TV tonight: Claudia Winkleman’s new show is a world away from The Traitors

She meets the pianists who play in train stations. Plus, Next Level Chef. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Piano

9pm, Channel 4

Claudia Winkleman is a world away from The Traitors with this heartwarming and seriously impressive reality series about the people who play pianos in train stations across the nation. What’s more, pop star Mika and renowned classical pianist Lang Lang will choose someone from each station to play at London’s Royal Festival Hall. They first head to the capital’s St Pancras International, where a builder who taught himself to play in lockdown is one of the many characters tinkling the keys. Hollie Richardson

Sort Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon

9pm, BBC One

This week, the presenter challenges the Daniels family to let go of half of their possessions that have been sitting there for the past four years – including countless unopened boxes in the garage, which came from their old flat. Easy enough, then. HR

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

9pm, BBC Two

More expert scalpel-wielding from the genius surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke’s hospitals in Cambridge, routinely tasked with carrying out some of the world’s most complex operations. This week, a 17-year-old with scoliosis faces the knife in order to have their spine straightened, but one tiny slip and they could be paralysed for life. Ali Catterall

Next Level Chef

9pm, ITV1

After a terrifying format change, a place in the semi-final is at stake in this week’s episode of Gordon Ramsay’s multi-storey cooking competition. Celebrity guest Big Zuu demands big flavours as he enters the kitchen with a fusion cooking challenge. Jack Seale

Our Flag Means Death

10pm, BBC Two

It started off like Horrible Histories with added F-bombs. But this giddy pirate romp – starring Kiwi comedy royalty Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi – has slowly morphed into a tender love story. This week, the citrus-deprived crew of the Revenge drop anchor at one of Jim’s old haunts in search of buried treasure and, ideally, oranges. Graeme Virtue

The Billionaires Who Made Our World: Bill Gates

10pm, Channel 4

They are our new unelected overlords, but how well do we really know them? This three-part series on tech titans begins with the life and times of Microsoft founder turned mega-philanthropist Bill Gates. Insiders reveal how he made his fortune, and who’s now benefiting. But such largesse can only be a good thing … right? Ellen E Jones

Film choice

Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018), 9pm, Film4
A film that turns its bloody nose up at the slow crescendo of chills typically found in horror movies in favour of a string of gamechanging shocks. Ari “Midsommar” Aster’s debut feature centres on the always brilliant Toni Collette as Annie, an artist who creates intricate miniature houses filled with disturbing, autobiographical detail. She’s married to Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and has two kids – and it’s the children who play key roles in the unfolding terrors. Fears about motherhood, unprocessed trauma and inherited illness combine in an unforgettable experience. Simon Wardell

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Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

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