TV tonight: Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice’s ‘lovely jubbly’ road trip

The Strictly dancers do Sicily. Plus: Line of Duty pals Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar explore their DNA. Here’s what to watch this evening

Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Sicily

9pm, BBC One

Giovanni Pernice saying “Lovely jubbly!” in his thick Sicilian tones as he pours a cuppa. Anton Du Beke trying to explain what “budgie smugglers” are. Lots of Steps choreography. There are too many oddly golden moments to mention in this first episode of the dancers’ utterly charming road trip. Their first stop is Agrigento, home of the Valley of the Temples, where all that’s left to do in an empty ancient theatre is … dance. Hollie Richardson

The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories

9pm, BBC Two

Rob Rinder and Sarah Agha trace their respective Jewish and Palestinian family histories in the conclusion of this strictly impartial series, marking 75 years since the establishment of the state of Israel and the Nakba that displaced Palestinian Arabs. Rinder visits a kibbutz where a relative who survived the Holocaust lived, while Agha sees the site of the village where her family lived until they were forced to flee. Selim Bulut

DNA Journey

9pm, ITV1

In another outing of the Who Do You Think You Are?-style series, Line of Duty stars and friends of 42 years Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar have their roots poked and their DNA prodded. Long-lost cousins and family secrets await, including vice-driven ancestors – and a whole lot of Ireland in the blood. Ali Catterall

The Diplomat

9pm, Alibi

Glossy Barcelona life is shaken when a child is abducted in plain sight, but it is not easy for British diplomat Laura (Sophie Rundle) to investigate when the situation is so complicated and the media are on the warpath. Meanwhile, Laura’s long-distance boyfriend lands himself a job in New York. Will she give up the work she loves to follow him across the Atlantic? Hannah Verdier

Jerk

10pm, BBC Three

In the latest instalment of this provocative comedy about disability, Tim is invited to a parliamentary select committee – which goes about as well as you might expect. Meanwhile, Idris is making a mess of his new job at an African and Caribbean bookshop, stoking tensions with his mother. Micha Frazer-Carroll

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

10pm, Dave

This freewheeling chat format must be a nice change of pace from the brainiac booby traps of QI, and Alan Davies seems to genuinely enjoy steering the badinage between his quartet of guests. This week, One Show anchor Alex Jones swaps name-dropping anecdotes with comics Helen Bauer, Jason Byrne and Fatiha El-Ghorri. Graeme Virtue

Film choice

A real trouper … Gloria Swanson as faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond.
A real trouper … Gloria Swanson as faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond. Photograph: Granger/Historical Picture Archive/Alamy

Sunset Boulevard, Tuesday, 6.05pm, Sky Cinema Greats

Not many films are narrated by a dead body floating in a swimming pool, but Billy Wilder’s 1950 film is a rare delight – a noirish thriller that is also a Hollywood drama and a meta-comedy about faded stardom starring an actual faded star. Gloria Swanson is a real trouper as Norma Desmond, holed up in a mansion with her butler – former director and ex-husband Max (played by Swanson’s erstwhile director Erich von Stroheim). Then William Holden’s hard-up screenwriter Joe Gillis turns up and her dreams of a comeback are, fatefully, revived. Simon Wardell

Contributors

Hollie Richardson, Selim Bulut, Ali Catterall, Hannah Verdier, Micha Frazer-Carroll, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

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