The Lake District: A Wild Year
9pm, BBC2
A month-by-month account of life around the Lakes that uses time lapse, slo-mo and tilt shift, as well as a lyrical narration by Bernard Cribbins, to build a portrait of communities respecting the rhythms of the seasons and the awesome local landscape. Sheep are herded and sheared; a dry stone wall is repaired; swimmers hit Windermere in spring, followed by tourists in summer; clouds roil overhead. It’s a vivid dream. Jack Seale
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories
9pm, ITV
Fancy a bit of Culture? Boy George joins walking emetic Piers Morgan to talk about his extremely eventful life: helping his mum survive a suicide attempt, aged eight; a complicated relationship with his loving but violent dad; swapping heroin for Buddhism; and about George Michael, with whom he once feuded, and whose death has left him devastated. As for his questioner here, well, maybe if we ignore him he’ll just go away. Ali Catterall
The Team
9pm, More4
This handsome new series straddles a number of European cities, from Antwerp to Berlin to Copenhagen, as Europol officers investigate a series of murders of prostitutes. The show begins with Jean-Louis, who visits each in turn before they are later found with a bullet through the eye and fingers removed – but is he the culprit? Darkly fatal Euro-melancholy pervades, as if to suggest that even if the cops solve this crime, there’ll only be another one to deal with. David Stubbs
Command And Control
9pm, PBS America
Nuclear weapons have never been anything other than a huge gamble. But this troubling film makes it terrifyingly apparent that, however carefully they’re stored, moved and generally coddled, they are a (gargantuan) accident waiting to happen. Because, time and again, the worst has very nearly come to pass, often involving weapons three times more powerful than all the bombs used in the second world war. Uneasy viewing. Phil Harrison
Tracey Ullman’s Show
9.30pm, BBC1
The scattershot sketch show with the odd musical number continues, and while Ullman’s portrayal of Judi Dench as a compulsive hellraiser insulated by her national treasure status is a solid, repeatable gag, it almost overshadows her impeccable impersonation of Maggie Smith (here reimagined as an eager-to-please YouTube vlogger). Elsewhere, Nicola Sturgeon goes to great lengths to get the Angela Merkel look. Graeme Virtue
The Last Leg
10pm, Channel 4
Events in the world have rather overtaken The Last Leg. Such is the madness of unfolding news in the United States and in our own parliament, there seems to be no shortage of quality special guests – David Tennant or Russell Brand, say – turning up to voice an opinion on the carnage. This week’s guest is still under wraps, but host Adam Hills, assisted by Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe, will be passing comment on the latest news events. John Robinson
The Graham Norton Show
10.35pm, BBC1
It’s a sturdy lineup for Mr Norton, who currently appears to have no competition whatsoever in the talkshow stakes. Tonight sees Tom Hiddleston chatting about new movie Kong: Skull Island; Ruth Wilson talking about Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre; Ricky Gervais on his new standup tour; and Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire on appearing in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at London’s Old Vic. Oh, and Tinie Tempah playing live. Ben Arnold
Film choice
Skyline (Colin Strause, Greg Strause, 2010) 1.05am, Channel 4
Waking up after a boozy birthday party, the occupants of a luxury Los Angeles penthouse have more than their hangovers to worry about: a full-on alien invasion is under way. There’s nothing too original here but, amid the impressive special effects, the Strause brothers concoct a suspenseful, terrorised atmosphere, and a couple of genuine shocks. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
International T20 Cricket: New Zealand v South Africa A one-off T20 in Auckland kicks off SA’s tour of New Zealand. 6am, Sky Sports 2
Premiership Rugby Union: Gloucester v Saracens Domestic rugby from Kingsholm. 7pm, BT Sport 1
Super League Rugby: Leigh Centurions v Leeds Rhinos Coverage from Leigh Sports Village. 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
