TV tonight: Rob Brydon's confusing but addictive new travel competition

The Guardian

30-07-2025

9pm, BBC One'Where the X am I?' That's what the contestants are going to need to work out at each stage of this discombobulating new competition, which turns Europe into a board game. Rob Brydon is the man in charge, sending the gang across the continent in windowless coaches. By the end of each episode, they need to guess where they are on a map, after being fed clues (some of them fake) at stops along the way. Whoever's guess is the furthest away is eliminated and out of the chance of winning the £100,000 prize at the final destination. Hollie Richardson
8pm, Sky WitnessThe new series of the action drama starts with a crash-bang, when a helicopter goes down. The ensuing chaos provides ex-con Bode (Max Thieriot) with an opportunity to prove that firefighting really is 'the only healthy addiction I've ever had', while bride Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) can explain her hesitancy at the altar. Ellen E Jones
9pm, BBC TwoIt might feel there's absolutely no need for another documentary on Ian Brady, Myra Hindley and their atrocious crimes. This two-parter, though, promises to use newly discovered documents and recordings to find missed opportunities – and new evidence that could lead to finding the body of the final missing victim, Keith Bennett. HR
9pm, ITV1One of this week's weepy stories started in a 2022 episode, when two estranged sisters who had been left in toilets as babies were reunited. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell revisit Natasha and Lee-Ann, who are still looking for their parents. HR
9pm, BBC FourIt's BBC One's The Repair Shop meets Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, as an expert antiques restorer and his apprentice son travel Japan, bringing new life to exceptional works of art. In this first episode of three, Koji 'The God Hand' Mayuyama is in Osaka, taking a look at an 800-year-old vase and a 16th-century tea bowl. EEJ
8pm, U&Alibi
The final double bill of Mark Gatiss's arch and unashamedly queer whodunnit, set in 1940s London. When an army captain is poisoned at a hotel bar, exiled royalty and disgruntled staff are in the frame for murder. But will you spot the red herrings before bibliophile-turned-detective Gabriel Book (Gatiss)? Hannah J Davies
Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984), 11.15pm, BBC Four
For anyone who loves spending their summers being bummed out,Mick Jackson's real-world nuclear horror show is a must. A startling, ferocious depiction of the aftermath of a nuclear attack on Sheffield, the film's impact cannot be overstated. The terror doesn't just come from the initial firestorm, but the illnesses and societal breakdown that follow. Threads put the fear of God into people right when it needed to the most and, quite frankly, the upcoming remake can't get here soon enough. Stuart Heritage
Golf: Women's Open Noon, Sky Sports Golf. The first day of the major championship from Royal Porthcawl in Mid Glamorgan.