TV tonight: more remarkable architectural renovations

George Clarke presides over the transformations into family homes of some of the 200,000 unused commercial buildings in the UK. Plus: more from Aisling Bea’s brilliant This Way Up. Here’s what to watch this evening

George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations
9pm, Channel 4

Architect George Clarke presents this new six-part series shining a light on the people restoring some of the 200,000 unused commercial buildings across Britain and turning them into family homes. In tonight’s opening episode, Clarke meets Cornwall couple Richard and Sarah, who won a £50,000 auction bid to buy their Grade II listed high-street bank after it closed. We follow the pair as they navigate the mammoth task of renovating amid planning red tape. Ammar Kalia

The Repair Shop
8pm, BBC One

A rarity enters the Repair Shop barn this week as Howard Bird brings in his late friend’s prized painting to be restored by conservator Lucia Scalisi. The work in question is a 17th-century portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, which Scalisi soon discovers is extremely delicate. AK

Craig and Bruno’s Great British Road Trips
8pm, ITV

Strictly Come Dancing stalwarts Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli swap the sequins for driving gloves as they continue their motoring travelogue around Britain. Tonight’s second episode sees the pair driving their red Mini through the hairpin bends of the Yorkshire Dales. AK

Yellowstone Wolves: The Renewal of Nature
7.20pm, PBS America

A fascinating story emphasising the importance of biodiversity; this documentary tracks the turbulent relationship of Yellowstone National Park with its wolf population. The park’s pack was almost eradicated before being reintroduced in 1995. Phil Harrison

Les Dawson: The Lost Tapes
9pm, ITV

A cheering biography of the deeply funny comedian, writer and gameshow host is bolstered by previously private documents, footage and, most memorably, vinyl recordings of the comic’s aborted singing career. Dawson’s foray into German-language sketches is a curious highlight. Jack Seale

This Way Up
10pm, Channel 4

While Aine (Aisling Bea) and Richard (Tobias Menzies) attempt to expedite their relationship, bedroom-wise it’s trickier still to hide their shenanigans from Richards’s housekeeper Marcia, as Bea’s comedy-drama continues. Elsewhere, Shona (Sharon Horgan) has help shopping for wedding dresses. Ali Catterall

Film choice

Into the Darkness (Anders Refn, 2020), 9.50am, 10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
The first in Anders Refn’s two-part dramatic reckoning with Denmark’s second world war starts in 1940, as the Germans invade. Factory owner Jesper Christensen’s family must decide between collaboration and resistance, as the film zips through their delayed but inevitable tragedies. Simon Wardell

Live Sport

Olympic football: Great Britain v Chile 8.15am, BBC Two. Opening game in Group E of the women’s football competition.

Cricket: Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals 6pm, Sky Sports The Hundred. Inaugural women’s match.

Squash: PSA World Championships 11pm, BT Sport 1. Live from Chicago.

Contributors

Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Jack Seale, Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell

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