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BBC1, 9pm
AS the saga about journalists on rival newspapers draws to a close, we’re hoping for some answers about the Government’s mysterious Resonance programme.
There’s an MI5 source who might blow the whistle and this could become the most important story The Herald will ever run.
Meanwhile, Duncan (Ben Chaplin) tries to spend quality time with his son Fred, but finds it difficult in the face of Sarah and her smarmy billionaire boyfriend Max. One false move and they will make sure Duncan never sees Fred again.
Duncan has other troubles too when Holly (Charlotte Riley) threatens to publicly expose his relationship with Kristina, the sex worker.
There are sizzling scenes when Duncan and Holly go head to head in a battle of wills.
Elsewhere, Emmerson (David Suchet) presents Duncan with a seemingly impossible task, and Ed (Paapa Essiedu) is forced to examine his journalistic ethics.
You’ll be left hoping that a second series is in the works.
WOMEN ON THE VERGE
W, 10pm
WHAT happens if everyone you know is settling down, getting married and having kids, but your life seems to be spiralling further out of control?
This new comedy set in Dublin follows the lives of three 30-something women who are definitely not ticking the boxes they feel they are supposed to.
“Don’t worry, there are other ways to live happily ever after,” insists single parent Katie (Nina Sosanya), who has just backed out of an artificial insemination. Meanwhile, Alison (Eileen Walsh) wants to get back with her ex so she can have a baby – even though she hates him. And Laura (Kerry Condon) is having a fling with a guy from work.
Created by Lorna Martin and Sharon Horgan, who wrote Pulling and Catastrophe, this is adapted from Martin’s comedy memoir Woman On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Frank, fresh and funny, watch out for Horgan in a cameo as a much-needed therapist.