The Graham Norton Show
10.40pm, BBC One
He’s already had Taylor Swift and Julia Roberts – setting a super high bar in the last couple of weeks. But Graham Norton rises to the challenge with Bruce Springsteen on the sofa alongside the man who’s playing him in the new biopic, Jeremy Allen White. They’ll also be joined by Jennifer Lawrence, who stars in psychological drama Die My Love, and Tessa Thompson, who leads a reimagining of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Florence + the Machine are on live music duties. Hollie Richardson
Gardeners’ World
8pm, BBC Two
While most of us are savouring the browns, reds and golds of autumn, keen gardeners are already preparing for the seasons ahead. The forward-thinking advice in this episode includes Carol Klein’s planting tips to ensure some colour even once temperatures plummet, and Monty Don on selecting the right bulbs for a spring surprise. Graeme Virtue
Borderline
9pm, ITV1
A second two-part mystery begins in this Irish crime drama built on a pleasing chalk-and-cheese cop duo. A cross-border human trafficking case once again obliges sensitive Northern Irish cop DI Boyd (Eoin Macken) to team up with DI Regan (Amy De Bhrún), a leather-jacketed wrecking ball from the Republic, on an investigation where the politics of immigration are key. Jack Seale
Britain’s Most Scenic Counties: Cheshire
9pm, Channel 5
A celebration of Cheshire begins with an appreciation of the north-west county’s heritage, both bucolic and industrial. Near Chester is a horse sanctuary that looks after animals that have always enjoyed the area’s ancient woods and gentle hills. In Crewe, a museum near the town’s famous railway station has an epic restoration project. JS
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)
9.30pm, BBC One
In real life, comedians are facing a backlash for performing at a Saudi Arabian comedy festival in Riyadh. In Alan’s world, he is happily broadcasting the Saudi Radio breakfast show with “bright morning vibes” and “government sanctioned messaging” from a Norwich business park. It’s in this solo studio that he ponders: do we need other people? HR
The Last Leg
10pm, Channel 4
A 33rd series of the satirical magazine show, if you can believe it. Comedians Frank Skinner and Stevie Martin are the first guests and, boy, there is a lot for Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker to catch up on after a summer off. HR
Film Choices
The Substance, Paramount+
Demi Moore in The Substance. Photograph: Christine Tamalet/AP
Coralie Fargeat’s no-holds-barred satire about the tyranny of female beauty standards – and the perceived horrors of ageing – features an inspired bit of casting in Demi Moore, who plays a role with echoes of her own career. More than holding her own amid a splurge of wince-inducing makeup effects, Moore is Elisabeth, a 50-year-old film star reduced to doing an aerobics show on TV. Edged out by her slimy boss, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), she seeks to prolong her relevance by undergoing a mysterious – and very gruesome – procedure called the Substance. This spawns a younger clone, Sue (Margaret Qualley), and an increasingly vampiric relationship between the two. Simon Wardell
Black Bag, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
This week’s second offering from Steven Soderbergh is a spy mystery as tight as the polo necks Michael Fassbender’s British agent George wears. He is tasked by his boss with uncovering a traitor in their midst from five suspects – one of whom is his own wife, Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). Both actors are masters of deadpan cool, so a delicious psychological game of truth or lie unfolds. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela join in the intelligent intelligence fun as the other potential moles. SW
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