Tones, Drones and Arpeggios 9pm, BBC Four
Minimalism, described here by Charles Hazlewood as “transcendence through repetition”, is long overdue a BBC retrospective. The challenge is that we are dealing with pieces that occupy a different temporal reality to that of the TV documentary: La Monte Young’s The Well-Tuned Piano clocks in at around five hours. Hazlewood deals with this by exploring processes, creating tape loops with Portishead’s Adrian Utley and talking to both Young (a real coup - he rarely speaks publicly) and Terry Riley, whose astonishing In C is posited as “the big bang of minimalism”. Wonderful. Phil Harrison
Requiem 9pm, BBC One
Increasingly, everyone and everything in this mystery drama is shrouded in doubt. Matilda begins to feel she is falling apart the more she learns about her case. Meanwhile, Aron is struggling to deal with his anger and feelings of guilt regarding Rose’s fate, and Nick gets some worrying news about the Dean estate. David Stubbs
Survival of the Fittest: The Final 9pm, ITV2
Somewhere south of Love Island, north of the I’m a Celeb jungle and in the general vicinity of the Isle of Fernando’s, a bunch of ridiculously buff specimens are readying themselves for a final showdown in this war of the sexes. Will it be the girls or the boys taking home that £40,000 cash prize? Ellen E Jones
The Last Leg 10pm, Channel 4
The 13th series of the Friday night institution continues. Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe –first thrown together to provide agile quips and quality bants for the 2012 summer Paralympics – show no sign of slowing down. They’ll be taking on the events of the week, as ever, in front of a live studio audience. Ben Arnold
Will & Grace 10pm, Channel 5
Infuriating work colleagues are a pain at any time, but after Grace offers Larry a job at her design studio, she carries the knowledge that the trouble is all of her own making. In other news, Jack’s latest throw of the vocational dice sees him working as a Lyft driver, a role that sends him careering into trouble. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Jo Brand: Secrets of Her Success
10.30pm, Channel 5
By the time Brand was in her 20s she’d already faced down the worst that working men’s clubs could throw at her. Recorded before her recent, righteous HIGNFY appearance, this tribute from the likes of Meera Syal and Morwenna Banks testifies as much to her warmth and generosity as her fearlessness. Ali Catterall
Film choice
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 2am, Film4
Set in a fictional Iranian netherworld called Bad City, this moody, macabre and funny tale of teenage vampiric romance is shot in cool monochrome. Sheila Vand is the girl of the title, given to haunting this near-deserted twilight zone, seemingly in search of blood and love. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Athletics: The World Indoor Championships 5.50pm, BBC Two
The evening session of the second day from Birmingham.
Championship Football: Middlesbrough v Leeds United 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event
From the Riverside.
Premiership Rugby Union: Harlequins v Bath 7pm, BT Sport 1
Coverage from The Stoop.
