TV tonight: Our highlights for Wednesday, August 2

On TV tonight, Celebrity MasterChef 2023 returns for a new season, Mark Cavendish: Never Enough dives into a troubled chapter in the celebrated cyclist's life, Rob & Romesh Vs Crufts sees the comedians tackling the famous dog show with their own family pets in tow, and Kate Garraway's Life Stories returns for another series. 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

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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 2023, 9 pm, BBC One

They might feel at home on stage or in front of the cameras, but a new batch of famous faces are stepping outside their comfort zones to roll up their sleeves and get cooking as TV’s toughest cookery contest returns. First up to show off their culinary skills in an attempt to tickle the taste buds of resident judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace are The Inbetweeners’ James Buckley, ex-Gogglebox star Mica Ven, comedian Marcus Brigstocke, TV and radio personality Richie Anderson and Love Island winner Dani Dyer. Who will prove themselves to be a secret chef? And which contestants should stick to the day job? Continues tomorrow at 8pm. 

★★★★ VW

Mark Cavendish: Never Enough, Netflix

By the end of 2016, world champion cyclist Mark Cavendish had the all-time record for Tour de France stage wins in his sights, needing just four more to equal Eddy Merckx’s 34. But what followed for ‘Cav’ was a horrific five years of injury, illness and, ultimately, clinical depression. This raw and honest documentary shows how that period almost cost him his career, his marriage and his family, but how he fought back from rock-bottom. And it details how he made a fairy-tale comeback in order to write his name in the history books.

★★★★★ NH

Rob & Romesh Vs Crufts, 9 pm, Sky Max/Sky Showcase/NOW

Comedian pals Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan continue their have-a-go show by attempting to train their unruly family dogs – Rob’s whippet Fred and Romesh’s miniature goldendoodle Reggie – for a head-to-head agility course at Crufts. But things don’t get off to the best of starts in training when Reggie decides to go to the toilet in the middle of a fast and furious flyball challenge! Expect plenty of bawdy humour and belly laughs.

★★★★ HD 

Kate Garraway's Life Stories, 9 pm, ITV1

Broadcaster and recent MBE recipient Kate Garraway returns with another outing of her prime-time show delving into the intriguing lives of famous faces. We’re expecting the chat to flow nicely tonight as her first guest is Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke, who became good friends with Kate after the two were paired together on Strictly in 2007. Charmer Anton, who was born to a Hungarian father and Spanish mother, is sharing his rise to fame, from twinkle-toed teenager to ballroom pro and household name. Stars coming up later in the series include comedian and actor Omid Djalili and tour-de-force Ruby Wax, who certainly won’t be holding back.

★★★★ TL 

Best box set on TV tonight

Silo, Apple TV

Silo is set in a tragic, toxic future, Rebecca plays Juliette, or Jules, an independent and hardworking engineer. Jules lives in a community in a giant silo hundreds of stories deep, which is the only way to survive on a planet where the air is poisonous. The survivors are forced to follow the strict rules they believe are meant to protect them. However some rebel against the regulations and dare to hope and dream for a better future.

These people are considered to be dangerous and the punishment for breaking the rules is simple — they are forced outside to "clean". And that’s a task they won’t survive. 

NC

Best film on TV tonight

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Disney Plus

With their last hurrah, Marvel’s ragtag space outlaws pull off one last job – to save the life of Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper). Writer-director James Gunn delivers a blazing adventure and gives the group led by Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) a proper send-off. They are up against eugenicist The High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji), and the movie strays into surprisingly dark material involving animal experimentation, but there is also quippy banter to balance that. Stuffed with imaginative set pieces and visuals, this is a blast of a goodbye.

★★★★ NP 

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

• The Hundred 2023, 6 pm, Sky Sports Main Event/NOW and 6.15 pm, BBC Two

• FIFA 2023 Women's World Cup, from 7.45 am, BBC Two/ITV1

• Netball World Cup, 3 pm, BBC Two

If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…

Don't miss Celebrity MasterChef on TV tonight.

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Happy viewing!