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Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: curious couples try open sexual relationships in a mansion

Chanice and Richardo (centre) with (L-R) Kiki, Holly, Toni and Tim, in Open House: The Great Sex Experiment.
‘Curious’ … Chanice and Richardo (centre) with (L-R) Kiki, Holly, Toni and Tim, in Open House: The Great Sex Experiment. Photograph: Aled Llywelyn / Channel 4

Open House: The Great Sex Experiment

10pm, Channel 4

“If you wanna be my lover, you’ve gotta get with my wife!” It’s the return of the reality series in which couples experiment with open sexual relationships – for better or for worse. Curious parents-of-three Chanice and Richardo and nervous newlyweds Kirstie and Connor are first to enter the mansion, where plenty of horny couples are waiting to join them in the bedroom, which has been fitted with night-cams. Hollie Richardson

24 Hours in A&E

8pm, Channel 4

In 2015, a 22-month-old girl was rushed by air ambulance to St George’s hospital in London with a suspected fractured skull after being kicked in the head by a horse. That nerve-jangling incident is among the cases featured in this special retrospective episode of the series, characterised by calmness, care and comforting. Graeme Virtue

Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars

9pm, BBC One

The remaining foodies duke it out for the £150,000 investment in the semi-finals. How will their social media skills measure up under the watchful eye of TikTok’s Uncle Roger? Can they impress a food photographer for a Waitrose magazine shoot? And who will be left as virtual roadkill after their one-to-one grilling by Gordon? Ali Catterall

Guilt

9pm, BBC Two

Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) in Guilt.
‘Irascible’ … Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) in Guilt. Photograph: Anne Binckebanck/BBC/Expectation/Happy Tramp North

“Beginnings are where you find the endings.” After three seasons of moral missteps and vinyl-black humour, the superb Edinburgh noir reaches its fraught finale. Irascible brothers Max and Jake are still trying to leverage the megabucks bank sale while staying one step ahead of vengeful crime boss Maggie Lynch. But will anyone get away clean? GV

Taskmaster

9pm, Channel 4

There has never been a bad season of Taskmaster, but you know you have a great one when the panellists are making each other roar with laughter. That’s the case this week as the five comics review their attempts to repurpose umbrellas, rescue pineapples from a pond and balance heavy items on a jelly. Jack Seale

Last King of the Cross

9pm, Sky Max

A gritty new Australian drama inspired by the autobiography of nightclub owner John Ibrahim and his experiences in Sydney’s “mecca of sin” Kings Cross. It opens with various flashbacks, including John (Lincoln Younes) and his brother Sam (Claude Jabbour) at their crime leader father’s deathbed. HR

Film choice

Bong Joon-ho’s Barking Dogs Never Bite
Canine capers … Bong Joon-ho’s Barking Dogs Never Bite. Photograph: Magnolia Pictures

Barking Dogs Never Bite (Bong Joon-ho, 2000), 1.30am, Film4
Bong Joon-ho’s off-kilter debut feature takes a man annoyed by a yapping dog and pushes his crisis to satirical extremes. Lee Sung-jae plays whiny South Korean academic Yun-ju, who locks an annoying pooch in the basement of his block of flats, only to realise he has disposed of the wrong pet. This sets in train a series of unintended consequences for him and feckless bookkeeper Hyun-nam (Bae Doona), who becomes obsessed by the canine murder mysteries that ensue. Black comedy spars with social commentary in a style familiar to fans of the director’s later hit, Parasite. Simon Wardell

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