Night of the Living Carrot
5.50pm, CBBC
Spooky short from DreamWorks about the most dangerous vegetable of them all coming to life at Halloween. B.O.B (Seth Rogan) is faced with a dilemma when a mutant alien pumpkin explodes in a carrot patch. As zombie carrots attack, he must eat them all to save humanity. Can he overcome his natural aversion to the cackling orange veg and save the night? There are burps, there are gags and there’s a warning to any child thinking of skipping the veg this Halloween. Great. Hannah Verdier
TFI Friday
8pm, Channel 4
Tonight, Chris Evans welcomes X Factor judge and former Girl Aloud Cheryl Fernandez-Versini to the other side of his school desk. In the old days, he’d have done the full faux-coy sex-pest routine and focused heavily on her pulchritudinous appearance or her nice dress. But how will he handle a post-laddism interview with a woman who (like most pop stars) attained fame almost entirely based on how she looks? It should actually be quite interesting. Music from Eagles of Death Metal. Julia Raeside
BalletBoyz at the Roundhouse
8pm, BBC4
This film recalls not just BalletBoyz’s 2014 performances at London’s Roundhouse, but the two years of touring and rehearsal that preceded them. The performance by the troupe includes Liam Scarlett’s Serpent, with music by Max Richter, and Russell Maliphant’s Fallen, with music by Armand Amar, played by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Whatever one’s level of appreciation for the production, the behind-the-scenes footage and interviews are reminders of how much effort goes into creating the apparently effortless. Andrew Mueller
Citizen Khan
8.30pm, BBC1
A new series for the increasingly enjoyable sitcom, and it’s a proud day in the Khan household as Mr K declares himself a shoo-in for a civic role that could make him the talk of Birmingham – town crier of England’s second city. Providing, of course, that the council falls for Papaji’s relentless self-promotion. Luckily, a family trip to historic Farley Manor happens to coincide with a lavish civic reception. Can the patented Khan charm win an invite to the shindig from Lord Anstruther? Peter Bowles guests. Mark Gibbings-Jones
The Blacklist
9pm, Sky Living
James Spader and Megan Boone return in the thriller series, distinguished by Spader’s performance as an FBI agent – he’s turned into quite a delicious actor in his middle age. Series three sees him dig into his contact book for a man called the Troll Farmer, as he helps spirit away Liz into a life on the run, after she killed the attorney general who headed the Cabal. Come the second episode (10pm) and Liz has taken refuge in the only place she’s safe in The Blacklist’s topsy turvy world: the Russian embassy. David Stubbs
The Kennedys
9.30pm, BBC1
Katherine Parkinson isn’t, for a change, the one chewing the most scenery in the penultimate episode of the family comedy. That’s because Emma Pierson (as Jenny) spends much of the show wailing at full tilt, as one disaster follows another on what seems to be an ill-starred day to be marrying Tim. As ever, it’s hard to see what purpose the 1970s setting is meant to serve, apart from to justify using some good if incoherently programmed music on the soundtrack, and as an excuse for using some tired sitcom standbys. John Robinson
Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock’n’Roll Front Line
10pm, BBC4
“Girls with guitars – that’ll never work out,” sneered that well-known liberal John Lennon to fellow Merseybeaters the Liverbirds. In this excellent documentary, Kate Mossman asks Tina Weymouth, Viv Albertine and others how it feels to be the girl in rock’s sausage factory – where apparently even David Byrne thought women’s natural role was “in the house”. For Savages’ Jehnny Beth, the question even seems absurd: “How does it feel to be a woman walking upstairs?” Ali Catterall
Film choice
Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2014) 1.45pm, 10.10pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Michael Keaton, one-time caped crusader in Batman, is ideally cast as fading Hollywood veteran Riggan Thomson. He is ditching his career-making role as superhero Birdman to produce a labour of love – a staging of a Raymond Carver story that may allow him to reconnect with his neglected daughter (Emma Stone), employed as his PA. Apparently shot in a single, labyrinthine tracking shot through dingy theatre and New York streets, the effect is artful, but also inventive, funny and moving.
Today’s best live sport
Para-Athletics World Championships Coverage of the ninth day of competition at the international para-athletics event. 2pm, More4
World Gymnastics Championships More acrobatics from Glasgow. 7pm, BBC2
Championship Football: Brentford v Queens Park Rangers A London derby from Griffin Park. 7pm, Sky Sports 1
Rugby World Cup: The Bronze Final The third place play-off from the Olympic Stadium. 7.30pm, ITV
