TV tonight: a serial killer’s sick, twisted game in The Dark

The Dark

9pm, ITV1
With the serial killer taking their third victim in the last cliffhanger, it’s been a rough week at work for DI Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) in this sinister detective drama. Local men in their teens and 20s are the targets, and Kennedy thinks she knows who the next one will be – but will she save him? Or is she just playing into the killer’s sick, twisted game? And what about her own worrying home dilemma with her daughter? Hollie Richardson

There’s a Gangster in My Flat: Panorama

8pm, BBC One
This week’s investigation presupposes that viewers can find an iota of sympathy in their hearts for buy-to-let landlords. It explores the plight of flat owners who, despite paying agencies to do tenancy checks, end up with criminals and gang members in their properties. A presumably unpleasant but probably quite niche problem. Phil Harrison

University Challenge

8.30pm, BBC Two
The no-nonsense quiz where overconfident undergraduates can make fools of themselves is still in the early days of its 33rd series. But this first-round heat offers a chance to gauge the current form of defending champions Manchester. They take on 2023 winners Durham, with Amol Rajan presiding. Graeme Virtue

House of the Dragon

9pm, Sky Atlantic
After two episodes concentrating more on political machinations than the armed conflicts that define life in Westeros, the Game of Thrones prequel is ready to burst back into bloody, fiery life. Possession of the Iron Throne has been a tainted blessing for Rhaenyra, but she wants to keep it. However, more than one branch of her tangled family tree violently disagrees. Jack Seale

Evolution

9pm, BBC Two

Ostrich chicks in South Africa …Evolution. Photograph: BBC Studios/Will Edwards

There’s lots of sex in this episode of Chris Packham’s revelatory series about life’s origins. Don’t expect raunch, though; instead, there’s a detailed explanation of why it was so difficult for trilobites to get busy. Packham’s ultimate destination is the massive eggs produced by ostriches but, as ever, he takes a fascinatingly scenic route. PH

Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives

10pm, Channel 4
“We’re like the Kardashians but if they were fat, broke and on benefits.” So says Gypsy community influencer Trewley Precious of herself and her sisters in this new reality series. They’re part of a new wave of glamorous, Juicy Couture-loving, so-called “Gypsy girls” who are breaking free of the older generation’s strict rules. Priya Elan