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Phil Harrison, Danielle De Wolfe, Ali Catterall, Sammy Gecsoyler and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: it’s the return of the property show doubling as a panic attack

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer in Location, Location, Location.
A property show doubling as a panic attack … Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer in Location, Location, Location. Photograph: Channel 4

Location, Location, Location

8pm, Channel 4

Now in its 38th season, Location … must be doing something right. But more and more, it’s a property show doubling as a panic attack as the utter impossibility of the UK housing market is laid bare. On the Kent coast, graduate Ellen is struggling to make headway on a one-bed flat for £230,000. Meanwhile, Sophie and Matt have half a million and have looked at more than 100 properties. Can Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer hack their way through this jungle? Phil Harrison

Grand Designs: House of the Year

9pm, Channel 4

Our lockdown salve returns, as Kevin McCloud serves up five architectural wonders vying to be crowned the RIBA’s house of the year. Limited only by the human imagination (and gravity), tonight a seaside escape is pitted against a geometric slice of nostalgia. Danielle De Wolfe

Michael Dobbs Remembers: House of Cards

10pm, BBC Four

“They don’t think the PM has what it takes for a full five-year term,” mutters Ian Richardson in scenes eerily reminiscent of modern-day political events. House of Cards was a critically acclaimed post-Thatcher political thriller, and here its writer reflects on the relevancy of his creation. DDW

Outsiders

10pm, Dave

Fatiha El-Ghorri and Phil Wang in Outsiders.
Amiable … Fatiha El-Ghorri and Phil Wang in Outsiders. Photograph: ©UKTV/Steve Peskett

A second series for this amiable comedy challenge show with top-notes of Taskmaster. Maisie Adam, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Darren Harriott and Joe Wilkinson are among the comics attempting silly outdoor endeavours such as putting up a tent in an artificial gale. PH

Unapologetic

11.05pm, Channel 4

More frank talking with Yinka Bokinni and Zeze Millz, who cheerfully upend any amount of worm cans on subjects ranging from sugar daddies to colour-blind casting. This week: are we all getting too sensitive to criticism? Tonight’s guest is musician and artist Kojey Radical. Ali Catterall

Random Acts: Whose Voice Is It Anyway?

12.05am, Channel 4

In the latest from this innovative short-film strand, Charlie and Lottie (played by the same actor) struggle with the same disability but have completely different experiences. Charlie lives in her own adapted flat with an encouraging mother, while Lottie is stuck in an alternative world where disability is massively discriminated against. Sammy Gecsoyler

Film choice

Tom Burke, Florence Pugh and Kíla Lord Cassidy in The Wonder.
Pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes? … Tom Burke, Florence Pugh and Kíla Lord Cassidy in The Wonder. Photograph: Christopher Barr/AP

The Wonder (Sebastián Lelio, 2022), Netflix
In 1862, English nurse Lib (Florence Pugh) comes to rural Ireland to spend two weeks monitoring Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy), an 11-year-old girl who hasn’t eaten for four months but remains fit and well. Anna claims she lives on “manna from heaven” but is she a miracle from God or pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes? Questions of faith, rationality and the tricksy nature of storytelling pervade this historical thriller, with the Irish famine of the 1840s another touchstone. Director Sebastián Lelio, who has already explored organised religion in Disobedience, is blessed here with Pugh as his lead actor – a magnetic, confrontational presence driving the drama forward. Simon Wardell

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