British Telly

Special report from al-Hawl refugee camp on the humanitarian crisis a decade on. Plus: Martin Clunes is island-hopping again. Here’s what to watch today

8pm, Sky Documentaries“Al-Hawl [refugee camp] is probably one of the scariest places in the world right now,” says Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford. “It is packed full of Isis sympathisers or people who are connected to Isis.” She is in Iraq reporting on the humanitarian crisis that still reverberates today after the systematic slaughter of the Yazidi people in Sinjar in 2014 and the mass abductions of women and children. Bringing the Yazidi community’s fight for justice, she speaks with Kovan, who was abducted when she was 14. Hollie Richardson

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Mobeen is on a rescue mission to save his sister – can he pull it off? Plus: heaps of fun in the return of Taskmaster. Here’s what to watch this evening

9.20pm, BBC ThreeGuz Khan returns for a fifth and final series of his hit comedy about a working-class Muslim former drug dealer trying to do good in Birmingham. Mobeen (Khan) is desperate to save his sister Aqsa (Dúaa Karim) in the UAE but there’s one problem: he isn’t allowed to leave the country. He’s offered a few dodgy solutions, and will have to take one of them if he wants to secure a future for him and her. Hollie Richardson

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Channel 4 interviews adult survivors in an essential documentary. Plus: David Tennant’s tricky new gameshow. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Anna Hall has been reporting on gang grooming for more than two decades, after first broadcasting her findings in her 2004 film Edge of the City. In this horrifying documentary, she meets five grownup victims who speak about their experiences, examines the failings of the authorities (victims were referred to as “child prostitutes” or labelled “promiscuous”) and looks at how grooming became a polarising political issue. What’s even more troubling, Hall says, is the fact that the exact same patterns are being repeated today. Hollie Richardson

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The broadcaster gets the Who Do You Think You Are? treatment. Plus: Joe Lycett’s big Brummie adventure continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC OneBroadcaster Mishal Husain has written a book about her grandparents’ experience of the end of the British empire in India and the formation of Pakistan – and now she takes an utterly absorbing journey through her family history. She starts in India, where an ancestor was personal physician to a maharaja. Hollie Richardson

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A gripping two-part documentary reveals the events surrounding the killings of Carol and Stephen Baxter. Plus: the downfall of P Diddy. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, ITV1This two-part documentary opens with a petrified 999 call from Ellena Baxter, who was accused of murdering her parents, Carol and Stephen, in 2023. But what starts as a generic true crime tale gives way to a blow-by-blow account of the catfishing and cruelty suffered by the Baxters and their daughter in the years prior. Hannah J Davies

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Louis meets Israeli religious nationalists settling in the occupied Palestinian territory. Plus: a night of comedy gold with Brett Goldstein. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Two

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Neurodivergent people fire tough questions at the actor in The Assembly. Plus: Rose Ayling-Ellis guest stars in Doctor Who. Here’s what to watch this evening

10.05pm, ITV1

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An upsetting moment as the search for missing Zoe continues. Plus: Cornish folklore in cosy crime series Beyond Paradise. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoThe Queensland-set cold case drama continues. Zoe Jacobs (Jana McKinnon) vanished on her 21st birthday back in 2003, and we have come to know her hopes, fears and love of ecstasy and pop-punk via extended flashbacks. So it’s all the more upsetting that unkempt detective James Cormack (Travis Fimmel) and Zoe’s old bestie turned beat cop Samara Kahlil (Megan Smart) have just recovered submerged human remains near the local dam. Graeme Virtue

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Channel 5 has reportedly axed The Gadget Show after 21 years on air, with the series rebranding to Shop Smart, Save Money in 2023 following a change in direction

From tariffs to tech bros, insiders examine the president’s spine-chilling actions. Plus: Sky’s new coming-of-age drama Penelope. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Turbulent tariffs, forced migrations, tech bro best friends, accusations of “gambling with world war three” and every other spine-chilling action in between – by the end of April, Donald Trump will have proved that a lot can happen when you’ve been Potus for 100 days of your second term. This documentary recalls what’s been happening behind the headlines, with help from insiders and commentators, and asks what it means for the days ahead. Hollie Richardson

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A great cast has fun in this drama about the death of a wealthy family’s patriarch. Plus: Jamelia plays Tina Turner in Just Act Normal. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, U&AlibiA great cast – including John Simm, Gemma Jones, Rakhee Thakrar and Niamh Cusack – for this rompy thriller about a wealthy patriarch who died by suicide … or did he? Businessman Jack Wright married three times and has a brood of grownup kids, so there is a lot of squabbling at the reading of his will. But while everybody is storming out in a rage, an autopsy prompts questions about Jack’s death. Hollie Richardson

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The proud Brummie has a weird but wonderful new travel series. Plus: Andrew Garfield’s family tree discoveries move him to tears. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky Max“It feels very profound but also completely worthless at the same time.” Only proud Brummie Joe Lycett could come up with this concept: visit all 18 places called Birmingham in the US and Canada and get them to sign an internationally recognised friendship agreement. Why? He wants to put his beloved city back on the global map – and he has the blessing of the lord mayor. First, he visits Birmingham in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, which boasts “a disused chemical plant and a post office” and where the “only hotel burned down 100 years ago”. Can he get the town to sign the agreement? Hopefully – there’s an International Day of Birmingham party at the end of the series for all to attend. Hollie Richardson

