One of the best crime thrillers ever is on TV tonight

It won five awards at the 1968 Oscars.

It revolves around a black Philadelphia police detective named Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) who is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town.

After being cleared of the killing, Tibbs is reluctantly asked by the town's police chief (Rod Steiger) to investigate the case.

Winning five Oscars upon release - including Best Picture, Best Actor for Steiger and Best Adapted Screenplay - In the Heat of the Night's blend of murder mystery and social commentary was highly influential, with its powerful story still resonating decades later.

In the Heat of the Night airs on BBC Two at 11pm.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - TG4 - 10pm

2004 surreal romantic drama, with Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson and Elijah Wood

Spider-Man: Far from Home - BBC Three - 9.05pm

Peter Parker's European school trip is interrupted when he's recruited to battle mysterious elemental monsters alongside Mysterio.

Minimum - Channel 4 - 2.45am

An Indian woman trapped in a controlling marriage finds hope through an unexpected friendship.

Wanted: Dead or Alive - Legend - 1.05am

A bounty hunter is pulled back into action to stop a terrorist targeting Los Angeles.

The Hitcher - Legend Xtra - 11.25pm

1986 thriller, starring Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jeffrey de Munn.