Play for Today: Never Too Late<\/p>\n
9pm, Channel 5
\u201cOf all the retirement villages, she walks into mine.\u201d In the first of this drama anthology inspired by the classic BBC strand, Anita Dobson plays quick-witted septuagenarian Cynthia, who realises charismatic old flame Frank (Nigel Havers) is her new nextdoor neighbour. Old wounds are reopened as Cynthia reckons with ageing \u2013 will she come to accept her second act? Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nina Wadia also star. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n
Celebrity Race Across the World<\/p>\n
8pm, BBC One
Anita and her father Bal are the first to leave checkpoint one, as they head to El Zonte in El Salvador \u2013 a leg of the journey dangerous enough to warrant a \u201cno travelling after dark\u201d warning from the producers. They, and the teams behind them, can go via the Guatemalan jungles, the Belize beaches or the less-visited Honduras. HR<\/p>\n
Classic Movies: The Railway Children<\/p>\n
8pm, Sky Arts
The warming 1970 adaptation of E Nesbit\u2019s beloved novel is the next film favourite under critic Ian Nathan\u2019s spotlight series. From its inception by director Lionel Jeffries to filming in West Yorkshire, he celebrates the story\u2019s enduring childhood nostalgia. HR<\/p>\n
The Ridge<\/p>\n
9pm, BBC Two
Scot-in-New Zealand Mia (Lauren Lyle) continues to ignore every convention of the crime-mystery genre as this unusual drama continues. Having very nearly had disrespectful sex at the wake of her possibly murdered sister, she embarks on a monster opioid comedown. Lyle\u2019s unpredictable energy makes her character, and the show, compelling. Jack Seale<\/p>\n
Taskmaster: The Final<\/p>\n
9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
A \u2018mildly sadistic\u2019 show\u2026 Alex Horne and Ania Magliano in Taskmaster. Photograph: Channel 4<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve ever wondered what Sanjeev Bhaskar would look like dressed as Jack Sparrow (no?), then look no further, as the mildly sadistic comedy gameshow concludes. Plus, Reece Shearsmith makes a questionable cuppa with help from Maisie Adam, and Alex Horne gets a good hose-down. Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n
The Iris Affair<\/p>\n
9pm, Sky Atlantic
The sun-drenched techno-thriller from Luther creator Neil Cross reaches its climax, with irate codebreaker Iris (Niamh Algar) racing to unplug Charlie Big Potatoes, the mysterious mainframe that is much scarier than it sounds. Can she outsmart both a sentient AI and sneering moneyman Pym (Harry Lloyd)? Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n
Live sport<\/p>\n
International football, England v Serbia 7pm, ITV1. A World Cup group K qualifier. Slovakia v Northern Ireland is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC Three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Play for Today: Never Too Late 9pm, Channel 5\u201cOf all the retirement villages, she walks into mine.\u201d In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-281420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}