TV tonight: Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar open another cold case

The fourth series of Unforgotten gets under way. Plus: MasterChef Australia Junior welcomes a new brigade. Here’s what the watch this evening

Unforgotten

9pm, ITV

Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar reprise their roles as DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan in the fourth season of this cold case drama. Sunny gets to work unearthing a new historical murder to delve into – namely the discovery of a dismembered body in a scrap yard, which he believes has been stored in a freezer for decades. With Cassie having retired from the force and struggling to care for her father and his worsenning dementia, a technicality soon pulls her back to work on the case with her longtime partner. Ammar Kalia

MasterChef Australia Junior

7pm, W

The new series sees kids who can’t even reach the top shelf confronted with the kind of culinary challenges that should make them crumble. This gang of 10- to 14-year-old chefs are fearless and innovative, hoping to impress the trio of judges, Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen. Hannah Verdier

Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites

8.30pm, Channel 4

Jamie Oliver, keeping on cooking.
Jamie Oliver, keeping on cooking. Photograph: Freddie Claire/Jamie Oliver Enterprises

Jamie Oliver returns with a second season of his simple recipes designed for speedy cooking in the midst of working from home, homeschooling and being locked down. We open with a juicy roast chicken cooked over a bed of ripe tomatoes and served with mozzarella-stuffed gnocchi. AK

DIY SOS: The Big Build

9pm, BBC One

There’s even stronger emotion than usual as Nick Knowles and chums completely remodel a Bangor, County Down family home. Providing full wheelchair access for mum Mandy, who has a rare genetic condition, is a gargantuan project that unites all parts of the local community. Jack Seale

Into the Storm: Surfing to Survive – Storyville

9pm, BBC Four

One of those magnificently unlikely stories so frequently unearthed by this documentary strand, this film profiles Jhonny Guerroro, a kid from a tough Peruvian neighbourhood who found a surfboard and decided to see where it took him. Can he turn pro and escape the barrio? Phil Harrison

Teen First Dates

10pm, E4

Maître d’ Fred Sirieix is opening the doors of his Manchester restaurant to a group of 16- to 19-year-olds to see if they can find love away from the algorithmic pull of dating apps. Nineteen-year-old pair Archie and Eden bond over their love for art, while 18-year-old Dom finds himself paired with a doppelganger. AK

Film choice

Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon in Ghostbusters.
Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon in Ghostbusters. Photograph: Fameflynet/Allstar/Columbia Pictures/Hopper Stone

Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016), 6.20pm, Film4
The boys get an all-girl makeover. Kristen Wiig plays boffin Erin, who teams up with top ghostbuster Abby (Melissa McCarthy), engineer Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) and subway worker Patty (Leslie Jones) to kick ectoplasmic butt – with not too much help from Chris Hemsworth’s hunky-but-dim secretary Kevin. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Netball: Celtic Dragons v Surrey Storm 5pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Superleague match.

Premier League football: Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Live from Amex Stadium.

German football: SpVgg Greuther Furth v Holstein Kiel 7.30pm, BT Sport 1. Second-tier clash.

Contributors

Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

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