Alone at Home
8pm, Channel 4
This new series takes an emerging trend – UK parents are apparently among the most anxious in Europe – and uses it as a fairly flimsy excuse for a social experiment: what happens if children are abandoned for four days to fend for themselves? First up, fractious teen sisters Millie (aged 16) and Laurel (13) grapple with the school run and dishwasher protocol while their stepbrother Ethan (14) brings the Fortnite dance moves. As you might expect, chaos, cocktails and a considerable Pizza Hut outlay all feature. Graeme Virtue
Unreported World
7.30pm, Channel 4
This often harrowing but always worthwhile foreign affairs series is now in its 36th series – the world is never going to run out of horrors for it to document. That said, this is one of the less devastating episodes, as Nelufar Hedayat joins a female-owned, Delhi-based detective agency whose team specialise in exposing love rats. Phil Harrison
The Great Model Railway Challenge: The Final
8pm, Channel 5
And so to the grand finale, where five teams compete to be named the nation’s best modellers by creating a layout on the theme of “a journey through time”. The show’s “banter” often sounds a little scripted but no matter; the best guilty-pleasure viewing around. Jonathan Wright
Soul & Beyond with Corinne Bailey Rae & Trevor Nelson
8pm, BBC Four
Soul purists might fume at some of the exclusions here – to the benefit of Elton John and Sade, who do make the cut. But these personal favourites, and footage of Lauryn Hill, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and Prince, make for an enjoyable show and a respectable soul starter pack. David Stubbs
The Heist
9pm, Sky1
Diverting stunt TV in the vein of Hunted, as 10 residents from the North Yorkshire town of Thirsk try to rob a local cash-in-transit van and keep the proceeds hidden for a fortnight. On their trail are a team of real-life detectives – evade them and the money is the gang’s to keep. Inevitably, though, some are more adept at this crime lark than others. Gwilym Mumford
The 2000s
9pm, Sky Arts
Winkingly titled Mission Accomplished, the third episode of this CNN docu-series tackles the topic that defined the decade more than any other: terrorism. Beginning with 9/11, it considers the “war on terror”, whose reverberations – contrary to what Dubya declared on that aircraft carrier – are still firmly felt to this day. GM
Film choice
Darkest Hour 12pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Gary Oldman has one of his finest hours as Winston Churchill, first outmanoeuvring his rivals to become wartime PM, then starting on the road to victory via the dismal hiatus of Dunkirk. Through the latex makeup, Oldman conveys everything from twinkling humour to utter desolation. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
Women’s T20 cricket: New Zealand v India Opening game of the World T20. 2.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Championship football: Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Bramall Lane hosts the first Steel City derby of the season. 7pm, Sky Sports Football
Rugby Union: Gloucester v Northampton Premiership Rugby Cup clash. 7.30pm, BT Sport 2
