Sam Reid revels in the role as Lestat, a glam rock prince of darkness. Plus: Shabaz ‘King of the Povos’ Ali meets a billionaire. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoTrue Blood meets Eurovision in this ludicrously camp vampire drama. This is the third series of Interview with the Vampire but it takes a new turn, now set in 2025 with the spotlight on blood-sucking glam rocker Lestat – played so erotically by Sam Reid that he can pull off lines such as “MDMA and LSD: the Torvill and Dean of hallucinogens” and “I carry with me an immortal erection”. Hollie Richardson

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Chris Packham gets to the bottom of things in the fantastic Evolution. Plus, has reality TV found its next big star? Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoWhich animal was the first to poo? Chris Packham’s belting biology lesson continues with the story of the bat – and the origins of its insatiable hunger are in the urbilaterian, an animal that floated about in the waters of the Ediacaran period, about 570m years ago. Food entered and exited through one hole … until a vital mutation: “The anus was a breakthrough!” Hollie Richardson

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Ruth Jones and Iwan Rheon also star in this story about climate catastrophes and charismatic leaders. Plus: Andrew Lincoln narrates a nature series. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC One

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The Australian version of the sitcom is every bit as entertaining! Plus, get ready to belt out Bonnie Tyler’s best hits. Here’s what to watch this evening

10.30pm, BBC Three

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First of a three-part series exposing the hidden horror behind a picture-perfect image created for the cameras. Plus Adeel Akhtar traces his roots in Who Do You Think You Are? Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoAt its peak, Ruby Franke’s parenting YouTube channel was earning £100,000 a month. But, as this documentary series shows, her ostensibly model family was a house of cards. As her ex-husband puts it: “The devil knocked and we opened the door.” Their downfall culminated in Franke’s arrest for child abuse in 2023 after her emaciated son escaped and summoned help. Thanks to the plentiful footage recorded by Franke herself, it’s easy to sense the roots of this horror. Phil Harrison

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Station Eleven comes to Sky Atlantic, starring Himesh Patel and Mackenzie Davis. Plus: Boris Johnson’s Ukraine documentary. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticA great – and somehow hopeful – apocalyptic drama, which deserved more love when it first streamed in 2022. (Perhaps the story of a pandemic wiping out 99% of the world was too close to home.) It’s set across two timelines, with young actor Kirsten (Matilda Lawler) being looked after by writer Jeevan (Himesh Patel) when the killer flu strikes; 20 years later (now played by Mackenzie Davis) she tours with the Travelling Symphony. Hollie Richardson

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The model tells all in her highly entertaining, eyebrow-raising documentary. Plus, revisiting a classic Play for Today. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky DocumentariesTwenty years before Taylor and Travis’s stadium wedding bonanza, there was Katie Price and Peter Andre’s fairytale ceremony – or, as Kerry Katona puts it, “like Cinderella on coke and speed on a seven-day bender”. The third episode of Price’s documentary focuses on the marriage she says provided the best years of her life … until it didn’t. “I’d love you to interview Pete,” she says. “The chances are zero.” And she’s right. Hollie Richardson

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Siân Brooke and Adrian Lester also star in the tense GCHQ drama. Plus: hideous creations on the Great British Sewing Bee. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4Espionage, malware and Simon Pegg doing his best serious face feature as Peter Kosminsky’s cyber-thriller returns for a second season. When we left him, GCHQ director of operations Danny Patrick (Pegg) had discovered shocking secrets about both the internal workings of government and his own marriage. Perhaps inevitably, things are now even worse. Saara (Hannah Khalique-Brown) has observed irregularities in flows of information that can only mean one thing: a mole in the intelligence agency. Plenty of scowling and running down empty corridors ensues, with Adrian Lester back as the prime minister and Siân Brooke joining as Danny’s wife, a former MI6 member. Phil Harrison

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Laura Donnelly’s DI Kennedy thinks she has guessed the next victim but can she save him? Plus, sex, chicks and ostriches in Chris Packham’s Evolution

9pm, ITV1With the serial killer taking their third victim in the last cliffhanger, it’s been a rough week at work for DI Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) in this sinister detective drama. Local men in their teens and 20s are the targets, and Kennedy thinks she knows who the next one will be – but will she save him? Or is she just playing into the killer’s sick, twisted game? And what about her own worrying home dilemma with her daughter? Hollie Richardson

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Carrie Underwood and Kathy Mattea celebrate 100 years of Grand Ole Opry. Plus: controversial comedy in Unacceptable. Here’s what to watch this evening

7pm, Sky Arts

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The Celebrity Traitors winner returns with his fun gameshow. Plus: grungy action in French war drama The Sentinels. Here’s what to watch this evening

6.05pm, BBC One

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An elderly widow gets an awkward android companion in Morgan’s charming series. Plus: Sally Phillips’ camp comedy drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

9.30pm, BBC OneShe has given us Philomena Cunk and Mandy, and now Diane Morgan has created another great comedy character in humanoid robot Linda. When widow Sue (Sue Johnston) has a fall, her son buys an outdated care robot, Ann Droid, to keep her company and help out around the house. But Sue is sceptical and, after spitefully renaming her Linda (the name of her sister, whom she hates), swears to return her after a 48-hour trial. Can Linda change her mind? She may be socially awkward and a hindrance more than a help, but there’s no denying she has a certain charm. It’s a sitcom with a lot of heart, tapping into themes of loneliness and grief, and Morgan’s brand of deadpan humour ensures big laughs. Hollie Richardson

