opening episode sees the pair rescue Harry and Yimika’s Croydon terraced house. HR

Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera

9pm, ITV

Alexander Armstrong voices another trove of incidents filmed by members of the public. Among the clips you may well have seen on social media already are an Australian wildfire, captured on video by a family trapped in their house, and a teenager who risked her life to fight off a bear when her dogs were in danger. Jack Seale

Night Coppers
Only after dark … Night Coppers. Photograph: Blast Films

Night Coppers

9pm, Channel 4

Brighton’s patrolling night owls return. Tonight: PC Robbie’s grappling skills come into their own as the aspiring cage fighter tackles an unruly pub-goer, while BA flight attendant turned rookie PC Emily swaps landing strips for strip-searches. Danielle De Wolfe

Snowfall

10.30pm, BBC Three

John Singleton’s slick LA drugs drama continues with the crew searching for Peaches, but the Saints can’t decide whether to plump for more violence or a calm approach. Meanwhile, Franklin’s having trouble with meddling mum Cissy, who’s interfering on both the work and relationship front, but is she right to be worried when he’s in danger? Hannah Verdier

Irma Vep

Tuesday, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

This peculiar, eight-episode meta drama follows the production of a modern-day reboot of the 1915 crime movie serial Les Vampires. Hollywood star Mira (Oscar winner Alicia Vikander) is set to zip into a velvet catsuit to play the lead role of burglar Irma Vep on a set where the crew are obsessed with her character. Her typically troubled French director René (Vincent Macaigne) tells her that Irma was “pure evil, in a sexy way”, another worker says “she unleashed fear’s fantasies”, and Mira becomes curiouser and curiouser about her part. Eventually, the line between real life and fantasy starts to blur – which can only lead to trouble … Hollie Richardson

Vincent Price and Diana Rigg in Theatre of Blood
Making a killing … Vincent Price and Diana Rigg in Theatre of Blood. Photograph: Cinetext Bildarchiv/Cineman Productions/Allstar

Film choice

Theatre of Blood (Douglas Hickox, 1973), 12.05am, Talking Pictures TV
Vincent Price plays around with his own outsized image in this grand guignol 1973 comedy. He stars as hammy actor Edward Lionheart, who killed himself after failing to win a Critics’ Circle theatre award for his Shakespeare performances – or did he? When newspaper critics who gave him poor reviews start being murdered exactly like the Bard’s characters, suspicion falls on his daughter Edwina (Diana Rigg). It’s all very silly, but flamboyantly inventive. Simon Wardell

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