What’s on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Monday

Huzzah! Historical spoof The Great returns for a final fling, Michelle de Swarte stars in brand-new BBC show Spent, The Sky at Night is back again, and there’s the final of Bake Off: The Professionals . . .

Pick of the Day

The Great, 10.00pm, Channel 4

Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult return for the third and final run of the comedy very loosely based on the life of Russian Empress Catherine the Great.

This time around, Catherine (Fanning) and husband Peter (Hoult) attempt to make their marriage work.

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While Catherine hosts a conference for people from all walks of society to give their input on a new Russia under her reign, Peter is haunted by visions of his late father (Jason Isaacs) and his fixates on his failures as Peter the Great’s son.

He realises that a daily regime of hunting and culinary ventures cannot sustain him after his own attempted murder at Catherine’s hands.

Part two follows at 11.05pm.

New or Returning Shows

Spent, 11.05pm, BBC Two

Michelle de Swarte created, wrote and stars in this new dramedy.

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She plays international catwalk model Mia, who is declared bankrupt in America and flees back home to London.

She returns only to find life has moved on, with her mother Chrissy caring for a teenage girl from her estate and best friend Jo getting married.

Unable to admit the shame of her situation, Mia finds herself in limbo, but things improve when a rare modelling job arises.

Rise of the Nazis, 8.00pm, RTÉ2

The return of the documentary series for a fourth season.

The story picks up in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, when the Allies uncovered the scale of the Holocaust.

Preparations began for a trial at Nuremberg (above), where 22 of the highest-ranking Nazis, including Hermann Goering, were to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

But not all the highest-ranking Nazis had been captured, and the job of tracking them down fell to Allied soldiers.

Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain, 9.35pm, RTÉ2

The story of the girl group, made to mark 25 years since the release of their debut album Spice.

Using rarely seen archive footage and interviews, the series charts the evolution of the Spice Girls over the years and explores the impact of girl power around the world.

The first episode looks at the group’s formation in 1994, against the backdrop of ladette culture, the group’s rise to stardom, and what it meant for contemporary feminism.

By 1997, the band reach new heights as the best-selling girl group of all time, with an extraordinary presence internationally.

Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath, 9.00pm, BBC Four

Stonehenge is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating historical sites that Britain has to offer, largely because historians have little idea what the huge stone monoliths were for, or how they got there.

There’s no end of theories, but none of them so far have been conclusive.

Recent revolutionary research has just been undertaken which, over the course of four years, has yielded some fascinating insights into the site.

Drawing on this new data, archaeologists might finally be able to put to bed some of its mysteries.

This two-part programme reveals the project’s findings.

The Sky at Night, 10.00pm, BBC Four

In this month’s episode of the long-running astronomy series, the team explore images released by the James Webb Space Telescope and what they reveal, such as interesting discoveries about Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.

The team also look at how it has helped scientists understand more about the chemicals in exoplanets’ atmospheres.

Don’t Miss

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, 10.00pm, Sky Documentaries

Another chance to see this hugely enjoyable HBO documentary charting the relationship between entertainer Debbie Reynolds and her actress daughter Carrie Fisher, who died within a day of each other in December 2016.

Eight years ago!!!!!

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Ending Today

Bake Off: The Professionals – The Final, 8.00pm, Channel 4

The final of the patisserie competition, hosted by Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles, with judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden.

The remaining three teams create an Afternoon Tea display and make a banquet celebrating the very best of British, with towering sugar and chocolate showpieces and enough desserts to feed 120.

The Sympathizer, 10.10pm, Sky Atlantic

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The time-tripping drama reaches a climax – but before sending them off to Vietnam, Claude invites the team for a night out and reveals some terrifying information to the Captain.

The mission is met with strong resistance and the Captain is forced to confront the choices that haunt his past.

Sport

Wimbledon 2024, 7.00pm, BBC One

Clare Balding (above) presents further coverage of day eight of the third Grand Slam Tournament of the year, held at the All England Club, where the fourth round is scheduled to draw to a close in the men’s and ladies’ singles competitions.

Highlights show Today at Wimbledon is at 11.35pm on BBC Two.

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