TV tonight: fun new dating show Muslim Matchmaker
Hoda and Yasmin help US Muslims navigate the path to true love. Plus: a tender film about a throuple having a baby. Here’s what to watch this evening
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Muslim Matchmaker
10pm, BBC Three
“Wait, did my mom send you?” Muslim singletons across the US are set up by lively match-making duo Hoda and Yasmin in this fun, eye-opening dating show that first aired over there last year. First up in the opening double-bill is 30-year-old Mariam in Houston, who has been engaged three times but won’t settle until she finds the perfect potential husband – which includes him being an 80s music lover. Hollie Richardson
Sort Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon
8pm, BBC One
If Stace can’t help you mend your hoarding ways, no one can. This week, it’s a Milton Keynes family of seven who live in a three-bed house, and need to lose at least 50% of their possessions, as well as drastically reduce the 106 Ikea storage cubes cluttering every room. It’s as warm, touching and inspirational as ever. Alexi Duggins
The Dog House
8pm, Channel 4
More heart-melting canine-human matchmaking from Woodgreen. This time, the Davies family are faced with an impossible choice as Moana the labrador and Buffy the german shepherd vie for their affections. Elsewhere, a pomeranian stray with a patchy adoption history gets another chance to find a family. Phil Harrison
The Yorkshire Vet
8pm, Channel 5
A distressed child and her injured pony are the focus of this latest episode of the rural documentary series, as Peter Wright attempts some difficult alfresco surgery. In another incident of almost gratuitous cuteness, Julian Norton visits a therapy sheep whose wool is falling out. PH
Spymasters: The Great Spy Writers
9pm, Sky Arts
A thoughtful four-parter that looks at the deep connections between spy fiction and spy fact. A raft of intelligence historians cite the Old Testament, the Tudor era and Rudyard Kipling’s Kim as Year Zero for modern spy narratives. In the post-truth era, it will leave you shaken and stirred. Priya Elan
Storyville: Three Dads and a Baby
10pm, BBC Four
This tender film embeds with stubbly Norwegian throuple Kris, Sindre and David as they support each other during an atypical pregnancy journey. The fact that Kris can still potentially give birth is a minor miracle; they transitioned at a time when Norway required anyone undergoing gender-affirming surgery to be sterilised. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963), 2.50pm, Film4
The kind of thing you always hope to see when flicking through the Easter holiday TV schedules. Don Chaffey’s 1963 adventure is family film at its finest. Plus, as it’s based on ancient Greek epic The Argonautica, it may also serve as a warm-up for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming take on the Odyssey. However, even A-listers Zendaya and Robert Pattinson cannot hope to compete with the legendary creatures conjured by Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion animation – from the seven skeleton warriors to the many-headed Hydra. Ellen E Jones
Live sport
World Cup football: 7.15pm, BBC Three, 7.30pm, BBC Two The playoff finals for the summer’s tournament.
International football, England v Japan: 7pm, ITV1 Morgan Rogers is in the England team for the final friendly before the World Cup squad is announced. Ivory Coast v Scotland is on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer at 7.15pm.

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