Mastermind
7.30pm, BBC2
The question setters for tonight’s episode have the opportunity to uncork pub quiz classic: the middle name of Harry S Truman. The contestant specialising in the life of the 33rd president of the United States will probably have seen that one coming, however. Other specialist subjects tested are the World Cup, the works of REM, and the Scandinavian political drama Borgen, which John Humphrys should handicap by asking the questions in Danish. Andrew Mueller
Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year
8pm, Channel 4
What a pure delight this show has been – everyone involved should be applauded for shining a frankly much-needed beacon of undiluted loveliness on to 2016. However, before tonight’s grand finale, there are two categories left to play for: budget sheds, and cabins and summerhouses, including a shed on wheels, a painstaking recreation of a 1940s Canadian lodge, and a beach hut built for just £20 by a hilariously excitable Will Hardie fan. Ali Catterall
Highlands: Scotland’s Wild Heart
9pm, BBC2
Very much a standard modern BBC nature series, in that it’s visually stunning but suffers from a slightly overwrought script. As autumn arrives and preparations begin for the privations of winter, there’s plenty at which to marvel. Reindeers rut. Squirrels hide nuts (and decoy nuts to fool other squirrels). And, most memorably, grey seals make sweet love before collapsing into blissful post-coital embraces among the crashing Orkney waves. Phil Harrison
Summer of Love
9pm, PBS America
PBS paints a more nuanced picture of the Summer Of Love than history books provide, transporting us to 1967 San Francisco through archive footage and interviews with former hippies. Expect subversion, rock’n’roll and lots of LSD. The flaws of the hippie movement aren’t overlooked – we learn how popularity quashed its true spirit, and about the drug culture behind all those cosmic experiences. Micha Frazer-Carroll
Friday Night Dinner
10pm, Channel 4
With the exception of the Siddiquis from Gogglebox, the Goodmans are arguably the funniest family on British telly right now. Each episode of Robert Popper’s sitcom highlights the chemistry between Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter. This week, Uncle Saul’s funeral means Martin’s mum – AKAHorrible Grandma – is back in town, making Adam and Jonny’s squabbling seem good-natured by comparison. Hannah J Davies
It’s Not Me, It’s You
10pm, Channel 5
Eamonn Holmes welcomes his wife Ruth Langsford to the dating-themed panel show. In her absence, she’s often the subject of the host’s self-mockery, so now she can turn the screw in person. Also guesting on the series closer are Russell Kane, Al Porter and Carol Vorderman. There’s cheeky banter – personified by Kelly Brook as one team captain – but the show is made somewhat edgier by her rival, the naturally hilarious Vicky Pattison. Jack Seale
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
11.40pm, Gold
Filmed in 1998, this sees the surviving Pythons already well advanced on the reminiscence trail that has lasted a good deal longer than their heyday as a group. Hosted by Robert Klein and featuring a staged intervention by Eddie Izzard, this reunion also features some funny business involving the late Graham Chapman’s urn as the group discuss, among other things, the absurdities of their rock star-style success. David Stubbs
Olympic Choice
For all the Jamaican sprint fans, there’s a final chance to see the lightning Bolt in action as his Jamaican team take part in the men’s 4x100m relay (2.35am, BBC1). Elsewhere, there’s one of the more unusual components of an unusual event as the women’s modern pentathlon takes on combined running and shooting (10pm, BBC2). It’s also the final of the women’s football competition, held in the Maracanã stadium (9.30pm, BBC1). Paul MacInnes
Film Choice
The Martian
(Ridley Scott, 2015) Friday, 1.35pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
This expertly staged screening of Andy Weir’s novel about extreme self-sufficiency in space has astronaut Mark Watney accidentally marooned on Mars, air and food running out, and no means of communication. Does this daunt him? Not a bit, as he decides to “science the shit out of this”, becoming the red planet’s first potato farmer. It’s a role perfectly suited to the engaging everyman qualities of Matt Damon, who also reveals a talent for funny one-liners. A hugely enjoyable, suspenseful piece of sci-fi.
Fast Girls
(Regan Hall, 2012) 7.15pm, Film4
The winning tale of a British 4x100m female relay team – just what you want with the Olympics on. Like an athletics version of Bend It Like Beckham, its characters verge on the stereotypical – Shania, the black kid from the sink estate (Lenora Crichlow); Lisa (Lily James), the white middle-class girl with the dictatorial dad. But there’s a bright young cast, with Noel Clarke as coach Tommy, and it sprints home in a feelgood flurry.
