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Teenage Superstars.
Teenage Superstars. Photograph: Year Zero Filmmaking
Teenage Superstars. Photograph: Year Zero Filmmaking

TV tonight: the story behind the golden age of Scottish indie

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From Primal Scream to The Jesus and Mary Chain, a new documentary explores the Scottish indie scene. Plus: The Masked Singer continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

Teenage Superstars

9pm, Sky Arts

Grant McPhee brings this joyous doc telling the story of the golden
age of Scottish indie, from 1982 to 1992, featuring contributions from
some of its most well-known proponents including members of the Jesus
and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and BMX Bandits (pictured). Following on
from McPhee’s Big Gold Dream, which charted the country’s post-punk
scene, it shows how Scots bands gained fame with a concurrent US
vanguard, helped by the formative Creation Records label, before
giving way to the juggernaut of Britpop in the 90s. Ammar Kalia

The Masked Singer

7pm, ITV

The mesmeric karaoke contest has whittled its 12 celebs in
freaky-deaky costumes down to a more manageable eight, so they all get
a chance to perform tonight. If you doubt the show’s hypnotic power,
just try not to join in with the repeated chant of “Take it off!” when
ejection time arrives. Graeme Virtue

Casualty
7.45pm, BBC One

News of Fenisha’s pregnancy is spreading around the department, even
though she’s not ready to tell anyone about it yet. But this is
overshadowed by a classic Casualty stunt when Dylan races to save
Faith after an ambulance crash leaves her trapped and lives hanging in
the balance. Hannah Verdier

Spiral

9pm, BBC Four

The final series of the moody Parisian crime saga continues with
another double bill, as Laure confronts recently banged-up cop Gilou
about helping his prison pal Cisco and his gang to arm themselves.
Meanwhile, Ali makes a discovery about the gangster’s son, and
Josephine is, once again, emotional. Hannah J Davies

Queen Victoria: Love, Lust & Leadership

9.30pm, Channel 5

Miriam Margoyles narrates this two-part series aiming to debunk the
image of Queen Victoria as a staid, steadfast monarch. We open with
her wedding to Prince Albert and the juggling of her roles as mother,
monarch and wife, which ultimately placed a strain on her
relationship. AK

Paul Sinha’s TV Showdown

10pm, ITV

Paul Sinha adds to our current glut of lockdown gameshows with this
meta exploration of TV history, via one of its most enduring formats.
Team captains Faye Ripley and Rob Beckett go head to head, answering
queries on everything from kids’ TV theme tunes to soap storylines and
reality TV dramas. AK

Film choice

I Used To Go Here. Photograph: PR

I Used to Go Here, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
The always watchable Gillian Jacobs stars in Kris Rey’s engaging
comedy-drama as a thirtysomething writer in a bit of funk. She returns
to her old college for a reading and then falls in with a bunch of
students. Was this where she was happiest? So why not stay? Life
lessons are lightly applied. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Cricket: Sri Lanka v England, 6am, Sky Sports Cricket. Second day of the second Test

FA Cup Football: Southampton or Shrewsbury v Arsenal, 12.15pm, BT Sport 1. Tie undecided at time of press

FA Cup Football: Sheffield United v Plymouth Argyll, 3pm, BBC iPlayer. West Ham v Doncaster Rovers is also at 3pm, with Cheltenham v Man City
at 5.20pm on BBC One

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