Iñaki Mur as Salvator Dalì in This Is Not a Murder Mystery. Photograph: Channel 4
TV tonight: a body is found in a clever surrealist period drama
Dalì is among the artist suspects in This Is Not a Murder Mystery. Plus: the story behind the 2018 Salisbury poisonings. Here’s what to watch this evening.
This Is Not a Murder Mystery
8pm, U&Drama. A period crime drama set in West Sussex, 1936: a stately home is playing host to the hottest artists of the day, including Salvador Dalí, Man Ray and René Magritte. After a party fuelled by cocaine, opium and professional jealousy, a body is found, staged like Magritte’s The Lovers – prompting the arrival of Stephen Tompkinson as acerbic DCI John Thistlethwaite. The clever visual references and arch dialogue make it hard not to love. Jack Seale
A Taste for Murder
9pm, ITV1. New drama in which delicious Italian cuisine and brutal murder come together. When grieving widower DCI Joe Mottram (Warren Brown) and his daughter Angelica (Beau Gadsdon) seek solace in sunny Capri, Joe is soon asked by his mother-in-law (Phyllis Logan) to clear a relative’s name. Cue soft-focus closeups of risotto, cookery tips and corpses. Ali Catterall
Salisbury Poisonings: The Untold Story
9pm, Channel 4. This three-parter revisits the attempted murder of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on UK soil in 2018. The opening episode hears from local responders who had no idea a lethal nerve agent was involved, and offers an insider’s perspective on how the government weighed up its diplomatic response. Graeme Virtue
The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn: Inside the Tower of London Special
9pm, Channel 5. Jason Watkins and Tracy Borman at the Tower of London. The Crown’s Jason Watkins and historian Tracy Borman present this one-off about the tawdry accusations that led to the demise of Henry VIII’s second spouse. From Boleyn’s childhood home, Hever Castle, to the National Archives, the pair dig deep in a watertight documentary that’s no vanity project for Tudor buff Watkins. Hannah J Davies
The 'Burbs
9pm, Sky One. The plot continues to clot in this kooky comedy, where nosy neighbours have united to unmask a prickly incomer as a bad 'un. It falls to young couple Samira (Keke Palmer) and Rob (Jack Whitehall) to tail their suspect, and a stakeout is the perfect venue for Whitehall’s Sean Connery impression. GV
Twenty Twenty Six
10pm, BBC Two. Sarah’s “wooden condoms” gaffe has gone viral. Or, as Twenty Twenty Six puts it, “there’s been a lively response to her appearance on a podcast to promote a sustainability agenda”. Can she leverage the attention to discuss the plight of polar bears? Meanwhile, a famous footballer is about to announce he is gay. As Ian says: “We cannot afford to get this wrong …” AC
