TV tonight: Lesley Manville returns as a murder-solving book editor

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Marble Hall Murders

9.35pm, BBC One

The amateur sleuth is simply a well-worn archetype but Lesley Manville inhabits it much persuasively than astir successful this 3rd and last adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s enigma trilogy. Manville is publication exertion (and side-hustle detective) Susan Ryeland, who is persuaded to assistance whip a troubled young author’s manuscript into shape. She is drawn into a execution lawsuit that spans aggregate timelines and circles enticingly backmost to a tiny coven of occult-obsessed children. Odd and intriguing. Phil Harrison

Strictly Come Dancing

6.15pm, BBC One

It mightiness beryllium harder to pin down who everyone is this season, beyond a fewer nepo babies and Delta Goodrem, but we’re inactive excited for the archetypal unrecorded occurrence of the series. There’s nary nationalist ballot this week but you tin stake connected Craig saying thing comparatively soul-destroying to 1 of the 15 couples strutting their stuff. Priya Elan

The Space Race successful Colour

8pm, Channel 4

The occurrence of Apple TV’s shows For All Mankind and Star City hint astatine our fascination with the “space race”. This evocative bid explores the era, opening with the root story: Germany’s fearsome V2 rocket. Its creator passed his secrets to the Americans, who took them to the satellite and back. PH

Paris Police 1910

9pm, BBC Four

The French (obviously) play play continues to premix acheronian intrigue with deadpan absurdity, arsenic accusations and regular convulsive deaths accumulate successful the elegant aftermath of la femme mystérieuse Marguerite Steinheil (Evelyne Brochu). Could the butler person done it? Jack Seale

The Golden Cobra

10pm, BBC Three

A 2nd bid of this animation acceptable successful and astir Ebbw Vale’s grimmest takeaway. Events crook somewhat fantastical – for reasons that aren’t wholly clear, Ebbw Vale present has a beach. But are seaside-related accidents going to beryllium unsafe to Basil’s astir prolific customer? Happily tasteless, grossout fun. PH

Saturday Night Live UK

10pm, Sky One

It has been a patchy instrumentality for the British mentation of SNL truthful far, but mightiness this beryllium the nighttime it takes off? It’s hosted by Amelia Dimoldenberg, the progressively high-profile YouTuber down the precocious retired web bid Chicken Shop Dates, portion euphony comes from Rachel Chinouriri. Alexi Duggins

Film choice

The Moment, 6.35am, 1.30pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

As her arena circuit  looms, a popular  prima  finds herself caught wrong  the afterglow of a breakout summer, battling what it costs to enactment   connected  top.
I emotion it? … The Moment connected Sky Cinema Premiere. Photograph: NBC Universal/Sky

It’s hard to archer whether Charli xcx’s mockumentary is simply a mode of summing up her world-exploding “Brat summer” of 2024 oregon razing it each to the ground. As it counts down to a large arena circuit and its accompanying performance film, Aidan Zamiri’s communicative flips betwixt the instrumentalist being overwhelmed by her abrupt personage and a drawstring of comically unspeakable Spinal Tap-ish decisions (the Brat recognition paper for cheery radical is simply a highlight). Throughout, Charli does a bully occupation of keeping america guessing arsenic to what’s a information and what’s not. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Tennis: Laver Cup, 12.45pm, TNT Sports 2 Day 2 of Team Europe v Team World astatine the O2 Arena, London.

Uefa Nations League Football: Slovenia v Scotland, 1.45pm, BBC One Scotland v Switzerland is connected Tue astatine 7.30pm connected BBC Two.

Prem Rugby Union: Exeter v Gloucester, 2.30pm, TNT Sports 1 Sale v Bristol follows astatine 5.15pm. Leicester v Saracens is connected Sun astatine 2.30pm connected ITV1.

Super League Rugby: Wigan v Wakefield, 5.15pm, BBC Two The 2nd semi-final.

Uefa Nations League Football: England v Spain, 6.45pm, ITV1 Harry Kane leads the World Cup’s third-best squad against the winners. Czechia v England is connected Tue astatine 7pm connected ITV1.

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