Couples Therapy
11.05pm, BBC Two
Everybody’s favourite TV therapist – Orna Guralnik – is back for a third series of her absorbing televised sessions. First up on the couch are Ping and Will, who have been in an open relationship for seven years. “What are you hearing, Ping?” Orna asks, after Will opens up. “Honestly? Just a whole lot of whining.” Hollie Richardson
Death in Paradise
9pm, BBC One
In this show, there are few surer signs of a murder suspect’s innocence than a copper declaring at the start: “My gut’s saying he did it.” But one of them is that the suspect is DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) – as happens in this episode. Will he prove he didn’t stab the victim? It will be no mean feat, given that he is up against a former Bill detective – Jaye Griffiths. Alexi Duggins
Hotel Portofino
9pm, ITV1
It’s all kicking off on the Italian Riviera: Lucian and Anish are rescued from Danioni’s Blackshirts by Gianluca, Claudine Pascal encourages Constance to buck up her ideas, appearance-wise, and Bella throws a tea party while bonding over family tragedy with Lady Latchmere. Meanwhile, Cecil and Jack make a dodgy deal regarding a family heirloom. Ali Catterall
National Comedy Awards for Stand Up to Cancer 2023
9pm, Channel 4
Tom Allen helms the event where viewers can vote for best standup show, and the recipients of comedy breakthrough star awards – Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush (from Am I Being Unreasonable?) – collect prizes. HR
The Graham Norton Show
10.40pm, BBC One
This week, Dame Judi Dench – who always busts out the best anecdotes – joins Norton along with a posse of Marvel types assembled on the sofa for a grilling, including Hugh Jackman, Michael B Jordan, Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Hannah Verdier
Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog
11.05pm, Channel 4
Before there was Taskmaster, but after The Inbetweeners, there was just Greg Davies, alone in his underpants, firing cheeseballs at a dog. It’s an anecdote that aptly sums up Davies’s approach to standup in this sell-out live debut from 2011: amusing, inane and unaccountably aggressive. Ellen E Jones
Film choice
Sharper (Benjamin Caron, 2023), Apple TV+
You expect films about con artists to be knotty, but Benjamin Caron’s ingenious drama is as twisty and rug-pulling as it gets. Its episodic narrative – which goes backwards in time – focuses on Justice Smith’s bookshop owner Tom, grad student Sandra (a standout Briana Middleton), Sebastian Stan’s unreadable grifter Max and his wealthy mother Madeline (Julianne Moore). Few of these people are what they seem and there’s a great deal of fun to be had in second-guessing their moves. It has the feel of a Michael Mann movie in its fascination with the stylish but superficial world of high-end criminals, their methodology and, ultimately, hubris. Simon Wardell
