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Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue, Katie Rosseinsky, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: big problems for a drug dealer in this French crime thriller

Lively … Sara Forestier (left) and Bruno Dreyfurst (with orange armband) in Disturbing Disappearances.
Lively … Sara Forestier (left) and Bruno Dreyfurst (with orange armband) in Disturbing Disappearances. Photograph: Channel 4

Disturbing Disappearances

9pm, More4

A lively French crime thriller from the Walter Presents strand’s seemingly endless stream of foreign-language dramas. Small-time drug dealer Tony is horrified when one of his regular customers dies of an overdose. But when he decides to cover his tracks, he creates an even bigger problem for himself – soon, small narcotics deals are the least of his worries. Phil Harrison

Not Going Out

9pm, BBC One

Guest star Chris McCausland gives as good as he gets in this combative episode of the zinger-stuffed sitcom. To celebrate Lucy’s birthday, Lee and the gang ride first class on a steam train; the arrival of a blind stranger disrupts their habitual sniping, particularly when he accidentally bags Lee’s seat. Graeme Virtue

Riches

9pm, ITV1

Sarah Niles as Claudia in Riches. She is wearing a red dress and gold brooch, and is sitting at a table, flanked by a man in a suit to her right and a woman to her left.
Warring family factions … Sarah Niles as Claudia in Riches. Photograph: David Hindley/Prime Video

Abby Ajayi’s glossy drama has a Succession-meets-Shonda Rhimes feel that only intensifies in this episode, as warring family factions attempt to convert shareholders to their way of thinking before a big Flair & Glory board meeting. What Riches lacks in Jesse Armstrong-style snark, it makes up for in enjoyably soapy twists. Katie Rosseinsky

Beethoven’s Fifth at the Proms

8pm, BBC Four

Beethoven’s Fifth comes courtesy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, under the baton of conductor laureate Tadaaki Otaka. Plus, it is a Proms debut for Rachmaninov’s Five Études-tableaux, adorned with orchestration by Ottorino Respighi. Katya Adler presents. Ali Catterall

Then You Run

9pm, Sky Max

This adrenalised, slightly berserk crime caper continues to lean into its own ridiculousness and barrel along at great pace. The girls have given up on the Netherlands and fled to Germany by now, with Tara wondering if her mates might be safer without her. Meanwhile, twin blows for Reagan leave him even less composed than usual. PH

Queen of Oz

9.30pm, BBC One

Catherine Tate’s latest grotesque reaches the end of its run and the fun lies in the sheer lack of sympathy we are encouraged to have. It is Queen Georgie’s wedding day and the gravity of the moment finds Tate’s appalling monarch in an uncharacteristically gracious mood. But things soon fall apart. PH

Film choice

Brad Pitt and Diego Calva in Babylon.
Fame, love and broken dreams in Los Angeles … Brad Pitt and Diego Calva in Babylon. Photograph: Paramount/Scott Garfield

Babylon (Damien Chazelle, 2022), 9pm, Sky Cinema PremiereDamien “La La Land” Chazelle’s ambitious new drama revisits the 2016 film’s interest in fame, love and broken dreams in Los Angeles, but aims for a broader historical sweep. The story of Hollywood in the 1920s and 30s is embodied in three characters: Mexican immigrant Manny (Diego Calva); the woman he loves, would-be star Nellie (Margot Robbie); and Brad Pitt’s ageing lead actor Jack. Bravura set-pieces – from an orgiastic party at a studio boss’s mansion, complete with guest elephant, to a slapstick, all-action location shoot – give a sense of the fickle, intoxicating energy of the movie industry, while Pitt and the underused Robbie provide affecting portraits of the casualties that result. Simon Wardell

They Cloned Tyrone (Juel Taylor, 2023), Netflix
Dipping into conspiracy theories about the secret state pushing drugs in Black communities, Juel Taylor’s stimulating movie adds a post-Get Out political edge to its Blaxploitation-style sci-fi caper. John Boyega’s drug dealer, Fontaine, joins forces with flashy pimp Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx) and Nancy Drew-reading sex worker Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris) – a great comic double act – to investigate when he is shot multiple times but wakes up unharmed the day after. And what are they putting in the fried chicken and hair products that is making the neighbourhood folk so docile? SW

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