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    TV tonight: Kevin McCloud looks back on 25 years of dream homebuilding

    By Ali Catterall and Simon Wardell Jack SealeHollie Richardson Graeme Virtue,

    10 hours ago

    Grand Designs: 25 Years & Counting

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    Kevin McCloud in Grand Designs: 25 Years & Counting. Photograph: Channel 4

    9pm, Channel 4
    Sorry to make you feel ancient but Kevin McCloud’s self-building property series first aired a quarter of a century ago. Within that time, what started as an aspirational show of marvel now feels like a kick in the teeth during a housing crisis. Still, McCloud marks the anniversary by starting the newest series with a look at some of the most ambitious, green and emotionally draining designs. Hollie Richardson

    The Repair Shop

    8pm, BBC One
    When two siblings bring in a dinged-up kid’s motorbike handbuilt by their father, you can tell it will be a passion project for vintage bike enthusiast Dominic Chinea. Other heirlooms getting a kindly makeover include a well-travelled suede handbag and a 19th-century Indian ceremonial coat. Graeme Virtue

    The National Television Awards

    8pm, ITV1
    Is One Day the best drama of the year? Do Ant and Dec deserve any more awards? Did you prefer the Robbie or Beckham documentary? How on earth did The Gentleman make it into the best comedy category? Find out all these answers and more as Britain’s telly stars make their way to the O2 arena to let their hair down. HR

    Celebrity Race Across the World

    9pm, BBC One
    The penultimate leg of the famous people’s epic journey takes them across Argentina, from Tigre on the Paraná Delta to Tilcara in the north-west. As always, it’s a case of balancing speed with frugality and, with the finishing line not far off, now is the time when some teams start to run out of pesos. Jack Seale

    The Zelensky Story

    9pm, BBC Two
    In 2019, art mirrored life when an actor and comedian, the star of the TV drama Servant of the People, in which a high-school teacher becomes president of Ukraine … became president of Ukraine. Part two of this extraordinary series explores his induction, strength of character and the events leading up to the invasion from “amateur historian” Putin. Ali Catterall

    Sally Wainwright Remembers… Happy Valley

    10pm, BBC Four
    There is no disputing that Happy Valley is one of the greatest British dramas: even after a seven-year hiatus, the final season was a smash hit last year. The show’s creator, Sally Wainwright, reflects on the making of Sarah Lancashire’s steely sergeant Catherine Cawood. The first episode airs straight after. HR

    Film choice

    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh, 1994), 8pm, Sky Cinema Greats
    For his melodramatic version of the horror classic, director and star Kenneth Branagh aims for the Romantic and the romantic. Bare-chested and Byronic, his Victor Frankenstein is an obsessive young man, his love for adopted sister Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) losing out to the urge to resurrect the dead. As the stitched-together “creature”, Robert De Niro is an interesting if not entirely successful contrast – implacably brutal but largely sympathetic. Simon Wardell

    Live sport

    International T20 Cricket , England v Australia, 6pm, Sky Sports Main Event The three-match series begins in Southampton. The second game is in Cardiff on Friday at 6pm.

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