Starstruck
10pm, BBC Three
It’s New Year’s Eve and Tom is throwing a star-studded party – the kind where, when Jessie says she works in a cinema, the other guests assume she means in the film industry. Tom’s incredibly drunk and unbearable brother is also there and, inevitably, causes problems. Hollie Richardson
Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War
9pm, BBC Two
This three-part series continues to drill down into the psychology of the dictators involved in the second world war. Tonight, the horrors of the eastern front are assessed via the feverish minds of Hitler and Stalin. By 1942, Hitler had appointed himself commander-in-chief. Meanwhile, Stalin was preoccupied with the popularity of General Georgy Zhukov. Phil Harrison
Jobfished
9pm, BBC Three
Did working from home during the pandemic enable a great job scam? In this gripping documentary, Catrin Nye speaks to the work-hungry people who claim they were recruited by a flashy ad agency, only to find out months later that it wasn’t what it claimed to be – and that its co-founder didn’t exist. HR
Couples Therapy
10pm, BBC Two
An elusive, frustrating session with Dr Orna Guralnik, full of relationships in which the couple concerned can’t identify the exact issue that is causing them problems. It’s still compelling, however, especially when Orna steps in and makes a firm intervention, as she does with Elaine, a woman who feels her husband doesn’t prioritise her needs. Jack Seale
Moors Murders: The Witness
9pm, Channel 4
Is there anything more to be said about two of history’s most notorious serial killers? The makers of this three-part documentary about Ian Brady and Myra Hindley think so, offering analysis of previously unseen prison letters that began after Hindley’s brother-in-law, David Smith, reported the pair to the police the morning after they murdered Edward Evans. Tonally, it is often uncomfortable to watch. HR
Euphoria
10.05pm, Sky Atlantic
It’s nice when Euphoria remembers that it’s a show about school. Tonight, it’s a term-time staple: the school play. Lexi has taken time-honoured advice and written what she knows, but how will her classmates react? It’s an ambitious, exhilarating hour – with a show-stopping musical number – and a lovely turn in the spotlight for the often-overlooked Lexi. Henry Wong
Film choice
The Neon Bible (Terence Davies, 1995), 2.05am, Film4
A rare chance to see one of Terence Davies’s less celebrated films – but any of his films would be worthy of your time. He turns his poetic, image-led focus on to the lives of children in 1940s America with an adaptation of the novel by John Kennedy Toole. It follows David (Jacob Tierney), whose harsh life in rural Georgia – the Bible belt, where religion wields constrictive power – is brightened by his Aunt Mae. Gena Rowlands is vibrant as the has-been singer with a rebellious streak. Simon Wardell
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