Here are the picks of tonight's TV...
Fugitives (BBC1, 8pm)
IN the last days of 2014, a young woman was found dead in a hotel in Cardiff. Nadine Aburas had been in a stormy, long-distance relationship with New Yorker Sammy Almahri for almost two years and he had flown to the UK to visit her. After an argument over dinner, the pair went back to Almahri’s room. It was the last time Nadine was seen alive, and hours later Almahri was driving to Heathrow Airport. The murderer was now a fugitive, but where was he heading? The officers look for answers.
The Secret Teacher (C4, 9pm)
AFTER becoming pregnant at 16, Kate Stewart left school without any qualifications. However, she defied expectations by making her first million aged 23 with a string of tanning shops and beauty salons, before owning Liverpool’s Heritage Market and recently The Sandon pub in Anfield. In tonight’s second programme, the self-made millionaire and mother-of-four leaves her property empire behind to go and work at a school in a deprived area of Sheffield. School head Mrs Simcock says: “If you can work at Parkwood, you can work anywhere.” When a fight breaks out, Kate is forced to confront the realities of daily life in the school. Her attention is caught by 15-year-old Zain, whose disregard for the rules has brought him close to expulsion. Will Zain’s entrepreneurial efforts at the school fundraiser be enough to impress Kate? Meanwhile, Molly, who has a poor attendance record, also catches Kate’s eye, but can she persuade her to engage with school?
Ross Kemp Living with Online Gambling Addiction (STV, 7.30pm)
THE actor meets some of Britain’s problem online gamblers, including those who live with the shame of stealing from loved ones to pay for their habit, while others cannot afford to buy their children birthday presents because they’ve gambled their money away.
Fake or Fortune? (BBC1, 9pm)
FIONA Bruce and Philip Mould investigate the provenance of a painting with a Venetian view, trying to ascertain whether it is the work of Francesco Guardi or Michele Marieschi. If it is a Marieschi it could be worth £0.5 million, if it’s a Guardi it could be worth up to £10m.
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