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Hollie Richardson, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue and Ali Catterall

TV tonight: real life ‘romance fraud’ cases that prove love is dead

“You couldn’t write it…” Megan tells hers story in Love Cheats on Channel 4.
“You couldn’t write it…” Megan tells hers story in Love Cheats on Channel 4. Photograph: channel 4

Love Cheats

10pm, Channel 4

Love is dead, as the mindblowing real cases of romance fraud in this four-part series proves. It starts with a gent called “Lord Bertie Underwood” who – you’ve guessed it – turned out to be Robert Madejski, a young bloke from a London council estate. But before his fiancee Megan found this out, he’d already conned past lovers via the Grindr dating app and strangers on eBay out of millions. He was convicted and sent to prison … but that wasn’t the end. As Megan says: “You couldn’t write it.” Hollie Richardson

BBC Young Musician 2024

6.30pm, BBC Two

The three talented teens in the final wouldn’t have made it this far if they didn’t know how to handle pressure. That’s just as well, because this week’s ultimate challenge involves performing a concerto of their choice with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, no less. Presenter (and 2016 finalist) Jess Gillam is also there to cheer them on. Ellen E Jones

Joan Bakewell at the BBC

8pm, BBC Four

It’s a night celebrating the work of Joan Bakewell: she introduces her 1990 interview with Nelson Mandela at 8.30pm, then her 1968 interview with Marcel Duchamp at 9.20pm. Before that, though, she looks back at some of her favourite memories at the BBC, from fighting to be a female journalist to honing her interviewing craft on Late Night Line Up. HR

Showtrial

9pm, BBC One

Series two of the judicial thriller that combines state-of-the-nation drama with twist-filled turbo-soap continues. Banged-up copper Justin (Michael Socha) seems supremely cocky for a guy facing a possible murder charge, while wrung-out solicitor Sam (Adeel Akhtar) has his own disquieting brush with the law. Graeme Virtue

DI Ray

9pm, ITV1

It’s a tense, action-packed start to the second series of this Birmingham police drama. An underground crime lord and a nurse just off her night shift are shot dead in a drive-by outside a hospital. It’s up to Parminder Nagra’s DI Rachita Ray, who is back on the job two months after her suspension, to get to the bottom of it over the next six episodes. HR

Chimp Crazy

9pm, Sky Documentaries

From the team behind Tiger King, here is another exotic animal scandal, focusing on Tonia Haddix, who faked the death of ex-Hollywood chimpanzee star Tonka. In this week’s episode, Tonka’s former co-star and Peta campaigner Alan Cumming offers $10,000 for the missing chimp’s whereabouts. Ali Catterall

Live sport

Women’s Super League Football: Man City v Aston Villa, noon, BBC Two Joint top scorer Khadija “Bunny” Shaw takes her City side’s unbeaten record into a home fixture at the Joie Stadium.

American Football: New England Patriots v Jacksonville Jaguars, 2pm, ITV1 An NFL game at Wembley Stadium.

Premier League Football: Wolves v Man City, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event At Molineux. Liverpool v Chelsea follows at 4pm.

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