Hollie Richardson, Alexi Duggins, Phil Harrison, Jack Seale and Simon Wardell 

TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne rocks in excellent new series Poker Face

The must-watch comedy crime drama continues. Plus: the undercover mission gears up in Black Ops. Here’s what to watch this evening
  
  

On the road … Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face
On the road … Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face. Photograph: Peacock/Evans Vestal Ward

Poker Face

9pm, Sky Max

Following an epic opening episode, the gravel-voiced Natasha Lyonne is on the run and – using her peculiar gift of being able to sniff out any lie told – reluctantly solving murders along the way. In this week’s double bill, picking up work as a barbecuer then as a band’s roadie leads her into more trouble. Hollie Richardson

Gardeners’ World

8pm, BBC Two

Cabbages, roses, rare trees and tulips are celebrated this week. Monty Don also gives tips on colourful trailing plant schemes and Carol Klein visits a nursery growing thousands of plants for the RHS Hampton Court Palace garden festival, held in the first week of July. HR

Black Ops

9.30pm, BBC One

In the penultimate episode of the comedy thriller, undercover wannabe cops Dom (Gbemisola Ikumelo) and Kay (Hammed Animashaun) wonder if a residential home is a front for the Brightmarsh gang. There’s only one way to find out: a spot of terrible volunteering. Meanwhile, Tevin (Akemnji Ndifornyen) is growing even more suspicious of the pair after seeing them leave the local police station. Zoë Wanamaker also makes a guest appearance. HR

The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show

10.40pm, BBC One

This week’s guests on the podcasters turned TV stars’ chatshow are Fred Sirieix and his partner, “Fruitcake”. It’s not her real name, but the charming term that the First Dates host has given her to disguise her identity. We can only guess what might be top of her list when they enter the “beefs” section of the programme. Alexi Duggins

Bel-Air

11.20pm, Sky Max

The second season of this strangely inert revamp of the classic 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air continues. This week, Carlton is irritated as Will is nominated for a leadership award. Will struggles to find his feet in his new basketball team. Phil Harrison

Bump

11.30pm, BBC One

Two strong episodes showcase this Australian dramedy’s gift for low-key, gently yearning romantic drama. In short, Oly wishes she were still with her daughter’s father, Santi, and deep down he feels the same. A Mother’s Day episode, however, gives the whole cast a chance to take stock. Jack Seale

Film choice

The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, 1996), 9.05pm, Talking Pictures TV
Arthur Miller’s play about the 1690s Salem witch trials – and allegory of the McCarthy “witch-hunts” of the 1950s – is given a gritty treatment in Nicholas Hytner’s film. Daniel Day-Lewis brings implacable moral weight to the role of John Proctor, a farmer dragged into a scare about devil-worshipping confected by Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder). She lashes out after he rejects her and becomes intoxicated by the power she accrues. The escalation from accusation to execution is horrifyingly swift in a devastating cautionary tragedy. Simon Wardell

 

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