The Great Fire: A City Rebuilt
8pm, Channel 5
Had the worst fire in British history managed to reach the Tower of London, it would have ignited a giant stash of gunpowder causing an explosion akin to “a low-level nuclear device” detonating. Historians Dan Jones, Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and Rob Bell ramp up the excitement in the concluding episode of this three-parter, offering insights into how the fire was stopped, the refugee crisis that ensued and the lasting impact of the blaze. Sophie Harris
Question Time Leaders’ Special
8.30pm, BBC1
QT has been an unedifying spectacle in recent years, and this special edition from York doesn’t offer much hope of elevation. David Dimbleby chairs as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are each quizzed on their policies. The two politicians won’t debate each other directly, but will instead field questions from audience members, no doubt with robotic sloganeering and lukewarm indignation respectively. Roll on 2022. David Stubbs
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1984
9pm, BBC4
Even if these retrospectives represent little more than a cunning repurposing of huge chunks of BBC archive, they’re still a delight. It’s now 1984, arguably the year when the last vestiges of post-punk restlessness were purged and glossy 80s pop took over. So, prepare for Frankie’s year of hi-NRG bangers, Nik Kershaw’s enviable snoods and Sade being listed as Slade on the chart countdown. Happy days. Phil Harrison
Versailles
9pm, BBC2
The king (George Blagden) is, as Michael Jackson would say, a lover, not a fighter. So it’s no surprise that he’s growing weary of the war and considering secret plans to change things up in his conflict with William of Orange. But his downward mental spiral continues when he comes face to face with a blast from the past. Meanwhile, that saucy Madame de Montespan (Anna Brewster) is suspicious of a friend who she fears has the hots for Louis. Hannah Verdier
The Secret Life of the Long-Haul Flight
9pm, Channel 5
This absorbing film breaks up a flight from London to Sydney into facts and figures, courtesy of those responsible for making it happen, from the engineers and cabin crew to cleaners and baggage handlers. The stories of those on board figure too, such as Malcolm and Adelaide, who are heading to Australia to meet the family they never knew they had, and Bethanie and Daniel, who are on a recce to see if Sydney could be their new home. Ben Arnold
Ruby Ridge
9pm, PBS America
Typically thoroughgoing PBS documentary reflecting on the 1992 siege by the FBI of the heavily armed Idaho farmstead of Randy Weaver, who was declining to answer charges of supplying illegal weapons. Although Ruby Ridge would be eclipsed in popular memory by the similar but deadlier Waco stand-off the following year, the seige became a touchstone for the conspiranoiac tendency that plagues modern discourse to this day. Andrew Mueller
Brian Johnson’s A Life on the Road
9pm, Sky Arts
Good times, bad times, you know he’s had his share. Brian Johnson may have quit life on the road with AC/DC on medical advice but the flat-capped foghorn has still been racking up the air miles with this globetrotting interview series. Following chinwags with rock titans such as Roger Daltrey, Lars Ulrich and Sting, the final episode sees Johnson catch up with indomitable Led Zeppelin banshee Robert Plant to compare hair-raising touring tales. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (Edward Zwick, 2016) 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Tom Cruise returns as Reacher, a military cop-turned-wandering righter of wrongs: there’s not much that can’t be fixed with some ultra-efficient assault and battery. Here, Jack falls for Lt Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) during a phone call and goes to visit her in Washington DC, only to find her banged up on fake espionage charges. Time to take out the bad guys in fast-moving, undemanding entertainment. Paul Howlett
Le Week-End (Roger Michell, 2013) 9pm, More4
For Lindsay Duncan’s schoolteacher Meg and Jim Broadbent’s philosophy lecturer Nick, a 30th anniversary weekend in Paris is a tricky, prickly proposition. Frailties of age loom and the appearance of Nick’s old university chum-turned-star academic Morgan (Jeff Goldblum) tests the marital faultlines. Still, the couple amuse, attract, and irritate each other to enjoyable effect. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Tennis: The French Open 9.30am, ITV4. More action from the Roland Garros in Paris.
Champions Trophy Cricket: Australia v New Zealand 10am, Sky Sports 2. A trans-Tasman clash at Edgbaston as the mini World Cup continues.
Darts: World Cup 7pm, Sky Sports 1. Coverage of the second day of the doubles event.
