{"id":1962835,"date":"2025-08-15T20:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1962835"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:41:05","slug":"tv-tonight-mark-gatiss-stars-in-new-murder-mystery-series-bookish-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tv-tonight-mark-gatiss-stars-in-new-murder-mystery-series-bookish-television\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Mark Gatiss stars in new murder mystery series Bookish | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"bookish\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">Bookish<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>8pm, U&amp;Alibi<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>An atmospheric postwar drama created by and starring Emmy-winning writer Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentleman, Sherlock). He plays enigmatic bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who has a taste for solving crimes \u2013 armed with a letter from Winston Churchill that allows him to investigate crime scenes. His first case is a bunch of remains \u201ctossed together like a skeletal salad\u201d at a nearby bomb site, with his bewildered new worker Jack (Connor Finch) in tow. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-haggis-hunters\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">The Haggis Hunters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>7pm, BBC One<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>Every year, small butcher shops head to Perth to battle it out in Scotland\u2019s biggest haggis contest. This short film follows four competing families, each armed with their own recipe (and one of them, controversially, from England). We meet them on their farms as they prepare, and follow them on the day of the big competition. HR<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-sycamore-gap-from-roots-to-ruin\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">The Sycamore Gap: From Roots to Ruin<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>7.30pm, BBC Two<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>In September 2023, a 150-year-old sycamore in a dip alongside Hadrian\u2019s Wall became the most famous tree in the world. Locals and visitors were devastated to find that it had been chopped down overnight. Two men were found guilty of criminal damage \u2013 but the big question is why was the tree destroyed? This documentary investigates. HR<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cant-sell-must-sell\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">Can\u2019t Sell, Must Sell<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>8pm, Channel 4<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>Sibling property developers Stuart and Scarlette Douglas are in south Wales, transforming two unlovely time capsules from the 60s and 70s. Can they turn these nightmares into buyer-friendly dream homes with just \u00a33,000 \u2013 or will the properties remain stuck on the market? Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"side-hustlers\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">Side Hustlers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>8pm, U&amp;W<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>The female entrepreneurs in this US reality show have been polishing up their products \u2013 from hot sauce to emergency undies \u2013 under the tutelage of model-turned-mogul Ashley Morgan and savvy Londoner Emma Grede. Their latest task involves learning to apply the dark arts of marketing to their nascent brands \u2026 and themselves. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"stories-from-tate-britain\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">Stories from Tate Britain<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>9pm, Sky Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Going behind the masterpieces \u2026 Kate Bryan at Tate Britain.<\/span> Photograph: Robbie McKane\/Unity House Productions<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A lovely two-parter in which Kate Bryan finds stories behind the masterpieces in Tate Britain in London, starting with star of the Romantic period William Blake, and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood \u2013 looking at one of the museum\u2019s most popular paintings, John Everett Millais\u2019s Ophelia. Other artists include David Hockney and Tracey Emin. HR<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"live-sport\" class=\"dcr-n4qeq9\">Live sport<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Women\u2019s International One-Day <\/strong><strong>cricket: England v India, 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>The first ODI in the three-match series in Southampton. England will be led out by new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Women\u2019s Euro 2025 <\/strong><strong>football, 7.15pm, ITV1<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>The opening quarter-final game. The second is on Thursday at 7.15pm, and the third is on Friday at 7.15pm (or BBC One at 7.30pm).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theguardian.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookish 8pm, U&amp;AlibiAn atmospheric postwar drama created by and starring Emmy-winning writer Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentleman, Sherlock). He plays enigmatic bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who has a taste for solving crimes \u2013 armed with a letter from Winston Churchill that allows him to investigate crime scenes. 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