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Trespasses

9pm, Channel 4

Lola Petticrew performed Dolours Price in final 12 months’s Say Nothing, and right here she is in one other good drama concerning the Troubles. Based on Louise Kennedy’s hit novel, it’s a story concerning the forbidden affair of star-crossed lovers – or moderately, a Catholic and a Protestant in Seventies Northern Ireland. Cushla (Petticrew) is a Catholic instructor who additionally pulls pints in her household’s pub, the place she meets Michael (Tom Cullen), an older “posh Prod” barrister. Cushla can see simply how harmful that is, but Michael’s pull on her is simply too robust. Their performances are cracking (as is Gillian Anderson’s as Cushla’s alcoholic however sharp mom Gina). But this secret relationship absolutely can’t finish effectively … Hollie Richardson

Kingdom

6.20pm, BBC One

Hippos and elephants do a whole lot of scaring away predators within the opener to this new David Attenborough-narrated nature collection. Despite their confidence, it’s the leopards, canine, hyenas and lions who’re preventing to dominate the South Luangwa nationwide park in Zambia. This six-parter follows all of them at it. HR

Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter

8pm, Channel 4

There was an inevitability concerning the arrival of a contest present involving knitting. In the second episode of this winter hotter, the contenders craft canine outfits that mix creativity and wearability. It’s harder than it sounds. Tom Daley, Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell information and choose. Phil Harrison

Dance Passion Bradford

8pm, BBC Four

This city-wide celebration of dance lands in Bradford, the place the Royal Ballet’s Natalia Osipova will comply with within the en pointe footsteps of the nice Anna Pavlova by acting on the identical Alhambra stage a century later. Meanwhile, out on the wily, windy moors, 500 dancers collect to have a good time Wuthering Heights – each Brontë’s and Bush’s. Ellen E Jones

Riot Women

9pm, BBC One

After final week’s brutal occasions, Nisha is in a nasty method in hospital, whereas Kitty is dealing with the repercussions of socking one to Tom’s slimy father-in-law. Will Holly be capable of assist Nisha discover justice? Will Kitty inform Beth what provoked her? Yet extra good writing within the penultimate episode of Sally Wainwright’s drama. HR

Daisy May and Charlie Cooper’s NightWatch

9.30pm, BBC Two

Sir Humphry Wakefield saved Northumberland’s Chillingham Castle from demolition within the Nineteen Eighties – and he’s been experiencing curious ghostly going-ons ever since. Enter the Cooper siblings, who shall be having a sleepover and attempting to keep away from the curse of the Spanish Witch. But, Humphry insists, “there are lovely ghosts here!”. HR

Film selection

War Paint: Women at War, 9pm, Sky Arts

“What do women see that men don’t?” That’s the query driving Margy Kinmonth’s enlightening historical past of feminine artists and the way they reply to conflict. It ranges in time from second world conflict painters akin to Laura Knight to the present-day likes of Fiona Banner and Rachel Whiteread; and geographically from Iran to Sudan to Ukraine. We see expert artists utilizing a spread of methods to disclose the underreported, female-centred elements of battle, with a give attention to the numerous uncared for abilities who deserve a extra outstanding place within the cultural dialog. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Premier League Football: Brentford v Newcastle, 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event Man City v Liverpool is at 4.25pm.

Women’s Super League Football: Everton v Man City, 2.10pm, BBC Two From Goodison Park.