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TV tonight: Sean Bean's gritty drug gang drama set in Liverpool

9pm, BBC One A gritty new crime drama about a Liverpool drug gang, and what happens when the patriarch Ronnie, played by Sean Bean, plans to step down at a tumultuous time. Michael (James Nelson-Joyce, also currently starring in A Thousand Blows) is the natural successor, but he is trying to start a family and keep them safe, while Ronnie's son Jamie (Jack McMullen) is causing problems with plans of his own – which don't include Michael. Hollie Richardson 7.40pm, Channel 4 New judge Caroline Waldegrave flanks bristly veteran Paul Hollywood, as another eclectic batch of famous faces put their skills making cakes and biscuits on the line. Broadcaster Roman Kemp, comedian Amelia Dimoldenberg, actor Maxine Peake and presenter Sarah Beeny face challenges beginning with next-level cupcakes. Jack Seale 8pm, BBC One Annie (Faye Marsay) tests out the new freedoms that women are apparently afforded in Australia by venturing into a pub to order a drink. But Maggie (Maya Stange) is already confidently asserting her authority over the men she encounters. These include Ron Mahoney (Rob Collins), who reveals some money-making plans for the beach hut. Ellen E Jones 9pm, BBC Two A chunky documentary taking a deep dive into the life of the scouse comedy legend. Ken Dodd was seemingly a fairly serious man who brought high intelligence to bear on the business of laughter – his success and the quality of testimonials to his brilliance (Paul McCartney, Harry Hill, Peter Kay) are testament to that. Phil Harrison 9pm, ITV1 Siobhan Finneran's propulsive witness protection-gone-wrong thriller continues. DCI Liz Nyles (Finneran) secretly digs deeper into the conspiracy behind the shooting of a family she was protecting (as well as her lover) – and she unearths some disturbing truths. HR 9pm, BBC Three A goose-pimply investigation into Helen 'Hellish Nell' Duncan who, in 1944, was the last British person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act. Sian Eleri is open-minded but scrupulous as she starts in her birthplace of Callander, Scotland, where Helen predicted the death of a local doctor. HR The Prestige, 10.30pm, BBC One In between his first two Batmans, Christopher Nolan conjured up this tantalising Victorian-era mystery, adapted from Christopher Priest's novel. It tracks the rivalry between two magicians in London – the great showman Angier (Hugh Jackman) and the more talented but less crowd-pleasing Borden (Christian Bale). There are secrets aplenty to be uncovered as Angier tries to figure out how Borden's astounding trick the Transported Man is done (including a visit to inventor Nikola Tesla – a nice cameo from David Bowie) in a wonderfully twisty tale. Simon Wardell Boxcar Bertha, 11.05pm, Sky Arts Producer Roger Corman gave a leg up to many future stars of the movie business, including Francis Ford Coppola and James Cameron. In 1972, he funded Martin Scorsese's atypical second feature, a caper set in the deep south during the Great Depression about the adventures of crop-dusting pilot's daughter Bertha (Barbara Hershey). While riding the trains, she joins up with a union man (David Carradine), her dad's mechanic (Bernie Casey) and Barry Primus's Yankee card sharp on a spree of bank robberies. A freewheeling yarn – violent, scrappy and sexy. SW Man City v Chelsea, 2pm, BBC One Aston Villa v Man United is at 4pm on Sky Sports Main Event. Nations League Football: Scotland v Greece, 4.55pm, BBC Two The second leg of the promotion/relegation play-off.