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Austin

11.10pm, BBC One
The British-Australian sitcom about a grumpy children’s author who meets a neurodivergent man claiming to be his estranged son returns for series two. Julian (Ben Miller) receives the DNA test results and tells Austin (Michael Theo) that it isn’t a match. So they go in search of Austin’s real father … But it is Sally Phillips as Julian’s fed-up wife Ingrid who really steals the show. Hollie Richardson

Our Lives: Ashington AFC – Saving Our Club

7pm, BBC One
Ashington in Northumberland is a town with a remarkable sporting heritage. But, as this charming and poignant documentary shows, its football team is facing hard times. We experience their scramble to avoid relegation from the Northern Premier League East Division and stay afloat financially through the eyes of the selfless volunteers whose lives revolve around the club. Phil Harrison

Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids

8pm, Channel 4
Look forward to the refreshing chill of autumn by visiting Amanda and Clive Owen as their Yorkshire farm prepares for a new season and Clive’s 70th birthday. Away from the celebrations, there’s a premature calf that needs attention, a sheep to be bought and, as the weather threatens to turn bitter, the exciting installation of some underfloor heating. Jack Seale

Women of World War II: More Untold Stories

8.15pm, PBS America
Marijke Brown was just three weeks old when she was one of the 600 Jewish children rescued by a group of Dutch women during the second world war. She tells their story here, along with other personal accounts of the women who “stood up and stood out”. HR

Gardeners’ World

9pm, BBC Two

Monty Don and team decamp to south Gloucestershire for the first ever RHS Badminton flower show. The local countryside forms a pretty backdrop as Adam Frost, Rachel De Thame, Ashley Edwards and the Don himself look around the show, while the floral marquee offers trend-conscious gardeners advice on which blooms are a must-grow this summer. JS

Celebrity Gogglebox

9pm, Channel 4
What have Julian Clary and Nigel Havers, Rylan Clark and his mum, Linda, plus Strictly dancers Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu, been watching this week? Expect a football match or two in there, as the celebrity watchers get comfy and share their thoughts. HR

Film choice

Wicked: For Good (Jon M Chu, 2025), 7.25am, 6pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Does pink complement green – or does it clash? This concluding part to the Broadway musical adaptation inspired by The Wizard of Oz is an impressive feat of tonal blending. At its heart is the fraught bond between Glinda the Good (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba AKA the Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo), but there are other vibrant strands woven in, including backstories for familiar characters such as the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man and Dorothy herself. Ellen E Jones

Leave Her to Heaven (John M Stahl, 1945), 11am, Film4

Demonic daddy’s girl Ellen (Gene Tierney) creates havoc of all sorts in this noir-melodrama, cited by Martin Scorsese as an all-time favourite. Cornel Wilde is Richard, the unsuspecting novelist who falls for a beautiful Boston socialite on the train to Jacinto, but soon lives to regret his impulsivity. Leon Shamroy’s sumptuous Technicolor cinematography won that year’s Academy Award and director John M Stahl has fun bringing in allusions to the great femme fatales of Greek mythology, including Hippolyta, Medea and the sirens who lure men to a watery grave. EEJ

The Bodyguard (Mick Jackson, 1992), 8pm, Sky Cinema Greats

Once intended as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross, The Bodyguard had a 20-year journey to the screen before finally materialising as Whitney Houston’s film-acting debut. She plays a famous actor and singer who, despite being threatened by a stalker, resists the restrictions placed upon her by her new head of security, Frank (Kevin Costner). Until, of course, the two get intimate. While initially dismissed as hokey by critics, The Bodyguard now stands as a timeless tribute to the power of soaring ballads and interracial romance. EEJ

Live sport

Women’s Test Cricket, England v India, 10am, Sky Sports Main Event
Day one from Lord’s.