Massive Temper
10pm, Channel 4
We meet Maggie (Nicola Coughlan) giving her electrical scooter away to a random stranger as a result of she has caught an unwelcome glimpse of herself using it in a store window. Maggie is a combination of performative self-confidence and needy brittleness. Her good friend Eddie (Lydia West) is her level-headed anchor however has problems with her personal. This promising new comedy-drama is a riotous however delicate story of feminine friendship, which advantages from its thought-about remedy of psychological well being issues. Within the opening episode, aspiring playwright Maggie visits her old-fashioned to present a chat to the sixth kind. It’s quickly clear that her behaviour goes previous thirtysomething recklessness and into extra troubling areas. Phil Harrison
Taskmaster
9pm, Channel 4
Spring is within the air and a brand new sequence of Taskmaster is upon us. As regular, a singular dynamic is established virtually immediately as a lineup of Joanne McNally, Nick Mohammed, Sophie Willan, John Robins and Steve Pemberton assume their positions. Already, Willan appears to be like like a possible all-timer contestant. One of the vital easy and dependable pleasures TV has to supply. PH
The Canine Home
8pm, Channel 4
Again to Woodgreen Pets Charity for extra dog-human matchmaking that feels concurrently outrageously manipulative and completely irresistible to anybody with functioning emotional capacities. This week, a pleasant bearded collie known as Rexy Cutie meets 10-year-old Kristopher and household. PH
Bruce Lee: A Life in Ten Photos
9pm, BBC Two
The gadget of exhibiting family members and acquaintances nonetheless photographs to immediate reminiscences works nicely within the case of Bruce Lee. It’s particularly efficient within the early a part of this programme, which recaptures the uncooked power and potential of a younger, extremely devoted martial artist whose showmanship was instantly obvious. Jack Seale
The Twelve
9pm, ITV1
Sam Neill stars on this barely soapy Australian courtroom drama serial (first proven on ITVX) exploring the trial of Kate Lawson, a lady accused of murdering her 14-year-old niece. It opens with the jurors assembly for the primary time – and it turns into clear that every of them is bringing their very own, arguably intrusive issues to the desk. PH
Sliced
10pm, BBC Three
“You go to at least one intercourse get together dressed as a canine and nobody allows you to neglect it.” May this be the rationale Josh is having bother pulling Naomi? That, and her horrible boyfriend, too – who’s simply challenged his hapless rival to a boxing match. Can an area Catholic priest supply Josh greater than the final rites? Ali Catterall
Movie alternative
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996), 10.45pm, Film4
Tailored imaginatively from Irvine Welsh’s episodic novel, Danny Boyle’s hyperactive drama takes his group of Edinburgh heroin addicts and brings them to comedian if painful life. Ewan McGregor performs Renton, our information to a world of excruciating however hilarious misadventures, petty crime, random violence – courtesy of the heavy-drinking Begbie (a really terrifying Robert Carlyle) – and gut-wrenching drug experiences. That includes a stonking soundtrack (Underworld, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed) and Boyle’s ingenious field of visible methods, it’s an ideal mix of horror and humour. Simon Wardell
