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Ex-lovers reunite over the music they used to share in Mix Tape. Plus, Doon Mackichan guests in biting comedy show Transaction. Here’s what to watch this evening

Tuesday, 9pm, BBC Two“You don’t forget the first mixtape a boy makes you.” Cracking music soundtracks this four-part will they/won’t they story, starting with New Order’s Bizarre Love Triangle, as teenagers Daniel (Rory Walton-Smith) and Alison (Florence Hunt) first talk sheepishly at a Sheffield house party in 1989. Twenty years later, Daniel (Jim Sturgess) has stayed put and is a music journalist, while Alison (Teresa Palmer) is a successful novelist in Sydney. Both have families, but as they remember the mix tapes they shared and unanswered questions, is a reunion on the cards? Think One Day (incidentally, Sturgess starred in the film version) except grittier. Hollie Richardson

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