The article previews the evening’s television, highlighting Eva Longoria’s stylish but indulgent culinary tour of France. Beginning in Paris, she samples inventive food, meets Alain Ducasse and embraces the generous use of butter, while the review suggests her enthusiasm compensates for the programme’s sometimes thin content.

Other recommendations include a pottery competition’s raku animal-sculpture challenge, the latest episode of The Split: Barcelona, and a documentary exploring conservation efforts in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Drama continues in a murder investigation involving a teenage figure skater, while reality show Apocalypse delivers deliberately cheesy post-apocalyptic conflict; live sport includes England v Sri Lanka cricket and Women’s Super League football.