What’s on TV tonight? Shows to watch on Tuesday 18 October – from Ordinary Lies to Who’s Spending Britain’s Billions?
Also on tonight: The New Clampers: Where's My Car gone? and Married at First Sight
NEW! Ordinary Lies 9pm BBC1
While the first series of Ordinary Lies was a ratings hit last year, some of its storylines strained credibility (Jason Manford pretending his wife had died because he was late for work, anyone?).
If the promising opener of the new run is anything to go by, however, this second outing has well and truly raised the bar.
Wisely re-booting the show with a new workforce (this year’s setting is the call centre and adjoining warehouse of a sports company), the first episode focuses on Joe (Con O’Neill, right), the head of sales, who suspects his wife Belinda (Jill Halfpenny, left) is having an affair.
While the extreme measures Joe employs to try to uncover his spouse’s secret may be far-fetched, a cracking performance from Con and a shocking reveal make for a riveting hour of drama.
NEW! The New Clampers: Where’s My Car Gone? 9pm ITV
This documentary takes a light-hearted, balanced approach to a serious subject.
You can’t help but sympathise with some of the moaning drivers as their cars are towed away.
But you also can’t help liking dedicated fraud investigation officer Steve Davidson (above), who’s on a mission to stop abuse of disabled badges in London.
NEW! Married at First Sight 9pm C4
Given the first series wasn’t exactly a roaring success for the couples, it’s perhaps surprising that three and a half thousand people applied to marry a stranger for this second outing.
Clark and Melissa are paired up – and Clark’s dad, in particular, has serious reservations about what his son is embarking upon. Fascinating.
NEW! Who’s Spending Britain’s Billions? 8pm BBC2
How much do you really know about what happens to the tax you pay once you’ve handed it over?
Jacques Peretti explores how public bodies spend cash, asking whether ideas – from robot receptionists in Brent to big ‘cost-saving’ contracts with consultancy firms – are actually worth the money.
Well, what do you reckon?