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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol

9 p.m., Sky Max

The zombie franchise that refuses to die continues with a second season of this spin-off set in France. Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride) fight to find an old friend – but does he want to be saved? Meanwhile, Marion Genet’s (Anne Charrier) movement is gaining momentum in the fight for the future of France. Holly Richardson

Gardener’s World

8pm, BBC Two

It’s fall, so Monty Don is harvesting pumpkins and getting good value on perennials. Fascinating sections that extend beyond Don’s herbaceous confines include Rachel de Thame learning how plants communicate with each other (not via gorse code, unfortunately). Graeme Virtue

Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel superstar

9pm, BBC Two

“It’s not Chanel No. 5, that’s for sure.” That’s the wicked line from Joan Collins about Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion perfume – a scent as intense as her life and the one in this beautiful one produced by Kim Kardashian series is explored. Episode two begins with the death of Taylor’s husband Mike Todd in a plane crash. Human Resources

The cleaner

9.30pm, BBC One

The cameo-packed sitcom is back, and it’s typical of Greg Davies’ crime scene cleaner creation Wicky to seethe with envy over the seemingly “perfect life” of someone coping with a gruesome death at home. But that’s the situation when Wicky meets a new customer who turns out to be an old school friend. Ellen E. Jones

Guy Garvey: From the vaults

10pm, Sky Arts

The Elbow frontman’s musical retrospective ends with a journey through the sonic oeuvre of 1988. Archive performances come from The Fall, The Wedding Present, Everything But the Girl and Pop Will Eat Itself. Also the Primitives – whose only big hit “Crash” is still catchy more than 30 years later. Alexi Duggins

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm, BBC One

Hugh Grant leads Norton’s cast to discuss playing the villain in new horror film Heretic. He will be joined by the star of the black comedy A Different Man, Sebastian Stan, comedian Greg Davies and singer Neneh Cherry. Human Resources

Film selection

Challengers (Luca Guadagnino, 2024), Friday, Prime Video
Luca Guadagnino’s love triangle drama, set on and around the tennis court, teases and captivates (the game itself has rarely been filmed so creatively), but never quite reaches the crucial point. Zendaya plays the woman in the middle, Tashi, a former player who coaches her husband Art (Mike Faist) to Grand Slam success. Art’s former best pal Patrick (Josh O’Connor, the most convincing of the three) is more talented but less focused. A Challenger Tournament match offers all three a chance to revisit old entanglements and resolve long-held animosities. A strong, brass colored yarn. Simon Wardell

The Color Purple (Blitz Bazawule, 2024), 11.30am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
A film adaptation of the book’s stage musical, Alice Walker’s novel has come a long way but remains a landmark in early 20th century African American fiction. In the new version of “Blitz Bazawule,” Fantasia Barrino brings her A-game as Georgia girl Celie is sexually abused by her father, resulting in two children, and then married to a man who cheats on her. Taraji P Henson and Danielle Brooks have more fire in their bellies – and eye-popping numbers – than the friends who try to support them. SW