The Celebrity Traitors
9pm, BBC One
It’s the one we’ve been waiting for all year. Would Tom Daley stab you in the back with his knitting needles? Has Charlotte Church got some evil notes inside her? Will Stephen Fry’s cleverness further his cunning? These are just some of the 19 familiar people whom Claudia Winkleman is welcoming into the Traitors castle for the first UK celebrity special. The competition starts with an extra-long episode, introducing us to the rest of a cracking lineup, including Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Paloma Faith, Niko Omilana and Alan Carr. Will it be as addictive as the original hit series? With a trailer teasing coffins, screaming and scheming, it’s looking likely. Hollie Richardson
The Hack
9pm, ITV1
After episode two’s history lesson about the 1987 Daniel Morgan murder case, we’re back in the world of David Tennant’s Nick Davies as this patchy phone-hacking drama continues. The Guardian is facing a nasty Fleet Street backlash after its revelations, but as Scotland Yard gets involved, things could get even worse. Phil Harrison
The Repair Shop
8pm, BBC One
The season finale climaxes with a helmet worn by a beloved grandmother who served as a volunteer during the blitz. Restoring it will mean preserving the wearer’s memory for generations to come. Before that, the team tackle a circus-themed cake topper, a broken clock and a toy monkey that once turned royal heads. Jack Seale
Portrait Artist of the Year 2025
8pm, Sky Arts
Former rugby union star Joe Marler sits for his portrait in Sky Art’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2025. Photograph: Chris Lobina/Story Vault Films
In the newest series of the compelling art competition, the Hairy Biker Si King, novelist Elif Shafak and former rugby union star Joe Marler sit for their portraits. From professional artists to first-time painters, each is in with the chance of winning a £10k commission to paint mathematician Prof Hannah Fry for the Royal Society. Nicole Vassell
Grand Designs
9pm, Channel 4
Kevin McCloud has seen dozens of dream projects backslide into endless building site purgatory. West Sussex-based couple Pete and Aey look to avoid all that stress by ordering an eco-friendly modular home requiring minimal assembly on their plot. But they still need to knock down the old building, which has become a haven for bats. Graeme Virtue
9pm, U&Drama
Detective Anais Mallory (Chelsie Preston Crawford) is a pleasingly obsessed/maverick cop in this decent crime drama set in New Zealand. As the investigation into a nasty helicopter murder progresses, Mallory risks suspension and there’s a Scooby-Doo-style villain reveal. Jack Seale
Film choice
Midnight Express (Alan Parker, 1978), 12.10am, Sky Cinema Greats
Gripping drama of inhumanity, solidarity and love … John Hurt as Max and Brad Davis as Billy in Midnight Express. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy
Screenwriter Oliver Stone later apologised for the treatment of Turkey in his script for this fact-based 1978 drama (as did its subject, American drug smuggler Billy Hayes). And the sweaty, dirty Istanbul prison where Billy (Brad Davis) is incarcerated is pretty close to hell on Earth, with the Turks either corrupt or sadistic. But taken as fiction, it’s a gripping drama of inhumanity, solidarity and love, featuring great support from John Hurt and Randy Quaid as two fellow inmates: drug addict Max and the irritating but defiant Jimmy. Simon Wardell
This article was amended on 8 October 2025. An earlier version described A Remarkable Place to Die as an “Australian crime drama”; it is set in New Zealand.
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