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Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Joshua Jackson is a sinister surgeon in Dr Death

Joshua Jackson in Dr Death
Playing God … Joshua Jackson in Dr Death. Photograph: Peacock/Barbara Nitke

Dr Death

10pm, Channel 4

Based on the astonishing hit Wondery podcast of the same name, Joshua Jackson puts in a horribly convincing performance as Dr Christopher Duntsch in this chilling eight-part drama (first shown on Lionsgate+ in 2021). Why do his patients end up maimed or dead? And how does he get away with it? Two surgeons (Christian Slater and Alec Baldwin) and a young assistant district attorney (Grace Gummer) start investigating what the sinister surgeon is really up to in this week’s series’ opener. Hollie Richardson

Africa Rising With Afua Hirsch

9pm, BBC Two

Hirsch’s brilliant tour of Africa continues in Nigeria, where life is “brash and fast-changing with big characters”. Actually, the characters are delightful – from author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ to chef Obehi Ekhomu-El Herfi. A huge wedding and a groundbreaking all-female Nollywood crew add to the joy. Hannah Verdier

Somebody Somewhere
Cheers … Sam, Joel and Fred in Somebody Somewhere. Photograph: HBO

Somebody Somewhere

9pm, Sky Comedy

The unthinkable happens in this week’s double bill of the delightful Kansas comedy-drama: Sam and Joel fall out over a secret, but can they make it up before Fred’s wedding? Meanwhile, Tricia’s rude cushions are so popular that Sam suggests a new business. HR

Perry Mason

10.05pm, Sky Atlantic

Season two of the 1930s-set crime drama wraps up with rumpled Matthew Rhys and his amazing man-bag making a last-ditch attempt to prevent the Gallardo brothers getting sent down for murder. Sadly it will be Mason’s last day in court: the cancellation of this richly realised, morally knotty noir was confirmed earlier this month. Graeme Virtue

Gabrielle Dennis, Robin Thede and Skye Townsend in A Black Lady Sketch Show
Smile please … Gabrielle Dennis, Robin Thede and Skye Townsend in A Black Lady Sketch Show. Photograph: HBO

A Black Lady Sketch Show

10.10pm, Sky Comedy

Where else on TV would Gladys Knight (played by Jackée Harry) host a roundtable dinner based on Motown songs? Other highlights include a Mary J Brunch full of disses and Black Lady Courtroom is in session. Fans are in for a treat when Trina (Issa Rae) returns as a lawyer hoping for a kiki. HV

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture With David Harewood

10.40pm, BBC One

Marking 75 years since the Empire Windrush arrived in the UK, the actor – whose mum and dad migrated from the Caribbean – delivers a very personal lecture at London’s Battersea Arts Centre, exploring the challenges and racism his parents’ generation overcame, as well as their lasting legacy. HR

Barry Jones in Seven Days to Noon
Strange town … Barry Jones in Seven Days to Noon. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy

Film choice

Seven Days to Noon (John and Roy Boulting, 1950), 2.35pm, Talking Pictures TV
This tense, flab-free thriller from the Boulting brothers follows the police hunt for a scientist who has stolen a nuclear bomb and threatens to detonate it in central London in a week. With the capital evacuated, viewers may be reminded of the eerily empty city of 28 Days Later, but for audiences in 1950 the recent war would have given the film an added frisson, as the search roams through bombed-out buildings and unnaturally quiet streets. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Racing: Royal Ascot, 1.30pm, ITV1 Day one of the festival, including the 2.30pm Queen Anne Stakes.

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