TV tonight: and just like that, it's Carrie Bradshaw's final farewell

The Guardian

a day ago

9pm, Sky Comedy
Sex and the City fans were left in a state of shock and confusion when showrunner Michael Patrick King announced that the spin-off's season three finale would be the last-ever episode: 'It's a wonderful place to stop,' he said. Sure – it has been an excruciating watch, plagued by terrible writing and narrative decisions (see: Seema's natural deodorant episode). But these are our girls! What a joy it has been to dissect their choices and relationships with our own mates every week. Who will we lovingly bitch about now? Here's hoping that they get the send-off they deserve. And if Carrie stays single in the city, well, that would be just fabulous. Hollie Richardson
7.30pm, BBC OneLast year, four Irishmen sailed into the Guinness World Records for rowing pretty much nonstop around Ireland in a small boat, unsupported and powered only by two-hour rowing shifts. Self-shot over those 32 days, this compelling documentary captures the feat, sea sickness, extreme weather, sleep deprivation and all. Ali Catterall
9pm, Channel 5Kudos to Knowlesy's agent: these days you're as likely to see him gallivanting across the world as you are to see him picking up a screwdriver on a DIY show. His latest jaunt, to the Gobi desert, probably won't have Joanna Lumley's people in a cold sweat. It's pretty entertaining, though – not least when he tries a spot of mounted archery. Hannah J Davies
9pm, BBC OneTom Basden's sitcom bumbles along cheerfully, its amiability belying the density of the writing. It never feels like essential viewing but slips down incredibly easily all the same. In this episode, the family become concerned about Sue's bingo habit. Phil Harrison
9pm, ITV1The compelling true-crime drama based on the 1997 murder of Reena Virk in British Columbia continues. The journalist sleuth Rebecca (Riley Keough) is making progress with the case but her methods are becoming increasingly wayward. Surely dropping acid with a teenage boy is not the best way to get a new lead? Graeme Virtue
9pm, U&DramaPearl's next case is personal this week, as when she calls her son Charlie – who is meant to be in Canada – she hears the UK ringtone and tracks his mobile phone to London. Has something terrible happened … or are her family just keeping secrets? HR
Roxanne (Fred Schepisi, 1987), 6pm, Sky Cinema GreatsThis 1987 romantic comedy is Steve Martin in his cinematic prime, melding physical humour and dramatic purpose to beguiling effect. His own adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac transposes the action to a small US town, where the fire chief CD (Martin) has a very, very long nose but is a whip-smart, outgoing local personality. Daryl Hannah plays the titular love interest, an astronomy student who admires the looks of Rick Rossovich's nice-but-dim firefighter Chris but really likes the eloquent words CD puts into his courting colleague's mouth. Simon Wardell
Premier League football: Liverpool v Bournemouth, 6.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event Virgil van Dijk leads the league title holders as the new season kicks off at Anfield.