TV tonight: Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker’s wild joyride heist drama

Frauds

9pm, ITV1

Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker have Thelma and Louise energy in this joyride of a crime drama. Jones (who co-created the series with Anne-Marie O’Connor) plays Bert, a con artist fresh out of the slammer in southern Spain on compassionate grounds after a cancer diagnosis. She reunites with her best mate and seemingly reluctant former partner-in-crime Sam (Jodie Whittaker). Bert wants to pull off one last heist – will Sam make her final wish come true? Hollie Richardson

Educating Yorkshire

8pm, Channel 4

This follow-up trip to Thornhill community academy has highlighted the pressures on teenagers today, even featuring a motivational cameo from series one’s breakout star Musharaf. But what about the challenges facing the teachers? This week sees Mr Burton – Mushy’s mentor, now Thornhill’s head – look back at 20 years on the job. Hannah J Davies

South Asian Music at the BBC

8pm, BBC Four

It’s now 60 years since the BBC started broadcasting programmes tailored for a south Asian audience. To celebrate this cultural richness, DJ Bobby Friction presents a timely musical tour, beginning with the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ravi Shankar, and passing through Asian Dub Foundation and Apache Indian. Phil Harrison

Rob Brydon’s Honky Tonk Road Trip

9pm, BBC Two

This new three-parter sees the comic actor exploring the century-old history of country music by driving a hefty truck around the American south. He begins in Nashville, Tennessee, to hear from relocated UK singer Twinnie, crossover behemoth Luke Combs and tailor-to-the-stars Manuel Cuevas (AKA the “Rhinestone Rembrandt”). Graeme Virtue

Blackmailed: The Sextortion Killers

9pm, BBC Three

In January 2024, 16-year-old Evan Boettler took his own life after being blackmailed by an online scammer. “I hope I see you in heaven,” read a final text to his parents. In this deeply upsetting film, reporter Tir Dhondy explores the widespread, devastating impact of “sextortion”, its links to vast Nigerian “hustle kingdoms”, and interviews the unrepentant cybercriminals themselves. Ali Catterall

Murder in Paradise: The Byron Bay Killings

10.25pm, Channel 4

The numbers revealed in this documentary are startling. Beginning with cases in the late 1970s, there are 67 young women whose disappearances on the east coast of Australia near Byron Bay have never been solved. Could some of them be victims of the notorious serial killer Ivan Milat, AKA the Backpacker Murderer? Jack Seale

Live sport

Premier League Football: Newcastle v Nottingham Forest, 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event Brentford v Man City is at 4.25pm.