FOUR OF THE BEST

Beyond Paradise

BBC1, 8pm

An early–morning walker stumbles across a chilling sight on Abbott Moor. A woman, Niamh Kirby, is lying face down on the ground, with an arrow straight through her shoulder. As the team dig deeper, they uncover a family feud between Niamh and her brother–in–law.

She accused him of murdering her husband, who vanished from Shipton Abbott a decade before, and the bad blood between them has never settled. Meanwhile, with the wedding fast approaching, Anne dives headlong into the planning, but Humphrey and Martha worry that she might be a little too invested in their fairytale ceremony.

Disclosure: Dead Man Running BBC2, 9pm

A missing man, a hunt across America and an eccentric Inverness street trader who became an international fugitive. This documentary tells the story of how Kim Avis, who sold jewellery from a stall in the Scottish Highlands and was well known for raising money for charity through fun–running events, hid the darkest of crimes for decades. In 2021, he was jailed for 15 years for sex offences including rapes, having subjected four women to years of abuse. Before that, he fled to the US and staged his own death to avoid the charges. We hear from Jade Skea, a survivor of Avis’s abuse who helped bring him to justice.

Avoidance BBC1, 9.30pm

Ever since he turned down Claire’s offer of getting back together, Jonathan has clearly been regretting the decision and is now thinking of new ways to impress the mother of his son. Tonight, the duo are forced to stick together as they get trapped in an awkward dinner dinner party at one of Spencer’s jiu–jitsu friend’s parents’. Meanwhile, Dan tells Courtney she wants them to explore ‘Gentle Parenting’, giving her a book to read as she rushes off to meet with her idol Professor Gillespie (Jacqueline Boatswain). She is then offered the job of her dreams, but will she accept it?

Dinosaur BBC1, 10.40pm

Following the pilot in 2021, the comedy drama about an autistic woman in her 20s is back for a full six–part run. Palaeontologist Nina’s life is turned upside down when her sister and best friend Evie rushes into an engagement with her boyfriend Ranesh. After the shock announcement, Nina decides to give Ranesh a chance but is concerned about the way Evie acts around him. Then, in the second episode, Nina and Evie try to impress Ranesh’s pretentious art critic father.

FILM CHOICE Dark Waters BBC 2, 11.05pm

MILD-MANNERED defence lawyer Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) works at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, which represents some of America’s most powerful chemicals companies. He receives a visit from farmer Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), who has been persuaded to deliver a cardboard box of videotapes to the Taft office, detailing the decimation of his cow herd on land adjoining a Dupont chemical plant. Inspired by a New York Times magazine article, Dark Waters is a slow-burning thriller about a dogged fight for justice lasting more than 20 years. Ruffalo transforms from muscular Avengers superhero to a hunched, harangued, jowly workaholic. Anne Hathaway is poorly served in comparison as his on-screen spouse, who witnesses the heavy emotional burden borne by her husband as he goes to war against a corporate behemoth.