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Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue and Alexi Duggins

TV tonight: ‘We’re celebrities, get us out here to work!’

Anyone brought marshmallows?  The celebrities settle in on day one of David Mitchell’s Outsiders.
Anyone brought marshmallows? The celebrities settle in on day one of David Mitchell’s Outsiders. Photograph: Steve Peskett /UKTV

David Mitchell’s Outsiders
10pm, Dave

“The insurance waivers have been signed and the cesspit has been dug!” David Mitchell’s task show returns and six new celebrities must survive the wilderness and rebuild civilisation. On the first day in camp, Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty, Guz Khan, Judi Love, Chris McCausland and Laura Smyth need to smuggle contraband past border control and act out a fable for some underwhelmed children. Hollie Richardson

Celebrity Race Across the World

9pm, BBC One

So far, the spin-off with famous faces has retained the magic of the original travel contest, revealing intimate details about the celebrities via interactions with their companions. Now the road to Tromsø leaves western Europe – where they will start to run low on money and patience. Jack Seale

Payback

9pm, ITV1

Edinburgh’s answer to the Netflix show Ozark also features a menacing performance by Peter Mullan, as Cal Morris, a seemingly legit former gangster. Tonight, sees Lexie (Morven Christie) dragged deeper into the money-laundering conspiracy that has already claimed her husband. Ellen E Jones

Jay Blades: The Midlands Through Time

9pm, Channel 5

The Repair Shop’s affable gaffer follows up his history of London’s East End with a deep dive into the region he has called home since 2015. In the opening episode, he tries out some 7AD Anglo-Saxon war gear, chats to Coventry’s official Lady Godiva and gets a little nervous about decorating a Wedgwood vase. Graeme Virtue

Med mission … a sunny sortie for the submarine crew in episode one of the new series of Das Boot.
Med mission … a sunny sortie for the submarine crew in episode one of the new series of Das Boot. Photograph: Photographer: Kurt Arrigo/Sky Deutschland GmbH

Das Boot

9pm, Sky Atlantic

It’s the start of the fourth series of this taut, gruesome, second world war drama about German submariners. This time, the action centres on missions in the Mediterranean, with tonight’s double bill featuring a sortie in Naples, while at Berlin naval command a dangerous conspiracy unfolds. Alexi Duggins

Kirkmoore

10.30pm, BBC Three

The writer-director-producer Justin Edgar has made onscreen representations of people with disabilities his life’s work. His new sitcom is set in the fictional Kirkmoore College for disabled students, with a cast who all have disabilities. Tonight, Jack (Christopher John Slater) tries to persuade David (Keron Day) that a night out trumps his essay. EEJ

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