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Hollie Richardson , Graeme Virtue , Ali Catterall and Jack Seale

TV tonight: Sex and the City fans can’t wait for Samantha’s fabulous return

Grab a cosmopolitan and buckle up … Sarah Jessica Parker in And Just Like That.
Grab a cosmopolitan and buckle up … Sarah Jessica Parker in And Just Like That. Photograph: HBO

And Just Like That

9pm, Sky Comedy

The fabulous friends are back, and this season it’s been confirmed that Kim Cattrall will make a fleeting, albeit glorious, return as Samantha Jones. Is Carrie dating Aidan again? How are things in LA with Miranda and Che? Grab a cosmopolitan and find out in this opening double bill. HR

Windrush: Portraits of a Generation

7.45pm, BBC Two

King Charles pops up at the top of this film to explain why he commissioned 10 Royal Collection portraits of members of the Windrush Generation. But rightly, the focus is on the sitters themselves, including campaigning scientist Sir Geoff Palmer, actor Carmen Munroe and dapper raconteur “Big” John Richards. Graeme Virtue

Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef

8pm, Channel 4

Britain’s Next Great Chef.
The VIP treatment … Britain’s Next Great Chef. Photograph: Twenty Twenty

The remaining chefs must create a bespoke menu for a Langham VIP who’s forked out for a £25k-a-night suite (why not a salad cream and crisps sarnie? Everyone loves those). So a five-star breakfast it must be, one flawlessly aligned with the restaurant’s branding, and that leaves the customer satisfied, if at all possible. Ali Catterall

Puzzling

8pm, Channel 5

Puzzle nerd Lucy Worsley hosts a tricky new gameshow in which six super-smart strangers are put into two teams. They then compete in five head-scratching puzzles testing synonyms, memory and more in an increasingly tense hour. HR

Gardeners’ World

9pm, BBC Two

As “G&T in the garden” season approaches its zenith, Adam Frost advises on plants that smell good at sunset. Also in this week’s horticultural magazine, Nick Bailey celebrates the dogwood tree and Toby Buckland visits the green Mecca that is Milton Keynes. Someone there has seven ponds in their back yard! Jack Seale

Glastonbury 2023

10pm, BBC Two

It’s that time of year again when all that we ticketless losers can do is watch Glasto on the telly. Lauren Laverne and Jack Saunders kick off the long weekend’s coverage, telling us how magical the first couple of days on site have been before looking ahead to headliners Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, Elton John and Lizzo. The first performances are Texas and Gabriels on BBC Two on Friday at 7.30pm, while BBC Three has Carly Rae Jepson and Maisie Peters. Hollie Richardson

Live sport

Women’s International Cricket: England v Australia, 10am, Sky Sports Main Event The first day of the one-off Test from Trent Bridge, Nottingham, with England led again by Heather Knight.

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