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Five wealthy women set off for a weekend where everyone has something to hide. Plus: Dan Snow follows in Odysseus’s wake. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticThis glossy drama about wealthy women who head off on a girls’ weekend is the perfect chaser for anyone who raced through Two Weeks in August. After her husband dies, celebrity cook Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner) organises a bougie trip with four friends: the school mom, the college bestie, the sort-of sister and the fan who reached out on social media. But everyone has a secret – and one is an absolute shocker. Gemma Chan, Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall and D’Arcy Carden star. Hollie Richardson

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More candid confessions from the tabloid star and her exes. Plus: unflappable paramedics deal with the aftermath of a bonfire accident. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky DocumentariesPart two of Katie Price’s rollercoaster life story. After an eye-popping account of her time in the Playboy mansion, Price recalls finding out she was going to become a single mum and the public judgment that came with it. Gareth Gates also sits down to speak about their fling – “I was on cloud nine!” – and what happened when Price later sold their story to the press. Then we reach the I’m a Celebrity stint, where Price met a pop star called Peter Andre. Hollie Richardson

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Faithless is an erotic series based on Ingmar Bergman’s 2000 film. Plus: the final chilling part of the Pike County Murders. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticThe Swedish drama about film director David and actor Marianne reflecting on their decades-old affair continues. In the present, the pair reconnect with regrets, and flashbacks to 1978 show a sizzling bond as they shoot an erotic movie together. But Marianne’s young daughter has her own crush on David, while her husband perhaps finds the performance a little too convincing. Hollie Richardson

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His epic exploration starts with the mystery of the African elephant. Plus: top prankster Oobah Butler takes on the housing crisis. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoChris Packham begins his wondrous five-part series next to a Kenyan watering hole, laughing with pleasurable astonishment at the awesome creation that is the African elephant. Nobody would design an animal like that, so how did it evolve? The answer is an epic 4bn-year-old story of hunger, conflict and Earth-shaking natural disasters, all of which made the survivors stronger. Jack Seale

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Laura Donnelly and Helen Baxendale star in ITV’s gripping series The Dark. Plus: Claudia Winkleman’s new search for a great pianist. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, ITV1

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The Sentinels is a riveting story with a sci-fi twist. Plus: who’s in the mood for some 00s’ bangers? Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC Four

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Love on the Spectrum’s Michael Theo also stars in Austin. Plus: Monty Don at the first ever RHS Badminton flower show. Here’s what to watch this evening

11.10pm, BBC OneThe British-Australian sitcom about a grumpy children’s author who meets a neurodivergent man claiming to be his estranged son returns for series two. Julian (Ben Miller) receives the DNA test results and tells Austin (Michael Theo) that it isn’t a match. So they go in search of Austin’s real father … But it is Sally Phillips as Julian’s fed-up wife Ingrid who really steals the show. Hollie Richardson

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Alan Cumming oversees a murderous, OTT climax. Plus: proud Mancunian actor Ruth Madeley discovers her roots lie to the south. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC ThreeThe American version – with its OTT celebrities and host Alan Cumming in some outlandish wardrobe choices – has proved a fun watch. As we reach the climax, “Housewife Slayer” Rob is hoping to introduce singer Eric to his murderous ways, while former figure skaters Tara and Johnny reveal the friendship they have kept hidden. And can ex-Love Islander and pride of Ireland Maura Higgins wise up about the identity of the Traitors before she becomes one of their last victims? Hannah J Davies

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The working-class lad who became a millionaire proposes a new annual tax. Plus: it’s 25 years of The Office. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4

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How will the group cope when they leave behind the trappings of modern society? Plus: a double bill of a cracking gay dating show. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, TLCTapping into the cultural obsession with tradwife life, this reality series sends a group of men and women to live in an Amish community. Unsurprisingly, they’re met with scepticism. But the participants seem genuinely attuned to this new way of life: coffee barista Billie Jo has been dressing in Amish clothes at work for 10 years. But then Kendra is shamed for arriving in a low-cut dress, and Aaron’s phone is confiscated – despite him needing it for his hearing aid. Hollie Richardson

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ITV has agreed a £1.6bn deal with Sky, the owner of Sky News, for its media and entertainment arm following months of talks.

The agreement, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, will create the UK's largest commercial broadcaster.

The proposed combination was first revealed last November.

It aims to create a UK-focused streaming giant amid the challenge posed by larger, established US platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. The integrated streaming platform will have over 16 million viewers every month, said Sky's chief executive Dana Strong.

The deal includes the ITVX platform and ITV's free-to-air channels, but not ITV's studio operations.

She won the battle but can there ever be peace in House of the Dragon? Plus, it’s Kim Kardashian’s turn in Secrets of the Celebrity Sex Tapes. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticWith the thunderous warships v dragons Battle of the Gullet and its smouldering aftermath, season three of the Game of Thrones prequel has rapidly chalked up an impressive butcher’s bill of main cast casualties (plus hundreds of barbecued bystanders). Having sacrificed so much to claim the Iron Throne, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) must now figure out what sort of ruler she wants to be at a time of kingdom-wide unrest. Graeme Virtue

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Richard Ayoade and Joanne McNally are team captains in Unacceptable. Plus, stay up late to see England take on Mexico! Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, TLC

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