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The Olivier Awards 2024 Tomorrow, ITV1, 10.10pm
She’s a West End superstar and last year’s Eurovision Song Contest proved she’s a natural at presenting live events, so who better to host this year’s Olivier Awards than Hannah Waddingham (right)?
The awards celebrate the best in British theatre, and the big names in the running include Sheridan Smith, David Tennant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joseph Fiennes, James Norton, Sarah Snook, Sophie Okonedo, Sam Mendes and Nicole Scherzinger.
There’s also a spectacular performance from Guys & Dolls, and a tribute to the National
Theatre, which is celebrating its
60th anniversary.
Danny Dyer: How to Be a Man
Tuesday, Channel 4, 10pm
With traditional gender roles supposedly a thing of the past, the ex-eastender wants to know what it means to be a man in the 21st century – and no doubt he’ll be bringing his trademark charisma to the situation, which makes the two-part programme a must-see. In the first episode, he learns about toxic masculinity while chatting to his brother Tony, a man Dyer describes as ‘the least toxic man I know’.
He also meets those on the opposite side of the fence. Danny’s investigation ends on Wednesday with an insight into mental health.
Dinosaur Tuesday, BBC3, 9pm and on
iplayer from tomorrow
Following the pilot in 2021, the comedy drama about an autistic woman in her 20s is back for a full six-part run (the series debuted on BBC Three on Tuesday). Palaeontologist Nina’s (Ashley Storrie) life is turned upside down when her sister and best friend Evie (Kat Ronney) rushes into an engagement with her boyfriend Ranesh (Danny Ashok).
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 Sachin (Sanjeev Kohli) before building up the courage to tell him about their engagement. But, it all goes south when Bo (David Carlyle) spills the beans.
Mammoth
Wednesday, BBC2, 10pm Mike Bubbins (right) heads the cast of this new sitcom, which has shades of Life on Mars (and maybe the first Austin Powers film). He plays PE teacher Tony Mammoth, who in 1979 was living the bachelor lifestyle, until he was caught up in an avalanche on a school ski trip. It was assumed he’d died, but then in 2024, Mammoth is miraculously found frozen and brought back to life as a perfectly preserved middle-aged man. Probably best not to ask too many questions about that bit. He’s expecting that his old life will still be waiting for him – same job, car, friends, but it turns out that while he may not have changed much since 1979, the rest of the world has. And then there’s Mel (Car Share’s Sian Gibson), the mother of one of his pupils, who takes an instant dislike to him, only to discover that they have more in common than she first thought...
Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals Monday, Channel 4, 8pm
Anything Channel 5 can do, Channel 4 can do... well, differently but just as well.
The former has become obsessed with air fryers recently, launching numerous documentaries about them every week. Now the latter is jumping on the bandwagon by getting Jamie Oliver to teach us how to make the most of them. Each episode features numerous tips, as well as a batch of tempting recipes, all of which can be cooked in the popular device, from grilled vegetables and a whole roast chicken, to a baked Alaska.