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

Tonight’s top telly includes Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life returns for a new run, The Great British Sewing Bee and Euro 2024 continue, while it’s the end of the road for the Football Cops and FBI: Most Wanted . . .

Pick of the Day

Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life, 9.00pm, Channel 4

A brand-new run of the series that goes behind the scenes at The Royal Marsden in London, a world-leading cancer specialist hospital, as surgeons attempt pioneering treatments trying to save lives.

The four episodes were filmed over the course of a year. Anthea, who’s 18, is an aspiring midwife with a tumour in her arm so difficult to fully remove that doctors say they may need to amputate her arm.

She’s been referred to consultant general surgeon Professor Andy Hayes, who’s a specialist in difficult limb sarcomas.

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Then there’s 43-year-old Cameron, who was surprised when his testicular cancer returned, several years after he’d had both his testicles removed.

Scans showed a return of cancerous cells in the lymph nodes at the back of his abdomen – where the testicles are formed at birth.

The aggressive cancer has not responded to chemotherapy.

Chief of surgery and consultant urological surgeon Professor David Nicol is hoping to offer Cam one last roll of the dice, with a radical procedure known as an RPLND.

Don’t Miss

Storyville, 10.00pm, BBC Four

This week’s subject is Flee, an animated documentary that follows the true tale of Amin, a gay Afghan man, and the desperate measures he is forced to take to escape persecution.

He was born in Afghanistan’s Kabul, as a child he was unafraid of wearing his sister’s dress to run through the streets, but when Mujahideen took over, he was forced to flee.

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The Great British Sewing Bee, 9.00pm, BBC One

This week the contestants celebrate India, beginning with a pattern challenge that takes inspiration from the jacket popularised by Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.

In the transformation, they make an outfit from calico and Madras cotton and for the made-to-measure, they create evening wear inspired by the sari.

One Foot in the Grave, 8.00pm, BBC Four

This welcome re-run of the classic 1990s’ sitcom – starring Richard Wilson (above) and Annette Crosbie – continues.

Margaret tries to take Victor’s mind off his depressing unemployment situation by encouraging him to attend a fitness class and read a book on how to cope with old age.

Bake Off: The Professionals, 8.00pm, Channel 4

Six new teams are thrown in at the deep end, with a secret challenge: to make a classic coffee éclair, accompanied by an amenity.

They must draw on all their knowledge and experience as they have no recipe to follow.

In their second challenge, the teams play illusionists as they create a Trompe l’oeil showpiece sculpture inspired by everyday household objects, within which a tarte Tatin to serve 40 must be hidden. Whose patisserie prowess will shine through?

New to Stream

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, Netflix

This is the first feature-length documentary to explore the history of queer stand-up comedy.

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It considers the importance of LGBTQ+ stand up as a driver of social change over the past five decades, actively reflecting and challenging cultural norms and values.

Ultimately, the film reveals that queer comedians – whether they intended to or not – helped change the world, one joke at a time.

It combines interviews, memorable stand-up performances, archival materials, and verité footage featuring top LGBTQ+ comedians.

They include Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes, Eddie Izzard, Hannah Gadsby, Tig Notaro, Rosie O’Donnell, Margaret Cho, Bob The Drag Queen, and Trixie Mattel, among others.

Agents of Mystery, Netflix

Here’s a new mystery series from South Korea.

Six agents – Lee Yong-jin, John Park, Lee Eun-ji, Lee Hye-ri, Kim Do-hoon, and Karina – probe into bizarre incidents that cannot be explained by science in this unscripted show.

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Ending Today

FBI: Most Wanted, 10.00pm, Sky Witness

Streaming on NOW

It’s the season five finale of this strand in the FBI TV franchise.

The Fugitive Task Force races to catch the culprit threatening Manhattan with a dirty bomb. Meanwhile, Ray prepares to celebrate a major life milestone as his wedding to Cora approaches.

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Football Cops, 10.00pm, Channel 4

It’s the end of season play-offs as Bradford play Carlisle, and Salford head to Stockport with a chance of promotion.

The Football Cops know that, with so much at stake, there could be trouble so keeping rival fans apart throughout the day is their top priority.

With both matches rated high risk, National Football Cops Stu and Wayne are also there to lend a hand.

In Carlisle, there are arrests even before the fans get into the ground and at Wembley the Football Cops are busy keeping rival fans apart for the FA Cup Final between Man Utd and Man City.

Sport

Live UEFA Euro 2024, 4.30pm, RTÉ2

Streaming on RTÉ Player

Just two games today, beginning with Turkiye v Georgia (KO 5.00pm).

Jacqui Hurley presents coverage of the Group F match from BVB Stadion Dortmund, as Georgia make their first ever appearance at a major finals.

They beat 2004 champions Greece in a play-off final to qualify, winning 4-2 on penalties after a tense game ended goalless.

Turkiye are playing in their third consecutive finals after finishing top of their qualifying group, ahead of the likes of Croatia and Wales, and they’ll be looking to make it out of the group stage for the first time since they reached the semi-finals in 2008.

Then at 7.30pm the focus moves to the Group F Leipzig Stadium clash of Portugal and Czechia (KO 8pm) and once again Jacqui Hurley presents coverage as 2016 champions Portugal make open their account.

They’ll be looking to improve on a disappointing defence of their title three years ago, when they went out at the last-16 stage in a 1-0 defeat to Belgium in Seville.

Czechia qualified by finishing second in their group behind Albania, who ended up on top of the group thanks to their better head-to-head record.

These are the eighth Euro finals since Czechia separated from Slovakia, and reaching the quarter-finals, as they did three years ago, would represent a strong tournament.

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