The Met 9pm, BBC One While the Metropolitan police’s recent difficulties are acknowledged in the introduction, allegations of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia aren’t foregrounded in this series opener. Instead it feels, initially at least, like smart reputation management. The detectives we meet are responding to the stabbing of a teenager, investigating a sex trafficking ring and dealing with firework-throwing kids. Hopefully, subsequent episodes will dig deeper. Phil Harrison The Great British Bake Off 8pm, Channel 4 Mustn’t crumble … stress levels in the tent are peaking in pastry week because, with no elimination last time, two contestants face the chop. At least the pie-based tasks offer plenty of scope for personal flair, though the bakers may struggle to get through a taxing puff pastry technical. Graeme Virtue After Chaos 8.35pm, PBS America The second of two fascinating films about post-second world war urban reconstructions looks at Warsaw, detailing the utter devastation wreaked by the Nazis – and then the halting but determined effort to blend restoration with innovation to create a city that was …

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