TV tonight: Our highlights for Wednesday, August 16

On TV tonight, it's the penultimate heat for Celebrity MasterChef, Omid Djalili joins Kate Garraway's Life Stories, and Annika season 2 continues. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.

• Our hand-selected recommendations for what's on TV tonight include TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set

• Keep up to date with the latest soap spoiler storylines on TV tonight with our daily soap synopsis

• For more information about what’s on TV tonight see our TV Guide

What's on TV tonight

Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight...

Best TV shows on TV tonight

Celebrity MasterChef, 9 pm, BBC One

In the penultimate heat in TV’s toughest cookery contest, five more eager famous faces get their aprons on to show off their flair with food. In the kitchen are ex-glamour model-turned-pop singer Samantha Fox, who is joined by singer-songwriter Jamelia, opera singer and ‘Mr Go Compare himself’ Wynne Evans, DJ Locksmith and drag artist Cheryl Hole, all hoping to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

Once again, our celebrities are thrown in at the deep end with the Under the Cloche challenge, and Samantha gets a fright when she sees her mystery ingredient looking back at her! Can she create a dish that’s picture-perfect? Continues tomorrow and Friday.

★★★ VW

Kate Garraway's Life Stories, 9 pm, ITV1

British-Iranian actor, comedian and writer Omid Djalili joins Kate as the final guest in this series – and his interview turns out to be both shocking and uplifting. ‘His actual life story is incredible,’ says Kate. ‘I think if you took it to a Hollywood director, they’d never believe it.

How he’s survived and thrived is so inspiring.’ Omid tells of his erratic home life as a child, with his parents’ flat regularly hosting Iranian nationals visiting London, and also how his acting career took off against the odds after being rejected from 16 drama schools.

★★★ HD

The Bold Type, from 9 pm, BBC Three

If you’re a Sex and the City fan, then check out this US comedy drama set in the world of New York fashion journalism, first shown on Prime Video, and now weekly on BBC3, with all five series available on BBC iPlayer. The show centres on three career-driven twentysomethings, Kat (Aisha Dee), Sutton (Meghann Fahy) and Jane (Katie Stevens), who all work for global women’s magazine Scarlet.

Loosely inspired by the life of Joanna Coles, former Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan, the series follows the best friends’ love lives, work woes, identity struggles and the ups and downs of their friendship dynamic.

★★★ HD

Annika season 2, 9 pm, Alibi

Annika (Nicola Walker) and her team get a change of scenery in episode two as they head over to Edinburgh to investigate the death of a woman who was found in a dog cage in the river, shortly after being released from prison for killing a man while drink-driving.

Could her conviction be the reason that someone wanted her dead? Meanwhile, motorbike-riding Edinburgh DC Harper Weston (Strike Back’s Varada Sethu) joins the team on attachment, and Annika attempts to prove she’s the funniest member of the Marine Homicide Unit. Keep your eyes peeled for a cameo by series creator Nick Walker as a comedy club MC!

★★★★ SP

Best box set on TV tonight

Heartstopper season 2, Netflix

In Heartstopper season 2, Nick and Charlie navigate their new relationship; Tara and Darcy face unforeseen challenges and Tao and Elle work out if they can ever be more than just friends. With exams on the horizon, a school trip to Paris and a prom to plan, the gang has a lot to juggle as they journey through the next stages of life, love and friendship.

LB

Best film on TV tonight

Central Intelligence, 10 pm, ITV4

Action comedy, starring Dwayne Johnson as a one-time geek who suffered constant humiliation at high school but grew up to be a lethal CIA agent. But when he is targeted by his own organisation, he comes home for a high school reunion, where he enlists the help of the former campus tough guy - now a meek accountant - who very quickly wonders what he has got himself into. Co-starring Kevin Hart and Amy Ryan.

Soaps

• EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One

• Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1

• Coronation Street, 8 pm, ITV1

• Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4

• Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star

Live Sport

• UEFA Super Cup: Manchester City v Sevilla (Kick-off 8.00pm), BT Sport 1

If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…

Don't miss Celebrity MasterChef on TV tonight.

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Happy viewing!