Whats on TV tonight: Anthony Head joins Mitchell and Webb in a new episode of Back – iNews

Pick of the day: Back

10pm, Channel 4

Anthony Head rocks up at The John Barleycorn playing an ageing hedonistic dude whos long been away seeing the world and is known locally as Charismatic Mike or, as Geoff puts it: Its what you get if you splice Jesus with Clarkson. Charismatic Mike (not to be confused with uncharismatic barman Mike) holds court in the pub, to the annoyance of Andrew (Robert Webb) and the dismay of Stephen (David Mitchell), when it transpires that Mike slept with Stephens mum, Ellen. There are three potential dads, Stephen muses when its also suggested that a certain Crazy Pete might also be the father. Just like Mama Mia!.

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7pm, BBC Two

Ian Hislop joins in a debate about the developments in English due to texting and Twitter, which has led to a stand-off between grammar sticklers and language radicals. The classicist also talks to Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart and musician Evelyn Glennie, who is deaf and communicates using touch and vibrations. Beard asks how her life has changed at a time when everyone is communicating through cold, hard screens.

8pm, Channel 4

On the other end of the spectrum to Grand Designs, George Clarke now meets Tim, who plans to make a barn out of discarded windows and old driftwood so that he can get a view of the nearby River Severn (currently blocked by a no doubt necessary flood bank) and novice builder Mandy, who is creating a retirement home in a minivan.

9pm, BBC One

Steve Edge (Benidorm, Phoenix Nights) perhaps had something more glamorous in mind when he signed up to guest in the Caribbean murder-mystery series perhaps playing the owner of a luxury villa or beachside rum shack instead of being stuck in a hospital bed next to Ralf Littles DI Neville Parker. Neville has been hospitalised with an infected sandfly bite after playing volleyball, and the nurse looking after him is found slumped over her desk. Suicide? Not on this show.

9pm, ITV

Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace better known to The Chase fans as the Governess, the Beast and the Dark Destroyer continue their investigation into different types of intelligence by going head-to-head with child geniuses in the UK. Along the way, they delve deeper into IQ the forthright Hegerty no fan of the tests (My father had an IQ of 161 and he was an idiot) find out about the link between emotional intelligence and creativity, and learn what sleep can reveal about intelligence.

9pm, Sky One

Harry Vanderspeegle is a small-town Colorado doctor except hes really an alien crash-landed on Earth and doing his best to fit in. Harrys no benign ET, however, quite happy to kill anyone who can discern his true identity. This lightly satisfying comic-based black comedy, a sort of Fargo meets Third Rock From The Sun, also finds Harry embroiled in a murder mystery his fish-out-water literal-mindedness fuelling much of the humour, while Alan Tudyk gives an attractive performance as an alien discovering some humanity.

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