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Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue and Ellen E Jones

TV tonight: Gangs of London is back and more blood-drenched than ever

Gangs of London returns for an explosive second season.
Gangs of London returns for an explosive second season. Photograph: Sky UK/AMC LLC

Gangs of London

9pm, Sky Atlantic

Blood squirts in every direction within moments of this season two opener (you’ll never feel safe in a London launderette again) but what else would you expect from Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery’s gangster thriller? It begins a year after Sean Wallace (Joe Cole) was shot in the face – presumed dead. The capital is for the taking, and there are a lot of people ready to storm it at whatever cost. In the second episode, international gangs join in the power struggles. Hollie Richardson

Unbreakable

8pm, BBC One

Rob Beckett presents more Crystal Maze games spliced with couples therapy as this uneven new knockout competition continues. Watching celebrities and their partners blunder through treasure hunts and canoe tasks feels at odds with the relationship analysis, especially this week, as Denise Welch really opens up. Graeme Virtue

Aldi’s Next Big Thing

8pm, Channel 4

Presenters Anita Rani (left) and Chris Bavin with Aldi’s Julie Ashfield.
Presenters Anita Rani (left) and Chris Bavin with Aldi’s Julie Ashfield. Photograph: Aldi

In a TV concept that will make Kevin the carrot proud, Anita Rani and Chris Bavin go behind the scenes at the superhuman-rate-of-scanning supermarket, Aldi. They are on the hunt for new food-and-drink products, starting with a “dinner time” theme. Two hopefuls present insects, while a pie perfectionist offers his goods. HR

Tonight: Looking After the Grandkids – The True Cost?

8.30pm, ITV

Grandparents, especially grandmothers, are an often ignored factor in the UK’s childcare crisis. Instead of enjoying a peaceful retirement, they get roped in to help out working parents, who couldn’t otherwise afford to make ends meet. So should the law change to reflect this? Jennie Bond, a grandmother herself, investigates. Ellen E Jones

Taskmaster

9pm, Channel 4

It might not always be reflected in the scores, but Fern Brady continues to be the wicked standout of series 14 of the bric-a-brac prattle royale (witness her heartfelt strop when she is given a task that vaguely resembles tidying up). Also stuffed in tonight: stressful songwriting while listening to soothing classics and “egg-and-spoon curling”. GV

I Hate You

10pm, Channel 4

Becca’s estranged father dies in the first of tonight’s double bill of Robert Popper’s new sitcom, but, of course, this still provides a springboard for dark and offbeat laughs. Then it’s Becca’s birthday, which she has no intention of celebrating. HR

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