TV picks for April 29: 'Mystery Monkeys,' 'The Casual Vacancy,' 'Chicago P.D.'

April 28, 2015 at 4:55PM
Leaping sub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus bieti, China. Provided by Jacky Poon for Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La on Nature
Leaping snub-nosed monkey in China. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Monkey business

It's a literal paradise for the animals featured in "Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La," a new edition of "Nature." Photographer Xi Zhinong spent two years filming primates in the wild. B.D. Wong narrates. 7 p.m. TPT, Ch. 2

Our little town

What's a J.K. Rowling project without any sign of Harry Potter? Call it "The Casual Vacancy," a new film based on Rowling's first book for adults. The movie, starring Michael Gambon, looks at the secret wars going on in a picturesque English village. 7 p.m. HBO

Frequent fliers

Nobody loves crossover episodes more than producer Dick Wolf. He brings together characters from two of his shows, "Chicago P.D." (8 p.m.) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (9 p.m.), as detectives try to solve similar murders in Chicago and New York City. KARE, Ch. 11

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