Terrestrial Coronation Street ITV1, 7.30pm Paul the dupe and slatternly Leanne are nervous about setting fire to the restaurant, but the thought of long-term snogaroooning with Leanne impels Paul to go through with lighting a burner under a frying pan full of oil. As the pan bursts into flames and fire starts to spread, Paul exits, calling Leanne to tell her it's done. Meanwhile, Amber has come back after forgetting her phone, and tells Paul that Leanne is playing him like a set of eight-bob bagpipes. Paul's quietly confident as he reassures Amber that he and Leanne are going places. The fool!
Poppy Shakespeare Channel 4, 9pm Based on the bestselling novel by Clare Allan, a candid look at life from the perspective of a patient in the psychiatric ward of a north London day hospital. Naomie Harris is Poppy, a new patient who arrives insisting that she's not mentally ill. Poppy Shakespeare is told through the eyes of N (Anna Maxwell Martin), a 13-year veteran of the hospital who severed links with the outside world years ago. An unlikely friendship blossoms. To qualify for release, they must first prove there is nothing wrong with Poppy, but soon find themselves in a Catch-22 situation: to prove she is sane, she must pretend not to be.
Damages BBC1, 10.45pm Ellen's imprisonment for David's murder converges with the tumultuous events surrounding Patty's efforts to nail the silver-maned devil Frobisher.
Digital Jailhouse Rock TCM, 7.15pm Elv the Pelv rocks the prisoners in the movie that's easily his best.
Collateral Film4, 9pm Jamie Foxx is Max, a cab driver in Los Angeles working nights who's offered $600 by Vincent (Tom Cruise), newly arrived in the city. He has a few errands to run and will then be leaving. Vincent asks Max to park in an alleyway by an apartment block while he goes inside. When a dead body lands on Max's cab, he realises what Vincent's errands involve: he's a contract killer in town to make five hits, and Max is trapped as his driver.
Dis/Connected BBC3, 9pm Sharp, pacy and well-observed, a new drama following the complicated lives of a group of disconnected teenagers from very different backgrounds who are thrown together after the suicide of a mutual friend, Jenny Summers. This life-changing experience bonds them all and forces them to examine who they really are. The teenagers are: Sophie, who dropped Jenny when she got in with the in-crowd; Anthony, the kid from the wrong side of the tracks who called the ambulance that fateful night; Ben, Jenny's ex who cheated on her twice; Emily, who was too busy partying to bother with Jenny and her moods; Paula, the mysterious beauty with something to hide; and Josh, a geek who has his own personal tragedy to deal with.
Radio Composer of the Week: Manuel De Falla Radio 3, noon Donald Macleod traces the life of the Spanish composer from his Andalusian beginnings to his final days in Argentina. Throughout the week we will hear not just his famously dramatic pieces, such as Ritual Fire Dance and Three-Cornered Hat, but also works influenced by his mentors, Debussy, Ravel and Dukas. And on Radio 4 at 3.30pm, every woman's favourite old roué, Leslie Phillips, reads the first of five instalments of W M W Fowler's Countryman's Cooking. Today: of Pigeon and Pastry.
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