Leo Suter steps into the role of DI Tommy Lynley in a polished reboot of the 2000s series, based on Elizabeth George’s novels. The show airs at 8.30pm on BBC One. Lynley is paired with working-class DS Barbara Havers, played by Sofia Barclay, who dismisses him as a “fresh-faced city boy who doesn’t know his arse from his elbow”. As the chalk-and-cheese duo tackle their first murder case, their work may prove they are a dream team.
At 8pm on ITV1, a “super soap crossover” sees residents of Emmerdale and Coronation Street collide in an explosive special. Carl drink-drives with Debbie in the car, while Lisa and Betsy speed nearby. They crash on a stormy night between Hotton and Weatherfield, with Aaron and Charity Dingle never far from the action.
Channel 4 at 8pm presents a documentary with Gemma Atkinson exploring the consumer obsession with protein, from pizza to booze, questioning whether the craze is justified by science. Meanwhile, at 8.30pm on BBC Two, the second round of the University Challenge quiz concludes, with Churchill College, Cambridge facing Merton College, Oxford for the last quarter-final place.
Lucy Worsley investigates the Victorian Thames Torso Murderer case at 9pm on BBC Two. She examines the first murder in 1887, when a lower torso was found in the river, followed by other body parts across London. She enlists a team to identify the serial killer and victims.
At 9pm on Channel 5, police-chasing documentary returns with the case of a man beaten to death in a basement squat in Lancashire. Cameras follow the investigation from the first 999 call, as detectives question whether the arrested man is the culprit or a second victim.
