TV this night: Not Going Out returns, fast-forwarded to the long run

Not Going Out

9pm, BBC One
Lee Mack’s wide circle of relatives sitcom switches issues up for its 14th collection through leaping a couple of years ahead. The children are adult and long gone, this means that that Lee (Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton) are empty nesters and having a look to downsize. When they view their “for ever home” it, after all, turns right into a farce of a damaged bathroom, koi carp and the couple pretending to be brother and sister. The laughs could also be gentle, however they’re constant. Hollie Richardson

Alison Hammond’s Big Weekend

8.30pm, BBC One
The casual interview collection has been an sudden pleasure, with Hammond’s heat bringing out the most efficient in everybody she meets. Her ultimate chat is with Lenny Henry – and there’ll be few extra cheerful part hours of TV this 12 months. The pair speak about meals, bereavement and id, and take some sheep for a stroll in Dudley. Phil Harrison

Sam Thompson’s Match Ball Mission for Soccer Aid

9pm, ITV1
Sam Thompson, a former solid member of Made in Chelsea and I’m a Celebrity … winner, takes on 5 back-to-back staying power days to ship the Soccer Aid ball to Old Trafford and lift some money. He’ll be operating 5 marathons and biking greater than 130 miles as he makes pitstops at soccer grounds and meets celebrities en course. HR

And Just Like That

9pm, Sky Comedy
In an episode paying homage to, however nowhere close to as excellent as, Carrie and Samantha’s jaunt to San Francisco, Carrie takes reluctant trip significant other Seema to … sunny Virginia! It’s for a piece match, after all, however Aidan simply occurs to are living there. Back in New York, Miranda remains to be a hoot as a unmarried woman once more. HR

The Power of Parker

9.30pm, BBC One
Up to now there’s been a nagging feeling that this sitcom is this sort of display that should have Elizabeth Berrington in it. That’s remedied this week when she turns up as Veronica, the magnificently terrible owner of glossy girls’ boutique Pastiche. Jack Seale

St Denis Medical

10.40pm, BBC One
Dr Ron tries to end up superstition and woo-woo are nonsense through jokingly calling on evil spirits to place a “hex – no, a triple-hex!” at the sanatorium. Cue, inevitably, a chain of calamitous “coincidences”. Also, Matt turns detective, satisfied that Chaplain Steve is extra conman than clergyman. Ali Catterall

Film selection

Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993), 11.20pm, Film4
Leigh’s unsettling drama options his most complicated lead personality. David Thewlis, in a searing efficiency, is Johnny, who has to escape Manchester for London and imposes himself on a former female friend, Louise (Lesley Sharp), and her flatmate Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge). But he quickly unearths himself adrift within the town and endures a depressing night time of the soul. The lonely, determined other folks he encounters, together with Peter Wight’s safety guard and Gina McKee’s cafe waitress, are mirrors of his personal misanthropic, eloquently despairing worldview. Simon Wardell

Anora (Sean Baker, 2014) 10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

It was once a marvel a couple of Oscar winner this March, however Sean Baker’s sensible indie drama merits all of the plaudits. The writer-director’s skill to immerse us absolutely within the lives of society’s marginal characters is right here involved in Mikey Madison’s titular Brooklyn stripper and intercourse employee. When a Russian oligarch’s son, Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), falls impetuously in love together with her, Anora seizes the risk of a higher existence. But she is up towards some ambitious in-laws … From slapstick comedy to gritty drama, a wonderfully acted, manic treasure. SW