TV tonight: Joe Lycett, comic and consumer champ, is back on the case

Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back
8pm, Channel 4

Joe Lycett returns for a second season of his consumer complaints show, taking to the internet and the streets to root out corporate injustice, ranging from council bin collections to unhygienic Uber Eats deliveries (a worrying prospect during lockdown). In tonight’s opening episode, he explains the story behind his name change last month, all in the aid of small businesses. Along for the ride are comic Katherine Ryan and his trusty assistant Mark Silcox. AK

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
7pm, Alibi

Essie Davis returns as the kitsch detective for this feature-length special, wielding her pearl-handled pistol and array of bonnets. Tonight, she rescues a Bedouin girl and the pair embark on an odyssey. The intrigue bubbles along at a satisfying pace. AK

The Graham Norton Show
9pm, BBC One

It is comforting to see that it’s business as usual for Norton’s chat juggernaut as he welcomes virtual guests to his sofa for the 27th series. The lovable presenter is filming at home and in this even more relaxed format, the stars will keep the stories coming over a few glasses of wine. HV

Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul
9pm, BBC Two

This faith-and-hiking series ends with the celebrities having successfully trekked from Serbia to the Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul on the Ottoman-era Sultans Trail. It’s an emotional final leg for Fatima Whitbread, whose parents are Turkish, although she has never been to the country. AK

Friday Night Dinner
10pm, Channel 4

The Goodmans arrive home to discover a bizarre apparition in pink. “Gibby” (Sally Phillips) was apparently once their au pair (though the boys can’t remember her at all), and has dropped in for a visit. Before long, Jim has fallen in love with her: can he liberate her after she locks herself in the loo? AJC

Limmy’s Homemade Show
11pm, BBC Scotland

Glaswegian Vine comic extraordinaire Brian Limond returns for a new series of his cult sketch show. Armed with a camera, a green screen and the streets of his city, Limmy delivers rapid-fire skits covering everything from parenthood to making a cup of tea. Above and beyond a laugh a minute. AK

Film choice

The Theory of Everything
10.15pm, ITV

The director James Marsh takes the troubled marriage of Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane, and contrasts it with the workings of the theoretical physicist’s mighty mind – and his quest for a theory of the universe. The result is a charming portrait of a man overcoming the limitations of motor neurone disease. Paul Howlett