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TV tonight: the eerie return of The Twilight Zone

TV tonight: the eerie return of The Twilight Zone. Jordan Peele remakes the classic horror show. Plus: Lucy Worsley breaks the silence on some very Royal liars. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Twilight Zone
9pm, Syfy

Jordan Peele reboots the classic 1950s anthology horror show with a modern, political twist, starring the likes of Chris O’Dowd, Seth Rogen and Greg Kinnear in tales of uncanny occurrences. The opening tale sees Parks and Recreation’s Adam Scott playing a journalist on a flight while listening to a crime podcast. So far, so mundane, but when the podcast begins describing a doomed plane eerily like the one Scott is sitting on, he has to take matters into his own hands to try to save those on board. Ammar Kalia

Back in Time for the Corner Shop
8pm, BBC Two

The Ardern family take their turn donning historical clothes, travelling through a century with that typically British staple: the corner shop. Beginning in the Victorian era, they have to deliver their handmade goods by horse and cart and adhere to strict gender divides. AK

Crazy Delicious

8pm, Channel 4

It’s the last episode of this hallucinatory cooking competition and tonight our three amateur chefs are tasked with putting a new spin on that well-worn comfort classic: the cheese toastie, as well as reinventing the mushroom. Rooting around the edible set, our contestants pull together questionable results like spam rice sandwiches and arancini drumsticks. AK

In the Age of AI
8.40pm, PBS America

Will AI steal our jobs? It’s a matter of “when” not “if”, according to this terrifying tech documentary. Certainly, a future in which Chinese data replaces Saudi oil as the world’s primary wealth source isn’t far off, but what role will the US also have to play? It’s not paranoia if the robots really are out to get you. Ellen E Jones

Royal History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley
9pm BBC Four

Worsley dismantles the myths around the Spanish Armada, explaining how Drake playing bowls, Elizabeth I’s “heart and stomach” speech, and the standard story about the result of the conflict are all bunk. Nationalist fake news is, it seems, an old problem. Jack Seale

The Windsors
10pm, Channel 4

The royal satire is back for a third season, and the truth seems to be increasingly merging with fiction. Prince Charles (Harry Enfield) proposes a strike in protest at the meagre rise in the sovereign grant, while Harry and Meghan propose a move to North America to escape the tabloids. A laugh-heavy response to The Crown. AK

Film choice

Only Lovers Left Alive, 12.45am, AMC

Indie maestro Jim Jarmusch’s addition to the vampire genre is an ineffably languid exercise in sex’n’ blood’n’rock’n’roll. Tom Hiddleston is Adam, a reclusive rocker in Detroit, and Tilda Swinton is his lover Eve, the pair actually being centuries-old vampires whose world is set to collapse. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Cycling: Tour of UAE 10.45am, Eurosport 1. Stage three coverage.

Champions League Football: Chelsea v Bayern Munich 7pm, BT Sport 2. Round-of-16 first-leg tie from Stamford Bridge.

Championship Football: Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The promotion chasers face off at Cardiff City Stadium.