TV tonight: turning absurd movie dreams into a strange reality | Television
Make That Movie
10pm, Channel 4
Created and written by Last One Laughing’s breakout star Sam Campbell, and directed by Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’s Joe Pelling, this new comedy about a director who turns ordinary people’s movie ideas into reality is inevitably absurdist fun. First up is Mick, who pitches a man and a woman who can turn into snakes. Cue real snake auditions, a creepy intimacy coordinator called Sebastian and a great pan pipe theme tune. Hollie Richardson
George Clarke’s Beautiful Builds
8pm, Channel 4
The architect and the garden designer Luke Millard return with the series that helps people pull off their ambitious renovation dreams. They’re in Bromley first, with couple (and experienced renovators!) Mitch and Elliot – but there is panic as a house flood threatens to ruin their plans for a curve-arched kitchen. HR
Reported Missing
9pm, BBC One
Series five of the real-life nailbiter opens with Larissa, a 16-year-old runaway from Glasgow who lives with bipolar disorder. As the police try to track her down, Larissa’s mum says she felt something was “off” with her for a couple of days. PC Andy Porteous says lockdown has contributed to a more widespread issue of failing mental health for young people. Priya Elan
Putin: In Ten Pictures
9pm, BBC Two
The return of the documentary that explores the lives of notable people begins with a look at Vladimir Putin. Observers and exiled former insiders psychoanalyse Russia’s tyrannical president with the use of 10 key photographs: Putin is described as an overlooked weakling who vowed to change how the world saw him. Everything else has been one long PR stunt. Jack Seale
The Hardacres
9pm, Channel 5
Mary’s new joy at being a teacher was cut short by Sam’s collapse, and the house is now put in quarantine due to the fear that he has caught the deadly Russian flu – but some staff are reluctant to pause their duties. As the symptoms worsen, Lady Imelda sees an opportunity. A perfect dose of period drama. HR
Film choice
One to One: John & Yoko (Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, 2024), 9pm, Sky Documentaries
This sign-of-the-times documentary covers 18 months in the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono after they moved to New York in 1971, and is a riveting snapshot of a febrile period in US history (Vietnam, Nixon etc). Pivoting around a benefit gig the ex-Beatle organised for institutionalised mentally ill children, it mixes home movies, contemporary TV footage and remarkable private phone calls to follow the couple as they dip their toes in political causes, fashion and a new life away from Britain. Simon Wardell
Live sport
Women’s T20 cricket: England v India, 6pm, Sky Sports Cricket The first in a three-match series, from Chelmsford.