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TV tonight: the stolen Boston art treasures that ended up in Dublin

The Billion Dollar Art Hunt

9pm, BBC Four

Reported to be one of the largest art heists in history, in the early hours of 18 March 1990, $1bn-worth of paintings were stolen from the walls of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, including a Rembrandt and a Vermeer. Then, 29 years later, the journalist John Wilson received a tipoff that the works were about to be recovered – not in Boston, as the FBI had assumed, but in west Dublin. This documentary recounts Wilson’s investigative journey into the hidden economy, as well as the work of his source, Charley Hill. Ammar Kalia

Ghosts

8.30pm, BBC One

It is the penultimate episode of this enjoyable comedy and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) is spending his first night alone in the house with the ghosts while Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) takes an evening off to go out with friends. Uninvited guests soon disrupt his plans, though, leading the ghosts to try to sound the alarm. AK

In the Face of Terror

9pm, BBC Two

An examination of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, which were livestreamed by the perpetrator. As well as the attack’s effect on the Muslim community, there is analysis of how the crime was influenced by far-right memes. We meet experts and activists who are fighting back online. Jack Seale

The Million Pound Cube

9pm, ITV

Phillip Schofield presents this task-oriented gameshow, taking place inside the mystery Cube, where “everything is harder” – either because of the glare of the studio lights or perhaps because of a limited oxygen supply? With a £1m prize at stake, tonight’s sibling contestants have their work cut out. AK

Lovecraft Country

9pm, Sky Atlantic

Tic (Jonathan Majors), Leti (Jurnee Smollett) and pals prepare for a final showdown in a series that has been a wild, gorgeously upholstered ride through black history genre conventions. There’s still no word on whether it will be renewed, however. Time to offer a blood sacrifice to your preferred cosmic entity. Ellen E Jones

Adult Material

10pm, Channel 4

The dark drama continues with Jolene (Hayley Squires) now a world away from the adult film industry and suffering financially without the work. With her court case looming, fallen MP Stella Maitland (Kerry Godliman) offers to defend her, while the pair seek out some lost footage that may help. Hannah Verdier

Film choice

The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955), 4.55pm, Film4

An exceptionally black Ealing comedy, with Alec Guinness as the sinister Prof Marcus, a master crook who is lodging at sweet old Katie Johnson’s house. When his gang – including Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom – swipe £60,000 in a raid, they decide the old girl has to go. But they stand no chance. Paul Howlett

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