Sarah Beeney’s Small House, Big Plans
20:00, Channel 4
More Tardis-style design ideas from Beeney and architect Damion Burrows as they try to do more with less real estate projects. This week the main focus is on Becca and Dan’s railway cottage near Cardiff: can they turn it into a big open house before baby No 2 arrives? Graeme Virtue
Million pound pony
9pm, ITV
The investigation into the incredibly lucrative pawnshop business continues. Tonight Dan heads to Wales to meet Big Bertha, a 10-year-old mare. while in the Cotswolds, art lover Alfred thinks he might have a fortune. Ali Catterall Urgent drama … Mark Rylance and Hannah Khalique-Brown in The Undeclared War. Photo: Manuel Vázquez/Channel 4
The Neverending War
21:00, Channel 4
Peter Kosminsky’s gift for urgent drama about big issues finds perfect expression in this thriller about cyberwarfare – arguably the clearest and most present battle of our time. Tonight, Hannah Khalique-Brown’s Saara finds a piece of encrypted code that could have dire consequences. A physical date is essential – but is he walking into a trap? PH
The Midwich Cuckoos
10pm, Sky Max
Kids grow up so fast these days, especially when it’s a creepy alien mind with sinister intentions. As the adaptation of John Wyndham’s sci-fi fable reaches its penultimate episode, the Midwich children suddenly seem to want to leave the village. GV
The games that built the world
10pm, Sky History
War! What is it good for? The gaming industry, obviously. This new series of landmark designs begins with two toys invented in wartime. An engineer trying to protect sensitive naval equipment develops a spring that can slide under stairs. Meanwhile, a wartime attempt to reproduce rubber results in a more sinister invention: Silly Putty. Henry Wong
Movie selection
Murder on the Mind… Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon in To Die For. Photo: Maximum Film/Alamy To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995) 12.55am, Talking Pictures TVGus Van Sant Gus Van Sant’s 1995 dark comedy remains notable not just for its star power – Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix were both relatively unknown when it was made – but because of how neatly it predicted the age of social media. Kidman plays Susan Stone, a woman who – thanks to her desire for fame at any cost – seduces some teenagers and convinces them to murder her husband. Her character oozes with such narcissism that you can’t help but feel that she would be huge on TikTok these days. The best and most captivating role of Kidman’s career. Stuart Heritage
