TV this night: Alex Horne’s creepy however suave musical sitcom returns

The Horne Section TV Show

10pm, Channel 4
The 2d sequence of Alex Horne’s comedy musical display stays a mildly puzzling affair. It’s undeniably slight and the self-conscious whimsy can grate a bit. However, it slips down simply, principally because of the tune – which is deceptively advanced and cleverly assembled. The end result may be borderline creepy every now and then, in particular on this opener all the way through an extraordinary little track paying tribute to the ever-expanding Horne circle of relatives. Phil Harrison

Marie Antoinette

9pm, BBC Two
The 2d sequence of the beautifully polished length drama continues with the French monarchy on borrowed time. Marie Antoinette will have to additionally persuade Louis that he’s the daddy of her unborn kid (whose père may be the Swedish depend Fersen), whilst Jeanne’s dodgy charity activates suspicion. Hannah J Davies

Taskmaster

9pm, Channel 4
This season of the veteran fun-fest made some good hires: blending it with British standup comedians are Jason Mantzoukas (no longer British), Mathew Baynton (no longer a standup) and Rosie Ramsey (no longer a comic). This week, whilst Mantzoukas is busy placing raisins right into a picket field, Ramsey reasons a topic with Alex Horne’s trousers. Jack Seale

The Secret Life of Bees

9pm, Channel 5

It is sort of not possible to overstate how important bees are to human existence. This sequence offered by means of Steve Backshall appears to be like on the bees of Britain: there are 270 species, all of which occupy rather other puts within the country’s ecosystems. Backshall explores their differing roles and, importantly, explains why we mustn’t lose those bugs. PH

Poker Face

9pm, Sky Max
Charlie Cale’s entertainingly helter-skelter adventure via small-town America continues, as her flight from the miscreants on her tail takes her into the world of but extra bother. This time, the case of a baseball participant who might or would possibly not had been murdered. BJ Novak is that this week’s visitor big name. PH

Rocket Fuel

9.50pm, BBC Three
Another of BBC Three’s quirky, low-budget brief comedies from rising skills. Rocket Fuel is a kitchen-sink sci-fi set on a Bradford property the place bored kids Lenny and Mullet to find an deserted automotive and, the usage of the ability in their imaginations, flip it right into a spaceship. PH

Film selection

Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984), 12.35am, Sky Cinema Greats

After getting sacked from his grocery store process, younger Los Angeles punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) unearths himself operating with Harry Dean Stanton’s repo guy – a low-rent operator who repossesses automobiles from the ones in debt. However, one automotive on their record, a Chevy Malibu, has one thing sparkling and fatal within the boot … Writer-director Alex Cox can pay homage to Kiss Me Deadly’s MacGuffin in his TexMex street film cum sci-fi mystery, however provides a scuzzy edge all his personal because the protagonists excursion a run-down town rife with medication and crime. Simon Wardell