TV tonight: a spicy, funny cold war Killing Eve prequel

This Berlin-set origin story stars Ann Skelly and Rory Kinnear. Plus: the clever, creepy mystery of Yaga takes another turn. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC One If you ever wondered how Fiona Shaw’s Killing Eve MI6 oddball Carolyn Martens got so eccentric, you’re in luck. This drama, set in East Berlin in 1982, is her origin story: Martha/Carolyn (Ann Skelly) is a bored junior spy when Rory Kinnear’s agent Graham Anderson gives her an assignment that leads her into a menage a trois with a CIA operative and a Stasi officer. It doesn’t quite manage the irreverent mischief of prime Killing Eve but it’s still spicy fun. Phil Harrison

6.25pm, BBC One With Bethany gone and as we gear up for Blackpool, which of the remaining couples will end up in the dance-off? Smart money is on Dani Dyer and/or Will Best. Bonus: we no longer have to sit through the judges mispronouncing Jowita’s name. Priya Elan

8pm, Channel 4 Rhys Jones (for it is he) schleps from France to Slovenia via the mighty mountain range, exploring its influence on history, war and trade en route. This time, he’s reached the Dolomites, where he scales the Grand Cir and floors a Lotus along the Sella Pass. Plus, an encounter with local wolves and bears – oh my! Ali Catterall

9pm, Channel 4 It’s the last two episodes of the Australian medical drama starring Anna Friel, where a group of interns are plunged into the sink-or-swim situation that is life in an underfunded hospital. Young medics Jimmy and Ellie are put on a night shift together – and forced to confront their feelings. Alexi Duggins

9pm, Sky Atlantic Who is Baba Yaga? As Carrie-Anne Moss’s Katherine says, different versions of this eldritch enchantress exist everywhere. But might she be this island’s incarnation? As Rapp and Carson continue their investigations, they start to wonder where they’re being led. A clever, creepy mystery that delights in keeping us guessing. PH

9pm, U&Alibi More unsettling crime drama abounds in the fourth series of this Navajo Nation-set detective show. Our tribal police leads, Leaphorn (Reservation Dogs’ excellent Zahn McLarnon) and Chee, assist the FBI with their investigation in this fifth episode, in exchange for information. AD

Jessica Chastain has a good ol’ time as a Stetson-wearing, gun-toting wrecking ball in Shana Feste’s rollicking Nashville mystery drama. Her has-been singing star, Misty Jones, reluctantly returns to the home of country when her up-and-coming niece Charlie goes missing. Impressively fierce with a no-BS attitude, Misty rubs music industry bigwigs and the cops up the wrong way as she investigates a town stacked with secrets. Despite a list of suspects oddly reminiscent of Scooby-Doo, plus some rather on-the-nose songs, Chastain as the pesky Millie pulls it off. Simon Wardell

Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985), 9pm, BBC Four Akira Kurosawa’s energetic version of King Lear finds fruitful soil in Japan’s violent feudal past. Tatsuya Nakadai plays the ageing warlord Hidetora, who decides to abdicate in favour of the eldest of his three adult sons – but presumes he can retain his status. This sets off a fight for power with the second in line, while Hidetora loses his reason. Amid mist-wrapped mountains and black, volcanic earth, colour-coded armies sweep through a series of epic battle scenes – and in Mieko Harada’s manipulative Lady Kaede, we get a villain the Bard would have been proud to call his own. SW

Nations Championship Rugby: Italy v Argentina, 11am, ITV1 Wales v New Zealand is at 1.40pm, then England v Japan at 4.30pm and Ireland v Fiji at 7.30pm.

Women’s Super League Football: Chelsea v Man City, 1.15pm, BBC One Erin Cuthbert captains the home side in a top-of-the-table clash. Arsenal v London City is on Sun at 4.15pm on Sky One.

Uefa Nations League Football: Norway v Wales, 4.45pm, BBC Two Followed by Northern Ireland v Ukraine at 7.15pm.

One-Day International Cricket: Australia v England, 3am, TNT Sports 1 The second ODI at Adelaide Oval.