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Top Gear presenters Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris.
Top Gear presenters Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris. Photograph: Lee Brimble/BBC Studios
Top Gear presenters Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris. Photograph: Lee Brimble/BBC Studios

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Andrew Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness join Chris Harris for a new incarnation of the motoring show. Plus it’s a Good Morning Britain grudge match in this year’s Soccer Aid. Here’s the evening’s best TV

Top Gear

8pm, BBC Two

Petrolhead presenter Chris Harris, cricketer Freddie Flintoff and dating show host Paddy McGuinness present a new incarnation of the motoring show. They begin with a jaunt to Ethiopia, where they test cars’ resistance to the searing heat. Back at the track, Harris puts the Ferrari 488 Pista and McLaren 600LT through their paces. Mike Bradley

Soccer Aid for Unicef 2019

6.30pm, ITV

As well as raising money for charity, this annual footie fixture often serves as a proxy war between celebs. This year’s clash at Stamford Bridge feels like a Good Morning Britain grudge match, with Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan serving as assistant managers to the star-studded England and World XIs respectively. Graeme Virtue

A risky mission ... June/Offred (Elisabeth Moss) in the Handmaid’s Tale. Photograph: Elly Dassas/Hulu

The Handmaid’s Tale

9pm, Channel 4

Pay no attention to critics who tell you that Bruce Miller’s dystopian drama has run out of ideas. This week’s thrilling episode is testament to the unlimited potential of the show as June helps the Marthas with a risky mission, Aunt Lydia reverts to type and Commander Lawrence blows a fuse. MB

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019

9pm, BBC Four

Twenty of the world’s most gifted classical singers, from 15 countries, launch their campaigns for a place in the final, aided by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Ewa Strusińska and the Welsh National Opera Orchestra under Ariane Matiakh. Continues Thursday, with the song prize final. MB

What We Do in the Shadows

9.45pm, BBC Two

The vampire comedy concludes in rude health. Its last double bill kicks off with the gang staging an orgy, which prompts Laszlo (Matt Berry) to screen his pornographic acting career; then the finale has as many gags as ever, but the highlight might be how Nandor (Kayvan Novak) says “goad”. Jack Seale

Film choice

Scarlett Johansson in Hail, Caesar! Photograph: Allstar/WORKING TITLE FILMS

Hail, Caesar! 9pm, Film4

George Clooney is a fictive 50s movie star who is kidnapped while shooting a biblical epic. But this is just one of the problems facing Josh Brolin’s studio PR Eddie Mannix: Scarlett Johansson’s pregnant starlet and Ralph Fiennes’s snooty director are acting up, too, in the Coens’ homage to Tinseltown. Paul Howlett

Sport choice

World Cup Cricket: India v Pakistan, 10am, Sky Sports Cricket

Old Trafford hosts a group stage match between fierce rivals.

Women’s World Cup Football: USA v Chile, 4.45pm, BBC Two

Tournament favourites the USA play the first-time finalists.

Golf: US Open, 7pm, Sky Sports Golf

Final day’s play in the major.

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