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Rig 45: Murder at Sea

9pm, More4

The Swedish thriller continues to make good use of the self-contained environment of the oil rig to unspool its murder mystery. After the shocking events of season one, Petra faces prison. However, she claims fresh evidence can be obtained if she returns, in police custody, to the rig. This doesn’t go down well with the riggers – but a hard drive is discovered and Benthos Oil seems furtive in response. This series occasionally stretches plausibility, but it’s involving generic fare. Phil Harrison

Pandemic: The Flu That Killed 50 Million

3.50pm, PBS America

We certainly had it bad in 2020, but spare a thought for the population of the world in 1918 – reeling after four years of war and faced with a pandemic that claimed millions more lives. This fascinating – if gloomy – documentary tells the story of “the great influenza epidemic”, the misery it caused and the attempts to control it. PH

Millionaire Hoarders

8pm, Channel 4

Opening their palatial homes to the treasure hunters this week are a classic car fanatic, John, who hopes to fund his retirement, and Caroline, the owner of a West Country inn, who needs to make sense of her inheritance. Millionaire hoarders may be more fun than the regular kind, but they are no less reluctant to part with their possessions. Ellen E Jones

The Reunion

9pm, ITV

The mystery drama, set on the French Riviera and based on Guillaume Musso’s 2018 novel of the same name, continues. This week, a murder investigation is launched after Fanny’s patient dies – then it transpires that they had a terrible secret. PH

Richard Coyle as Reagan and Leah McNamara as Tara in Then You Run. The bodies are piling up as the season finale approaches. Photograph: Sky UK/Sky

Then You Run

9pm, Sky Max

It’s the penultimate episode of this fun thriller. With the number of dead bodies in their trail tallying up, Tara, Nessi and Stink end up on a ferry to Norway to find Tara’s mum – along with another passenger whom they definitely do not want to bump into. Hollie Richardson

The Power of Parker

9.30pm, BBC One

Sian Gibson’s boisterous Stockport dramedy set very specifically in 1990 continues. As if being abducted wasn’t bad enough, the debt-ridden retail magnate Martin (Conleth Hill) now faces an even scarier threat: volcanic toasties. Meanwhile, his wife, Diane (Rosie Cavaliero), and his lover, Kath (Gibson), pay for some cathartic partying. Graeme Virtue

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