America Votes: Election Night Live
10pm, Sky News
Deep breaths: it’s time for the result of a US presidential election that, despite one candidate being criminally convicted, has been too close to call throughout Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s campaigning. As the results come in overnight, The News Agents podcast’s Lewis Goodall will join the Sky News team to help make sense of it. BBC News will also provide live coverage with Clive Myrie in Washington. Hollie Richardson
Between the Covers
7pm, BBC Two
This week, Sara Cox’s book club welcomes Richard Ayoade, Elizabeth Day, Maisie Adam and Stephen Mangan. Among other books, they’ll be discussing Ferdia Lennon’s inventive 2024 debut novel Glorious Exploits. HR
The Great British Bake Off
8pm, Channel 4
A fraught night of competition awaits, in which the winner may trifle with history or turn us to jelly … yes, it’s dessert week, and the bakers must tackle a tiramisu, make perfect meringues and construct a classic spotted dick (cue Alison: “You have two hours and 15 minutes to get your dick ready”). Ali Catterall
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
9pm, Sky Documentaries
Film-maker Cullen Hoback explores the rise of the open-source cryptocurrency and its cultural impact, and attempts to uncover the enigmatic identity of bitcoin’s creator, “Satoshi Nakamoto”, fingering Canadian crypto developer Peter Todd as the prime suspect. Interestingly, having initially dismissed the claim, Todd has since gone into hiding. AC
Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul
9.15pm, Channel 4
Another week, another Sue Perkins travelogue. This particular jaunt takes her from Paris to Istanbul on the same route taken by the Orient Express. Before boarding a train, she necks absinthe, walks the runway at Paris fashion week and goes roller skating. HR
Storyville: Hollywoodgate
10pm, BBC Four
After the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, Ibrahim Nash’at spent a year under hostile guard following two Taliban leaders. With the constant threat of being killed if he steps out of line, Nash’at witnesses the repair and repainting of helicopters and fighter jets sabotaged and abandoned by US troops. Hannah Verdier
Live sport
Champions League football: Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen, from Anfield 8pm, Prime Video
• This article was amended on 5 November 2024. An earlier version said that in Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul she rode the Orient Express; in fact she did not but travelled along its route.
