WATCH NOW: Fictional MPS

Hugh Laurie stars as the Conservative MP Peter Laurence in Roadkill (9pm, BBC1). If that’s whetted your appetite for fictional British politicians, here’s where to watch them…

In Yes Minister (1980-84), Jim Hacker (Paul Eddington) bumbled his way around Whitehall, with civil servant Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) not far behind. Hacker made it to Prime Minister in the 1986-88 sequel. Britbox. Acclaimed drama House Of Cards (1990) and its follow-ups chart the Machiavellian rise of Tory whip Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson). Buy on Amazon Prime, Google Play.

Among the MPS feeling the wrath of sweary spin doctor Malcolm Tucker were Peter Mannion (Roger Allam) and Nicola

Murray (Rebecca Front) in The Thick Of It (2005-12). Available on BBC iplayer.

In the 2009 big-screen spin-off, In

The Loop, it was minister Simon

Foster (Tom Hollander, right) sticking his foot in his mouth. There are also the popular TV characters who stepped into politics. Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders (2013-present) and Ross in Poldark (2015-19) got elected to Parliament in later episodes. Both dramas are available in full on Netflix. Most unexpected of all was the turnip-loving Adder Party MP S. Baldrick (Tony Robinson, centre), later elevated to the House of Lords, in an episode of Blackadder The Third (1987). Sky/now TV, Britbox.

Jacqui Oatley presents coverage of the semi-finals and final on day four.

11.00 Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana

Highlights 2020 Action from stage 12.

7.25pm Come Dine with Me

8.00 Autumn at Jimmy’s Farm

9.00 Emergency Rescue: Air, Land & Sea 10.00 999: What’s Your Emergency? 11.05 24 Hours in A&E

6.45pm Pitch Perfect 2 Comedy sequel,

starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. 9.00 A Quiet Place Horror, starring

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski.

10.45 Blue Velvet David Lynch’s thriller, starring Kyle Maclachlan, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini and Dean Stockwell.

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

A League of Their Own: European Road Trip Highlights of the adventure.

9.00 S.W.A.T. A boxer’s wife is abducted.

10.00 Hawaii Five-0 Grover’s niece goes missing from the police academy.

NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00

Filthy House SOS

FILM Pearl Harbor Two friends fall for the same woman during the Second World War just as the Japanese launch an attack on a US naval base. Romantic drama, with Ben Affleck. Includes Access. FILM I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Horror sequel, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jnr.