Robson Green stars in a new daytime cosy crime drama on BBC One, The Northumbria Mysteries, airing today at 2pm. Green plays Joe Ruby, an ex-con and gambler who finds himself solving crimes on the Northumberland coast alongside Liz White's Oxford-educated DI Rose O'Connell. In the first episode, the body of a monk is discovered in a priory.
More countryside programming tonight
Channel 5's Our Great Yorkshire Life returns at 7pm, with former Emmerdale actors Matt Wolfenden and Roxy Shahidi exploring Nidd Valley without any gadgets. Elsewhere in the episode, chef Matt Healy catches lobsters in Flamborough Head and conservators restore Wentworth Woodhouse.
BBC Two's Gardeners' World airs at 9pm, with only two more episodes remaining after this instalment before the end of the series. With Monty Don having confirmed his departure, the episode focuses on his tips from his Longmeadow garden.
Drama and horror on other channels
Sky Atlantic's War continues at 9pm, with the big divorce seemingly heading for a settlement, though nothing is ever straightforward in this drama. The episode centres on St John, played by Pip Torrens, trying to bully opposing lawyer Nick, played by James McArdle, into submission. With his weak spot hit and hundreds of millions on the table, Nick starts to disintegrate.
Sky One airs The Walking Dead: Dead City at 9pm, an alternate-universe episode exploring whether farm girl Maggie and Negan could have been friends, or more, if the apocalypse had never happened. The episode offers a meet-cute in contemporary, non-zombified New York.
Late-night entertainment and films
The Graham Norton Show at 10.40pm on BBC One features Hannah Waddingham making her debut on the red sofa, sitting next to Cate Blanchett and Steve Irwin's son Robert, with Jorja Smith providing the live music.
Film choices include How to Make a Killing (John Patton Ford, 2026) on Sky Cinema Premiere at 9.05am and 8pm, starring Glen Powell as Becket Redfellow, an orphaned son of an estranged heiress who believes himself entitled to the family fortune and will stop at nothing to secure it, including serial killing in a succession of silly wigs. Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story (Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley, 2026) is on Netflix, a documentary about the comedian featuring interviews with Conan O'Brien, Tig Notaro and Stephen Colbert, plus an intimate interview with Bamford recorded in her California home.
Live sport tonight includes Premiership rugby: Gloucester v Bath at 7pm on TNT Sports 1 from Kingsholm Stadium.
