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Possession
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in an atmospheric drama that quickly becomes a supernatural race horror. She plays British lawyer Claudia – strait-laced but can’t help puffing on a vape – who is sent to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim on a former plantation. Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller) wants to know why his father left it to a mysterious man called Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd). But, once Claudia arrives she is haunted by the estate, and flashbacks show what once happened there. How are the people in its past connected to those fighting to live there today? What secrets will Claudia discover? The opener is a slowburn set-up with flashes of the action to come … Hollie Richardson
Renovation Rescue
8pm, Channel 4
Who would you trust more with your house: cowboy builders or former reality TV stars? Vogue Williams and Love Islander Luke Mabbott have come to revive houses that have been left mid-building work. Widower Penny needs help on a house that has dipped over budget and off-schedule. Can our influencers save the day with a swift upcycle? Priya Elan
Who Do You Think You Are?
9pm, BBC One
In 2017, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson lost her father, who had lived in and supported her from the Bahamas while she grew up in Liverpool: “It gave me the impetus to find out who I am.” So it’s off to the Bahamas – “the unknown” – then Miami, to learn about her family’s lives before, during and after the civil rights movement. HR
The Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
9pm, BBC Two
It’s the final episode of this astonishing tale of the Mormon family influencer who ended up in prison for child abuse. People outside of the family begin attempting to find out what’s going on in their home – and discover the shocking truth. Alexi Duggins
The Chase Around the World
9pm, ITV1
The Chase race moves on to Paris, where the Vixen and the Beast set questions that will give the contestants the directions they need to move across the city and find temporary landmark Bradley Walsh. Notre-Dame, snails and the Arc de Triomphe tick off a few tourist favourites. Jack Seale
The Five-Star Weekend
11pm, Sky Atlantic
This weekend away was always going to end in a collective breakdown – and now that Hollis (Jennifer Garner) knows about her dead husband’s affair, it’s a high-drama double-bill finale. Can Hollis forgive Gigi (Gemma Chan)? But, more importantly, will Brooke’s (D’Arcy Carden) queer awakening get a happy ending? HR
Film Choice
All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955), 4.50pm, Film4
The lush melodramas of Douglas Sirk have influenced film-makers all over the world, including John Waters, Wong Kar-Wai, Pedro Almodóvar and Todd Haynes, whose 2002 film Far from Heaven, starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Haysbert, is a direct descendent of this 1955 film. Jane Wyman plays Cary, a middle-aged widow whose suburban life is disrupted for ever when she falls for hunky, younger gardener Ron (Rock Hudson). It still enthrals with emotion as intensely vivid as its colour palette. Ellen E Jones
