TV tonight: a street reveals its dirty secrets in Viewpoint

In ITV’s new nightly thriller, Noel Clarke gets caught up in one road’s interconnected dramas. Plus: the surgeon operating on babies in the womb. Here’s what to watch this evening

Viewpoint

9pm, ITV

Noel Clarke stars in this voyeuristic thriller as DC Martin Young, who is tasked with keeping watch on the prime suspect for a missing persons crime by staking out his street in Manchester. In tonight’s opening episode, Young and his partner, Beckett, set up camp in the home of single mum Zoe (Alexandra Roach) and soon realise they are witnessing the entire road’s secrets play out. As Young illicitly leaves his post and Zoe covers for him, the pair begin to establish a bond. Continues nightly until Friday. Ammar Kalia

Dom Digs In

11am, BBC One

Many of us now have a fresh appreciation for essential workers. In this series, Dominic Littlewood tries his hand at various jobs, perhaps discovering that presenting TV shows isn’t the hardest thing he could be doing. He begins on a ferry, processing freight between Northern Ireland and England. Phil Harrison

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

9pm, BBC One

For the third and final leg of her journey, the teenage climate activist is in Brussels taking the EU parliament to task. But as Europe goes into lockdown, coverage of her speeches is replaced in the headlines with pandemic news. Even so, the need for action is still urgent. Ellen E Jones

Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles

9pm, Channel 4

Prof Basky Thilaganathan in Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles
Prof Basky Thilaganathan and his team at work in Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles. Photograph: Channel 4

Prof Basky Thilaganathan of St George’s hospital is the miracle worker in question here. He brings a whole room to a standstill as he lasers an unborn baby’s tumour while the mother is awake, and performs a caesarean for a couple who have restricted growth. An absorbing watch. Hannah Verdier

Starstruck

10.45pm, BBC One

Comic Rose Matafeo co-writes and stars in this charming sitcom as twentysomething Jessie, who discovers she has had a one-night stand with a movie star, Tom (Nikesh Patel). We open on a chance encounter between the pair in a men’s bathroom on New Year’s Eve. All episodes are available on iPlayer. AK

Dreaming Whilst Black

11.10pm, BBC One

As part of BBC Three’s Comedy Slice slate of pilots, Adjani Salmon co-writes and stars in this continuation of his popular web series following film-maker Kwabena (Salmon), as he tries to get his script made while navigating his family’s disappointment at his choice of career. First, he has to endure his boring day job. AK

Film choice

Ella Smith and Justin Salinger in Ray & Liz
Ella Smith and Justin Salinger tough it out in Ray & Liz. Photograph: Rob Baker Ashton

Ray & Liz (Richard Billingham, 2018), 11.20pm, Film4
The photographer Richard Billingham made his name in the 90s with remarkable images of his parents in their Black Country council flat. Now comes this gruelling, impressionistic film, in which he looks back at his brutal childhood with neglectful dad Ray (Justin Salinger) and mum Liz (Ella Smith). Simon Wardell

Live sport

Snooker: the world championship 1pm, BBC Two. Two second-round matches.

IPL cricket: Punjab Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders 3pm, Sky Sports Main Event. T20 match from Narenda Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Premier League football: Leicester City v Crystal Palace 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. From King Power Stadium.

Contributors

Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

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