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GLOW UP: BRITAIN’S NEXT MAKE-UP STAR

BBC1, 10.35pm PRODUCERS can turn any skill into a TV talent show – we’ve seen tense competition over everything from dancing and singing to sewing and farming.

So this latest concoction, a contest for aspiring make-up artists (nicknamed MUAs), will come as no surprise.

Film-maker and Strictly Come Dancing winner Stacey Dooley hosts the series that sees 10 aspiring MUAs battle for a contract assisting some of the world’s best in the business.

As they test their skill and imagination through everything, from fashion mags and catwalk to cinema and social media, they will also live together for eight weeks.

They’ll be judged by industry big hitters Val Garland and Dominic Skinner.

Val says: “I want to be so excited that I feel like crying.”

The first challenge for contestants is a “rebellion” themed beauty editorial shoot, followed by a creative task to show exactly what beauty means to them.

It might seem a niche show, but the make-up reveals are astonishing and you might find yourself slowly hooked. MOTHERFATHERSON

BBC2, 9pm WITH a stellar cast, including Richard Gere (yes, the actual Hollywood star), this latest thriller is set to become the next talked-about drama.

Helen McCrory, Sarah Lancashire and Billy Howle also star in the eight-parter about a family, power, loyalty and betrayal.

Gere plays US-born Max, a media magnate who owns an empire of newspapers and television stations.

His aristocratic ex-wife Kathryn (McCrory) has been frozen out of the family and works at a homeless shelter. Their son Caden (Howle) is at the heart of Max’s operation, editing broadsheet newspaper the National Reporter, but he’s out of his depth.

The drama starts with a distressing voicemail of a woman asking someone who has gone missing to come home safe. Then we see Gere looking pretty dashing on his private jet.

Later on, there’s plenty of politics and power games going on at the National Reporter.

It’s fragmented at first, with many strands to keep up with, but by the end you’ll be gripped.