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Sammy Gecsoyler, Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Mo Gilligan and others celebrate the best of Black British standup

Comedian Mo Milligan
Taking over … Mo Milligan and friends are on C4. Photograph: Yoshitaka Kono

Mo Gilligan & Friends: The Black British Takeover

11.05pm, Channel 4

Filmed last year at the O2 Arena (rebranded “the Mo2”), this hour-long special is hosted by Eddie Kadi and features standup from Gilligan and other Black British comics such as Ola Labib, Slim, Thanyia Moore and Babatunde Aléshé – who says being known as “Mo’s friend” is a double-edged sword (they appear together on Celebrity Gogglebox). Backstage snippets are sprinkled throughout, as are interviews with the featured comedians. Sammy Gecsoyler

Gogglebox: Celebrity Special for SU2C

9pm, Channel 4

Naomi Campbell, Noel Gallagher, Jamie Dornan and Danny and Dani Dyer are some of the famous faces sharing their reactions to the week’s telly events on this Stand Up to Cancer special. Mr Dyer will no doubt nail the mood of the nation by shouting out: “You muppet!” Hollie Richardson

Cleo Laine with John Dankworth at the 2008 BBC Jazz awards
Cleo Laine with John Dankworth at the 2008 BBC Jazz awards. Photograph: Paul Mitchell/Rex Features

Cleo Laine at the BBC

9pm, BBC Four

On the occasion of her 95th birthday, a loving tribute to Britain’s “First Lady of Jazz”, showcasing her appearances on the BBC over the decades. Highlights include Send in the Clowns and I Love You Porgy, alongside duets with her musical partner and husband, Johnny Dankworth. Ali Catterall

Babylon Berlin

9pm, Sky Atlantic

Germany’s plushest drama continues its fourth season, slaloming handsomely through the sharpening discord of 1930s Berlin. While investigations into the rigging of a boxing match’s betting market develop, Gereon and Charlotte again mix personal drama with professional duty. Jack Seale

Am I Being Unreasonable?

9.30pm, BBC One

It’s finale time for Daisy May Cooper’s bizarre but brilliant dark comedy-drama. Alex’s memorial day arrives – will secrets finally be spilled? One thing is for sure: this episode brings one of the best gasp-worthy TV twists of the year. HR

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm, BBC One

Taylor Swift leads tonight’s couch of celebrities, marking the release of her new album, Midnights. Bono, Eddie Redmayne and Alex Scott are also in the studio, with Lady Blackbird providing the music. HR

Film choice

Paul (Felix Kammerer) in All Quiet on the Western Front
In the trenches … Paul (Felix Kammerer) is caught in the nightmarish last few months of the first world war. Photograph: Netflix

All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger, 2022), Netflix
Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel is something of a set text in Germany, so it’s surprising Edward Berger’s drama is the first native film version. And it doesn’t disappoint, following naive young recruit Paul (Felix Kammerer) into the dirt and viscera and terror of the first world war battlefield. Paul doesn’t get much of a backstory but, as with the lead character in Sam Mendes’s 1917, we are compelled to follow his nightmarish journey. There is a desolate beauty here – and a subplot about armistice negotiations gives context – but the moral message is deafening. Simon Wardell

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