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A new series reports from Royal Blackburn hospital’s emergency operating room. Plus, a deep dive into Lidl and Aldi in Secrets of Supermarket Buyers. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Theatre 6 is the only operating room in Royal Blackburn hospital that is dedicated to unplanned emergency procedures – but who decides which life-or-death cases that come through the A&E door make it in there? This pressing new series shows us, starting with a young boy who is hours away from losing a testicle, a man with a suspected burst colon, and a patient who has self-inflicted injuries from needles in his neck. Hollie Richardson

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What can Catholic Harry Clark – who lied his way to winning the Traitors – learn about faith? Plus: The Piano hits Brighton Station. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Two

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The two musical mates take over the London Palladium. Plus: how much do you remember about the 70s? Here’s everything to watch this evening

9.05pm, ITV1

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The itinerant former MP’s Travel Diaries series arrives in the Italian capital of fashion. Plus: blustery blockbuster Twisters. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 5Next on the travel-hungry former MP’s itinerary: Milan. This hour-long, edited version from last year’s Michael Portillo’s Long Weekends features new material, and so we see him cruise around on a 1960s Lambretta, scale the Duomo, dress up in the fashion capital’s finest threads, make an Italian coffee and, of course, merrily eat and drink his way around the city. Hollie Richardson

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The notorious “Am I The Asshole?” subreddit is being turned into a gameshow for Comedy Central UK hosted by LOL: Last One Laughing UK’s Jimmy Carr. Jimmy Carr’s Am I The Asshole? will invite members of the public to come before the host and a panel of two other comedians to ask controversial questions. These questions will cover everything from jaw-dropping relationship disputes to the pettiest of family squabbles and stories of behaviors that are guaranteed to split opinion. The “Am I The Asshole?” sub-reddit is famous worldwide and uses the acronym AITA. The BBC mined Reddit in the past for its hit comedy Am I Being Unreasonable?, which is also a famous subreddit. Jimmy Carr’s Am I The Asshole? is being produced by STV Studios-owned Tuesday’s Child. The series will be filmed in late spring and is due to air later this year on Comedy Central UK. Carr said: “There are an impressive number of assholes in our country and they’re finally getting the recognition they deserve on national television.”

Note: because of markdown formatting I have had to change "a**hole" to 'asshole". While it should obviously be "arsehole", it isn't actually clear what the series will be called, it might actually be using the bowdlerised version in the title.

A thoughtful new series in which Jono Lancaster speaks to patients in a specialist clinic. Plus: who will be hired in the Apprentice final? Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4Terry was left with severe burns after his uncle set him on fire. Mia developed alopecia after her grandparents died. Another Mia hopes facial feminisation surgery can make her feel more herself. In this thoughtful series, activist Jono Lancaster invites people with facial differences to a clinic where world-class surgeons – without any judgment over their decisions – help the clients work out whether they really want to go ahead with a procedure or can be happy without one. Hollie Richardson

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Just Act Normal boasts a great cast of emerging screen stars. Plus: the twisty, turny history of the rollercoaster. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC ThreeA punchy new comedy-drama with a lot of heart and a really great breakthrough cast. Based on Janice Okoh’s award-winning play Three Birds, the series is set on a Birmingham council estate and follows three siblings – Tiana (Chenée Taylor), Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie) and Tionne (Akins Subair) – who are struggling to keep up appearances after their mum disappears. Romola Garai also stars as a well-intentioned teacher. Hollie Richardson

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A new documentary series about the front line of criminal justice. Plus: Alison Hammond presents a canine-centric moodbuster. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4

A juicy new fly-on-the-wall series inside the complicated cases taken on by the UK’s leading defence barristers. What does it take to defend a cab driver accused of transporting a whopping £1m worth of cocaine as part of an international drugs conspiracy? Barrister Matthew Radstone is about to show us. Meanwhile, was a case of alleged carjacking at knifepoint staged for an insurance scam? The two accused have different answers. Hollie Richardson

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Season 15 returned to BBC One on Saturday 12th April and received an overnight rating of two million viewers, as per TV Zone. The consolidated ratings, which include BBC iPlayer, devices and catch-up, will be released at a later date.

The viewership marks it as the fourth most-watched programme of the day and second most-watched for BBC One, just slightly behind Gladiators' 2.9 million viewers.

Joel and Ellie face new threats in the second series of the mushroom zombie epic. Plus: knotty thriller Reunion continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticAnybody else hear a clicking noise? Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey’s hit mushroom zombie drama is back for a second season. It starts with a flashback scene, signalling major trouble ahead, but, in the present, Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (Ramsey) have been settled in a thriving community in Wyoming for the past five years. Joel’s most pressing problem now is that he feels emotionally estranged from 19-year-old Ellie (Ramsey) – who hasn’t told anyone about her immunity to the virus. Catherine O’Hara and Kaitlyn Dever are top additions to the cast, and though the opener begins slowly, it inevitably has an action-packed payoff involving Clickers – with the threat of new types of monsters to come. Hollie Richardson

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Jon Batiste joins Mika for a third series of Claudia Winkleman’s music competition. Plus: Bruce Parry’s last adventure. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4

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Varada Sethu plays Belinda in a series that also guest-stars Alan Cumming and Rylan. Plus: foam hands at the ready for the Gladiators final! Here’s what to watch this evening

6.50pm, BBC One

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CHILDREN’S TV show Record Breakers is being rebooted after 24 years off air. It is set to be revived with the working title World Record Breakers: The Rivals. Holly Willoughby’s husband Dan Baldwin…