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Anna (Charlie Brooks) confronts her husband’s assistant Caroline (Isabella Giovinazzo) in Lie With Me.
Anna (Charlie Brooks) confronts her husband’s assistant Caroline (Isabella Giovinazzo) in Lie With Me. Photograph: FremantleMedia Australia Pty Limited
Anna (Charlie Brooks) confronts her husband’s assistant Caroline (Isabella Giovinazzo) in Lie With Me. Photograph: FremantleMedia Australia Pty Limited

TV tonight: Charlie Brooks stars in a new suburban thriller

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The EastEnders’ stalwart shines in a four-part tale of a family caught up in suspicion. Plus: Kate Bryan goes behind the scenes at a new UK exhibition of club culture. Here’s what to watch this evening

Lie With Me

9pm, Channel 5

EastEnders’ Charlie Brooks takes the lead in this four-part suburban thriller, showing nightly until Thursday. Struggling to keep their marriage alive, Anna (Brooks) and her Australian husband, Jake (Brett Tucker), decide to relocate with their two children to Melbourne for a fresh start. In tonight’s opening episode, the family settle into their new life and hire a nanny, Becky (Phoebe Roberts), whom Anna befriends when she suspects Jake of starting an affair. Yet, Jake’s explanation makes Becky seem suddenly shady. Ammar Kalia

Inside Art: Night Fever at V&A Dundee

7pm, Sky Arts

Fusing architecture, art and tech, many of the world’s most famous discos have also been subversive feats of design. Kate Bryan hosts a behind the scenes look at a major UK exhibition, subtitled Designing Club Culture, taking in Studio 54, the Hacienda and more besides. Hannah J Davies

Gold Rush: Our Race to Olympic Glory

9pm, BBC One

This docu-series on the progression of Britain’s Olympic sporting prowess since their disastrous turn at the Atlanta Games in 1996 picks up in Beijing in 2008. With Team GB having become increasingly reliant on an ageing set of athletes, it is up to young talents such as Tom Daley to win. AK

Kathy Burke: Money Talks. Photograph: Flicker Productions

Amol Rajan Interviews Sundar Pichai

9pm, BBC Two

The latest addition to Radio 4’s Today programme also has his own interview series, which promises to platform “high-profile global guests who are shaping the way we live today”. The Google CEO certainly fits that bill. Expect discussion on data transparency and digital equality. Ellen E Jones

The Iran-Iraq War: A Tragedy That Changed History

9.55pm, PBS America

New four-parter examining the history of the Iran-Iraq War and its toxic legacy. Sparked by a rivalry between the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, and the Ayatollah Khomeini, it would rage for eight years. Those who fought tell their stories. Ali Catterall

Kathy Burke: Money Talks

10pm, Channel 4

Comic Kathy Burke’s enjoyable two-part series on our British attitudes to wealth concludes. Having already spoken to the super-rich, Burke travels to Jaywick, one of the most deprived towns in Britain, and meets local Danny Sloggett, who is trying to build a positive sense of community there. AK

Film choice

David Thewlis in Naked. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Channel 4

Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993), 11.20pm, Film4
David Thewlis received deserved praise for his Johnny, one of the nastiest heroes in screen history. Loud-mouthed, immoral, selfish, offensive and possessed of a voice to grate your eardrums, he is truly horrible. But somehow, as he moves through underworld London, he becomes almost sympathetic. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Racing: Belle Vue Aces v Wolverhampton Wolves British Speedway match. 7.30pm, Eurosport 2

Cricket: West Indies v Australia Third T20 in the five-match series from Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet. 12.15am, BT Sport 2

Baseball: All-Star Home Run Derby Live from Coors Field in Denver. 1am, BT Sports ESPN

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