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Hollie Richardson, Phil Harrison, Katie Rosseinsky, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s delightful fishing series is back

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on BBC Two.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on BBC Two. Photograph: Tom Jackson/BBC/Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

9pm, BBC Two

The strangely mesmerising series about two funny blokes shooting the breeze while fishing returns for a sixth season. They set themselves up on a few remote spots along the Upper Wye, but Whitehouse is a bit worse for wear on the second day after Ted the terrier’s birthday party. HR

The Woman in the Wall

9pm, BBC One

The anxiety-riddled thriller based on Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries continues. Insomniac Lorna (Ruth Wilson) – who still has a body in her living room wall – desperately hopes to get more information from old acquaintance Clemence about what happened to the baby that was taken away from her. HR

Gordon, Gino & Fred: Viva España!

9pm, ITV1

Following the news that Gordon Ramsay is quitting the foodie travel series after five years, here’s the latest season that he filmed with Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix in sunny Spain. The first of two parts sees them arrive in Andalucía, where they eat their way around the best tapas joints before heading to Jerez to “sample” the local sherry. In Monday’s episode they head north to do some winemaking. Hollie Richardson

Alone

9pm, Channel 4

The £100,000 prize is so close now that the remaining survivalists can almost touch it. But Canada has saved the worst for last – winter is approaching and food is becoming even scarcer. As one desperate contender wonders what ant larvae tastes like, another jeopardises their physical safety to find food. Grimly addictive. Phil Harrison

The Blacklist

10pm, Sky Max

A vlogger inadvertently starts live-streaming a hostage situation after a gunman holds up a convenience store. When the FBI task force see the footage, they soon spot a very familiar face. New recruit Siya, meanwhile, is weighed down with family secrets after getting hold of her late mother’s old case files. Katie Rosseinsky

Waco Untold: The British Stories

10.15pm, ITV1

“That’s when alarm bells started ringing.” This two-parter – which originally streamed on ITVX in April – rewinds the clock 30 years to re-examine the notorious siege at David Koresh’s compound in Texas. There were 23 UK citizens among the 82 cult members who died. How did they find themselves so far from home? Graeme Virtue

Film choice

Sharp Stick, 10.45pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick.
Eye-opening and very funny … Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick. Photograph: AP

Writer-director Lena Dunham digs down into the messy stuff of life again with this frank but sweet-natured coming-of-wisdom tale. Kristine Froseth plays winsome 26-year-old virgin Sarah Jo, a trainee carer for a child with special needs – the son of Josh (Jon Bernthal) and a heavily pregnant Heather (Dunham). She initiates an affair with Josh but is soon out of her depth emotionally, mistaking her failure for a lack of sexual expertise. Her subsequent education in erotica is eye-opening and often very funny. Simon Wardell

The Importance of Being Earnest, 12.30pm, BBC Two

This 1952 film is notable for the mic-drop moment of Edith Evans’s Lady Bracknell exclaiming: “A handbag?” However, courtesy of the original play’s author Oscar Wilde, Anthony Asquith’s elegant adaptation is full of other deliciously quotable lines. Michael Redgrave and Michael Dension play the upper-class friends who both assume the identity of “Ernest” in pursuit of the women they love (the ever delightful Joan Greenwood and Dorothy Tutin, respectively), causing a great deal of polite confusion when they all congregate at a country manor. SW

Children of Men

Part biblical allegory, part mythical quest, part dystopian action movie, Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 thriller just gets better with age. In a near-future (2027, to be exact) when all humans are infertile and the UK is a crumbling, anti-immigrant dictatorship, bureaucrat Theo (an impressively careworn Clive Owen) finds himself helping renegade activists protect Clare-Hope Ashitey’s refugee Kee – who is, miraculously, pregnant. In brilliant extended takes, Theo guides Kee towards safety through a rubbish-strewn, violent landscape of fear and bigotry. SW

Live sport

Premier League Football: Crystal Palace v Wolves, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event At Selhurst Park. Followed by Arsenal v Man United at 4pm.

T20 International Men’s Cricket:England v New Zealand, 2.05pm, BBC One The third contest in the four-match series from Edgbaston, Birmingham.

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