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All Creatures Great and Small is a warm antidote to the autumn chill. Plus: Olly Murs explores his family origins. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 5Back to the lovely fictional Yorkshire village of Darrowby as the bucolic veterinary drama returns. It’s spring 1941 and Siegfried is struggling to keep the surgery going in the absence of James and Tristan. However, he might be in luck as uncertainty surrounds James’s RAF deployment. As ever, the success of this reboot hangs on its entirely reasonable reluctance to depart too radically from the vibes and values of the original. Phil Harrison

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Superb series following Ukraine’s leader comes to an end. Plus: John Major chats with by Amol Rajan. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Two

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The Ilford standup delves into the murky world of American vigilantes. Plus: could another White House coup attempt be on the cards? Here’s what to watch this evening

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The writer is unsentimental about his devastating accident in a moving new film. Plus: Richard E Grant on Mozart the musical prodigy. Here’s what to watch this evening

10.40pm, BBC OneWriter Hanif Kureishi’s world changed on Boxing Day 2022 when a fall left him needing 24-hour care. In this moving film, he ponders his life before and after his accident. While he seems admirably unsentimental about almost everything, Kureishi is in reflective mood, talking about his new working practices, the paradoxes in his celebrated 80s work and being thrown out of a mosque for being friends with Salman Rushdie. Phil Harrison

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Joe Cole stars in Nightsleeper, the BBC’s new adrenalised treat for Sunday nights. Plus, a harrowing look at the civilian cost of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. Here’s what to watch this evening

Sun, 9pm, BBC One

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Chris McCausland, Toyah Willcox and Punam Krishan are among the celebs braving the dancefloor. Plus: flag-waving mayhem at the Royal Albert Hall as the Proms conclude. Here’s what to watch this evening

BBC One, 7.20pm

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From Mark Elder’s final performance with the Hallé to the Kanneh-Masons covering Bob Marley, relive all of this year’s most epic Proms. Plus: Funny Woman is back. Here’s what to watch this evening

8pm, BBC FourMark Elder’s final Proms performance as music director of the Hallé; the Kanneh-Mason rendition of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song; Beethoven’s Ode to Joy climax on its 200th birthday. There are many beautiful Proms moments to catch up with on iPlayer, but here are the very best of the best in a joyous, poignant hour. Hollie Richardson

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Fun antics as Alex Horne gets force-fed bubblegum in the new season of the TV challenge show. Plus: Jessica Ennis-Hill delves into her family history. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4TV’s greatest challenge show is getting a junior spin-off this autumn, but before that another cohort of game celebrities is taking on taskmaster Greg Davies: Andy Zaltzman, Babátúndé Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee and Rosie Jones. In the first round, they have to search for a seal, throw yoga balls in a theme park and force-feed Alex Horne a bowlful of bubblegum. Nothing’s changed here then. Hollie Richardson

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Celebrating the grandest and greenest of house designs. Plus: who will get the gongs at The National Television Awards? Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Sorry to make you feel ancient but Kevin McCloud’s self-building property series first aired a quarter of a century ago. Within that time, what started as an aspirational show of marvel now feels like a kick in the teeth during a housing crisis. Still, McCloud marks the anniversary by starting the newest series with a look at some of the most ambitious, green and emotionally draining designs. Hollie Richardson

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Kemp revisits the strange death of Robert Calvi, found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London. Plus: a new term at Waterloo Road. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky HistoryRoss Kemp is back at it and this time is delving into the world of mafia bosses, capos and hitmen in the UK. He starts in London, with the story of Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker who, in 1982, was found hanging from scaffolding under Blackfriars Bridge, with bricks in his pockets. But there were many clues that strongly suggested it wasn’t suicide though the case is still officially unsolved. Hollie Richardson

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Portrait of the artist whose pregnant figure caused outrage when it was erected as a Trafalgar Square sculpture in 2005. Plus: what if Trump wins? Here’s what to watch this evening

10.40pm, BBC OneMarc Quinn’s sculpture of pregnant artist Alison Lapper was a celebration of motherhood and disability, but it outraged many people when it was erected on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2005. She is still angry at the reaction, clips of which she rewatches in this frank documentary, before telling her remarkable and colourful life story. The main focus here, though, is on the beautiful relationship she had with her son, Parys, who died of an accidental drug overdose aged 19 after battling mental health issues. “All the doubting Thomases, they kind of won didn’t they?” she says, heartbreakingly, as she pours her grief into an exhibition of paintings about him.Hollie Richardson

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Jean-Michel Jarre headlines the closing ceremony. Plus: the puzzle starts to make sense in James Graham’s visceral drama Sherwood. Here’s what to watch this evening.

6.30pm, Channel 4

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