TV tonight: inside the Metropolitan police


The Met

9pm, BBC One

While the Metropolitan police’s recent difficulties are acknowledged in the introduction, allegations of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia aren’t foregrounded in this series opener. Instead it feels, initially at least, like smart reputation management. The detectives we meet are responding to the stabbing of a teenager, investigating a sex trafficking ring and dealing with firework-throwing kids. Hopefully, subsequent episodes will dig deeper. Phil Harrison

The Great British Bake Off

8pm, Channel 4

Mustn’t crumble … stress levels in the tent are peaking in pastry week because, with no elimination last time, two contestants face the chop. At least the pie-based tasks offer plenty of scope for personal flair, though the bakers may struggle to get through a taxing puff pastry technical. Graeme Virtue

After Chaos

8.35pm, PBS America

The second of two fascinating films about post-second world war urban reconstructions looks at Warsaw, detailing the utter devastation wreaked by the Nazis – and then the halting but determined effort to blend restoration with innovation to create a city that was proudly new and old. The photographs are astonishing. Jack Seale

A photograph from After Chaos – depicting post-second world war reconstruction in Warsaw.

Britain’s Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong?

9pm, BBC Two

The concluding episode of this revealing two-part series focuses on the present. Scandals in the social sector jostle for space with soaring interest rates and economic turbulence, which have meant insecurity for even those people lucky enough to get on the ladder. PH

The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor

9pm, ITV1

It’s series wrap-up time, and there’s a lot to unpack: the rift between Wills and Harry – and the latter’s bailout from “the firm”; Andrew and Pizza Expressgate, and the Queen’s last appearance on the palace balcony – before she left a hole in the fabric of Britain. Ali Catterall

The Hidden Children of Ruinerwold Farm

10pm, BBC Four

We meet Israel Van Dorsten as he’s receiving an ID card from the police. In the eyes of the law, he barely existed until 2019 when, as this gripping documentary shows, he escaped the clutches of his father. The self-proclaimed prophet Gerrit-Jan Van Dorsten kept his six children in seclusion while they awaited the end of the world. What were the reasons behind his actions? PH

Live sport

Champions League football: Sevilla v Arsenal 7.45pm, TNT Sports 1. Matchday three in group B. Man United v FC Copenhagen, in group A, is on TNT Sports 2 from 7pm.


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