TV tonight: an uplifting look at some of the lives touched by Grenfell

Five years on, we catch up with people affected by the tragedy, including the ‘Grenfell guerrilla gardener’. Plus: the unofficial follow-up to The Wire continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

Grenfell: Five Years, Five Stories

9pm, BBC Three

Tayshan Hayden-Smith is known locally as the “Grenfell guerrilla gardener”. Zeyad Cred is one of the founders of the Grenfell Silent Walk. Aspiring musician Lyric Grant writes songs to help grieve her best friend who died in the fire. Survivor Luana Gomes has just been accepted into art college. Traumatised local Enrique Tiamuna is now at the University of Oxford. They are profiled in this special programme about those affected by the Grenfell tragedy. Hollie Richardson

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George

9pm, BBC Two

Winter 1788. George III is hallucinating, violent and abusive. “This is a crisis – Britain can’t have a mentally ill king,” says Worsley. “A medical maverick who runs an asylum is summoned. Can he save the king?” In the last case of this series, the historian applies modern understandings of mental health to the revealing contents of George’s private diaries. HR

We Own This City

9pm, Sky Atlantic

Probable cause? Proportionate force? All that stuff you were taught in the academy you can forget, because this is Baltimore, baby. That’s what Officer Jenkins (Jon Bernthal) learns in his early days as a beat cop. On other timelines in The Wire’s unofficial follow-up, we’re learning that the corruption rot goes deeper still. Ellen E Jones

Brendan Gleeson gives an espresso-rich performance in State of the Union.
Brendan Gleeson gives an espresso-rich performance in State of the Union. Photograph: Laura Radford/BBC/© 2021 Sundance TV LLC & AMC Film Holdings LLC.

State of the Union

10pm, BBC Two

Two last visits to hipster coffee shop Mouthfeel as Nick Hornby’s bite-size relationship drama wraps up its US-set second season. Ellen (Patricia Clarkson) and Scott (Brendan Gleeson) begin by debating the merits of “problem-solving sex” but the sometimes clunky script is elevated by espresso-rich performances. Graeme Virtue

The Bridge: Race to a Fortune

10pm, Channel 4

The gruelling and at times morally challenging reality series presented by AJ Odudu continues as the competitors combine teamwork (to complete their task) and ruthlessness (to walk away with the cash). Tonight, David and Alex return to their original teams and they’ll be tempted to dish the dirt on their rivals – but will it come back to haunt them? Phil Harrison

Everything I Know About Love

10.40pm, BBC One

Birdy (Bel Powley) has a boyfriend, and Maggie (Emma Appleton) is struggling with the effect this has on their friendship. Like so many twentysomethings before her, she reacts by blindly fighting for the attention of an emotionally unavailable manchild who calls himself a musician. HR

Live sport

Racing: Royal Ascot, 1.30pm, ITV. The opening day of the festival.

Uefa Nations League football: England v Hungary 7pm, Channel 4. England seek revenge at Molineux.



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Hollie Richardson, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue and Phil Harrison

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