Gogglebox
9pm, Channel 4
The TV review show returns. If you’ve somehow not encountered Gogglebox before, the format is simple: members of the Great British public sit in their living rooms and comment on what they’re viewing, sometimes rudely. It works a treat, in great part because watching TV is such a shared experience that flashes of recognition are inevitable. Plus, of course, eavesdropping on people you don’t know watching telly is far more edifying than listening to your own nearest and dearest drone on about what’s on the screen. Jonathan Wright
Ripper Street
9pm, BBC1
The slightly earnest period drama plods on, more to fulfil its season’s commission than to serve any great purpose. Set in a 19th-century Whitechapel where the beards were unironic and graphic designers more thin on the ground, it this week examines the world of backstreet abortionists. Dr Amelia Frayn is determined that more be done to protect young women forced into the hands of these botching quacks by Victorian moralism. David Stubbs
Mount Pleasant
9pm, Sky1
Return of the amiable comedy-drama (like Corrie with twangy musical cues), revolving around eye-rolling northern couple Lisa and Dan Johnson and pals. As series five commences, the Johnsons have plenty to contend with: a new baby; Dan’s ne’er-do-well brother; and troublesome new neighbours – whose attempt at peace talks with the Johnsons after a salon mishap go awry. Meanwhile, Pauline flies, moth-like, into the laser beam of smoothie publican Trevor. And Bobby Ball dazzles in a jaunty little hat. Ali Catterall
Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul
9.30pm, BBC2
A show from the celebrity-out-of-one-hat/destination-out-of-another school, but one that revolves around the presenter’s demonstrable area of expertise (and, indeed, at least this presenter has a demonstrable area of expertise.) This penultimate instalment finds Stein making his way around and across the Aegean – which means, of course, that he’s travelling in a part of the world deservedly known for fresh and delicious food, about which he enthuses knowledgably. Andrew Mueller
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
10pm, Channel 4
Tom Hardy is the big draw as the hooting jabberfest returns. He’s hawking his split-screen, award-baiting new dual role as both Ronnie and Reggie Kray in Legend – although once you’ve seen his Kray twins compared on social media to Chris Morris and Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan, you can’t unsee it. Also bouncing on to the sofa is Demi Lovato, who hit the ground running on her previous appearance by swigging Dr Pepper straight from a two-litre bottle and cracking jokes about Simon Cowell’s chest hair. Jack Seale
Mountain Goats
10.35pm, BBC1
Some saucier-than-usual hijinks in the Old Goat, unofficial headquarters of Glencoe’s least reliable mountain-rescue volunteers. Landlady Jules is hoping a tie-up with a pub megachain will increase her profit margin while expert loafer Jimmy has his head turned by a sharp-tongued female walk-in. The crackle of sexual tension threatens to set the heather alight, and with his manky bobble hat and scratchy grey stubble, lovestruck Jimmy seems to be channelling the spirit of Last Of The Summer Wine’s Compo at his most libidinous. Graeme Virtue
Fishbowl
11pm, BBC3
Writer Andrew Mettam’s BBC Comedy Feed follows Hattie, a teenage girl hauled back into the bosom of her family after a hedonistic few weeks at university. Now under house arrest in Yorkshire, Hattie plots her escape, determined to get back to the never-explained trouble her wild ways have got her into. While the show’s premise isn’t totally sensical – and the stifling suburbia neither accurate nor dark enough to be properly entertaining – the sweetly surprising ending hints at some potential charm. Rachel Aroesti
Film choice
Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell, 2010) 11.05pm, BBC2
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart are the once-happily-married Corbetts, a couple whose lives have been shattered by the death of their young son. No longer able to communicate, they are both in therapy and seeking solace in other relationships; it’s a sensitive, perceptive drama, with compelling central performances. Paul Howlett
Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2012) 12.40am, Channel 4
In a bleak English seaside town, Gemma Arterton’s Clara supports her 16-year-old daughter Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) with sex work, in a rundown guesthouse called Byzantium. Their past seems to be a closed book, until we find out that the pair are actually 200-year-old vampires, with a mum-daughter angsty thing going on – Clara embracing her bloody nature, Eleanor rebelling against it – in Jordan’s intelligent and gripping drama. PH
Today’s best live sport
One-Day International Cricket: England v Australia The fourth game of the series from Headingley. 10am, Sky Sports 2
Tennis: The US Open Men’s singles semi-finals day at Flushing Meadows. 5pm, Sky Sports 3
Scottish Football: Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hearts The Scottish Premiership clash from Caledonian Stadium. 7pm, BT Sport 1
Rugby League: Wigan Warriors v Hull FC Super 8s rugby from the DW Stadium. 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
