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Mix Tape

9pm, BBC Two
The will-they-won’t-they drama about two people who fell in love and parted 20 years ago takes a heartbreakingly dark turn, as we learn the real reason Alison (Teresa Palmer) left Sheffield without telling Daniel (Jim Sturgess). The pair finally meet up in Sydney, but it was always going to be an awkward reunion – especially as they both now have spouses. Was their love only ever meant to stay in the past? Beautiful, tragic and set to a top-notch soundtrack. Hollie Richardson

Bake Off: The Professionals

8pm, Channel 4
It’s the semi-finals, and the four remaining pastry pummellers must create an edible floating city. There’s also a special guest judge dropping by: Gabriella Cugno, the official chocolatier for the 2023 film Wonka. She’ll be challenging them to create a chocolate bar fit for a blockbuster. Ali Catterall

Coastal Adventures with Helen, Jules & JB

8pm, Channel 5
Helen Skelton, JB Gill and Jules Hudson explore more of the British coastline. On the itinerary: Tynemouth Long Sands, the new surfing hotspot in North Tyneside; a conservation project involving photographing porpoises in Pembrokeshire; and mustard being made in Norfolk. HR

My Life Is Murder

On the case … Lucy Lawless in My Life Is Murder. Photograph: Matt Klitscher/UKTV

9pm, U&Alibi
The Auckland PI Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) may be less gung-ho than Lawless’s Xena: Warrior Princess but she gets the job done with similar good humour. Her latest case is a slippery one, not least because it involves murder at a family-run coconut oil firm. But there’s also a bubbly, babbling cameo from Bill Bailey as her former client Enzo. Graeme Virtue

10pm, Channel 4
The 1991 murder of Janine Downes is this week’s cold case that the Silent Witness star Emilia Fox and the former senior detective Dr Graham Hill are attempting to crack. Downes’s body was found in Wolverhampton’s red light district – interviews with key witnesses lead them to ask if she may have been the victim of a serial killer. HR

Creature Commandos

11.30pm, Sky Max
A very grownup cartoon from DC Studios’ James Gunn, following a black ops team that is a motley crew of monsters. There’s a harrowing flashback in this episode, as “the weasel” has a nightmare that shows his past – and he’s definitely not “dreaming about squirrels” like the others assume. HR

Film choice

Women Talking (Sarah Polley, 2022), 11pm, BBC Two

Startlingly unconventional … Women Talking. Photograph: Michael Gibson

Based on the 2018 novel by Miriam Toews, which was in turn based on true events, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking is startlingly unconventional. The story of a Mennonite community in remote Bolivia whose women discover they have been drugged and raped, it centres on the discussion of how they should react. Do they leave, do they fight back, or do they do nothing? With a world-beating cast (Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy and Frances McDormand), the film is light on action but will linger long after the credits roll. Stuart Heritage

Live sport

Women’s International One-Day cricket: England v India, 1.45pm, Sky Sports Main Event The third one-day international in the three-match series.

Women’s Euro 2025 football: ITV1 7pm/BBC One 7.30pm The first semi-final. The second semi-final match is on Wednesday on ITV1 at 7pm or BBC One at 7.30pm.

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