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OnlyFans: Inside the Machine
9pm, BBC Three
A beacon of sexual liberation and entrepreneurship or a giant exploitation machine? As more and more money is made through adult content on OnlyFans, agencies that offer to manage creators’ careers have begun to cash in. Some do their jobs and help businesses to expand. But con artists and abusers are also on the loose. Amber Haque investigates a worryingly under-regulated sector. Jack Seale
Canal Boat Diaries
7pm, U&Yesterday
The last leg of Robbie Cumming’s first narrowboat journey from Wales into Yorkshire. It’s not plain sailing just yet, though: Rochdale canal is known as the “Everest of canals” and his barge (the Naughty Lass) gets into trouble thanks to a leak in the UK’s deepest canal lock. Hollie Richardson
Invasion of the Parakeets
8pm, Channel 4
It’s always a thrill to spot one of the many beautiful ring-necked parakeets in London’s parks, but there are claims that the birds are harming native wildlife across the UK. Chris Packham is the man to investigate what’s really happening, which he does by following a parakeet family as they grow. Have they been unfairly judged? HR
Brexit: A Very British Civil War
9pm, BBC Two
The second and concluding episode of a documentary that has illustrated so many of the flaws of recent British political reporting: most notably the preference for drama and personalities over policy discussion. This time, the horrific murder of Jo Cox by a Brexit supporter should (but doesn’t) lower the temperature of the debate. Phil Harrison
Dolly: The World’s Most Famous Sheep
10pm, Channel 4
“This is why we joke that Bill is Dolly’s mum and I’m Dolly’s dad,” says embryologist Karen Walker. “I essentially did the sperm bit.” It has been 30 years since Scottish scientists changed history with Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. The story of how she came to be and the fame that followed is told by those behind it in a lively documentary. HR
G’wed
10.35pm, ITV2
The raucous scouse sitcom goes full bed-hopping sex farce at a swanky country club hotel. The talented Aimee (Amber Harrison) is there to audition for a new Cilla Black musical, but between the hands-on director, an anonymous online assignation and a mix-up with rooms there are “surprise surprises” all round. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021) 12.05am, BBC Two
Jane Campion’s sensuous, psychosexual western explores the unspoken emotions that can sway people’s actions. Benedict Cumberbatch (cast fruitfully against type) and Jesse Plemons play ranching brothers in 1920s Montana – charismatic alpha male Phil and taciturn, decent George. After George brings home new bride Rose (Kirsten Dunst) and her teenage son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Phil’s jealousy ebbs as he mentors the kid in the ways of the cowboy. An undercurrent of homoerotic tension runs through a deep, dark tale. Simon Wardell
