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Live Uefa Euro 2024
4.30pm, BBC One & 7pm, ITV1
The last of the round-of-16 matches, with the surprise winners of the toughest group, Austria, in action this evening in Leipzig (kick-off 8pm). They will be going up against Turkey, whom Austria hammered 6-1 in March. Earlier, Romania play Netherlands in the 5pm kick-off in Munich.
Bake Off: The Professionals
8pm, Channel 4
It’s the quarter-final, and the five remaining teams take on Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin’s secret challenge to create a plated dessert that celebrates the use of caramel. For their second challenge, the teams have five hours to create a display of frozen lollipops presented within a delicate sugar sculpture, inspired by a winter wonderland theme. As always, Liam Charles and Ellie Taylor watch from the sidelines.
The Yorkshire Vet
8pm, Channel 5
Another busy caseload in God’s own county as Peter Wright has an equipment malfunction and Julian Norton performs emergency surgery on a poorly spaniel suspected of eating a family-sized tub of chocolates. Matt Smith (no, not that Matt Smith), meanwhile, searches for a way to extract two snakes from the water cooler bottle inside which they are stuck.
Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life
9pm, Channel 4
Two more astonishing stories from the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Professor Asif Chaudry attempts to remove a tumour between 74-year-old Matthew’s oesophagus and stomach, while surgical oncologist Myles Smith tackles 30-year-old Lauren’s myxoid-liposarcoma, a tumour in her groin which has been causing her problems since the age of eight.
The Baby Scandal that Shocked the World
9pm, Channel 5
A twisty adoption saga from the turn of the millennium and the early days of the internet – and already the subject of a 2022 docuseries, Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal. It tells of the internet adoptions of the same twin babies by separate families on two different continents, and the transatlantic custody battle and media storm that ensued.
Peacock
9pm, BBC Three
The final double bill of this gym-based workplace sitcom from some of the talent behind People Just Do Nothing. Andy Peacock (PJDN’s Allan Mustafa) is diagnosed with low testosterone, Kara endorses a pre-workout that has unfortunate side effects and Jonathan and Eunice begin a steamy affair.