The Long Shadow
9pm, ITV1
Peter Sutcliffe is referred to as “the Yorkshire Ripper” only once in this sensitively handled seven-part drama about the murders of 13 women in Yorkshire during the 1970s and 80s. It is a poignant detail; this retelling of events focuses on the women who, with a misogynistic media and police force, were themselves portrayed negatively, rather than their killer. Writer George Kay (Lupin, Hijack) spoke with the victims’ families for the script, and Katherine Kelly, Daniel Mays and Toby Jones are some of the brilliant actors portraying the real people involved. It starts with DCS Dennis Hoban (Jones) responding to the first murder, while Emily Jackson (Kelly) turns to sex work to help her family get by. Hollie Richardson
Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son?
10pm, Channel 4
In 2006, when Pete Doherty and Kate Moss, his girlfriend at the time, were tabloid fodder, a man called Mark Blanco died after falling from a balcony at an east London flat in which Doherty and his friends were having a party. In this grim but compelling documentary, Blanco’s mum explains her continuing fight to find out exactly how her son died, noting flaws in the police investigation. HR
Panorama: Downfall of the Crypto King
8pm, BBC One
“Were you incompetent or were you fraudulent?” That’s the big question put to Sam Bankman-Fried in this complex profile of the maths genius who founded cryptocurrency exchange FTX and was once the world’s youngest billionaire – until he was arrested on charges connected to the company’s collapse and bankruptcy. HR
Jimmy Doherty’s New Zealand Escape
8pm, Channel 4
Doherty’s guide to the history and future of New Zealand food really does feel like a departure from the foodie travelogue norm, though it helps if you like fish. This week, we see why Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere is a traditional food basket for Māori people, and there is a chance to taste super-fresh crayfish by the side of the road on the way to Christchurch. HR
Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos
9pm, BBC Two
When the wheels finally fell off the clown car of Boris Johnson’s premiership in June 2022, there was the fleeting hope that whatever came next would be an upgrade. Enter Liz Truss. In the concluding part of her bleak recap of UK political bedlam since the Brexit vote in 2016, Kuenssberg examines a disastrous succession story. Graeme Virtue
Bad Behaviour
9pm, BBC Three
It sounds like the hellish invention of a horror tale, but “wilderness campus” boarding schools, where teenage bullies reign unchallenged, do exist, as evidenced by the 2015 memoir on which this chilling Australian drama is based. In the final episode, a now grownup Jo has the chance to reconcile past with present. Ellen E Jones
