Abortion on Trial
9pm, BBC2
If any single trend sums up the last decade of public life, it’s that people have lost not only the ability to listen respectfully to opposing points of view but the desire for unmediated access to them. This debate, filmed in host Anne Robinson’s home, and marking the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act, sees nine people with conflicting views on abortion brought together to fight their corner and, just maybe, listen to others’ ideas, too. Phil Harrison
Tricks of the Restaurant Trade
8.30pm, Channel 4
A new series of the investigative show capable of prompting both admiration for the logistical accomplishment of feeding dozens of people at once and vows never to dine out again. Tonight, Simon Rimmer looks at the commercial co-opting of artisanal coffee, Sophie Morgan decodes the fatuous buzz phrases of food branding, and Adam Pearson wonders if there’s something to be said for the combined diner/bicycle repair shop concept. Andrew Mueller
Rellik
9pm, BBC1
The time-slip psychological thriller reaches its conclusion, and we at last discover the how and the why surrounding the killer’s actions. For bashed-up cop Gabriel (the excellent Richard Dormer) there’s a huge personal cost involved, but we can’t say we weren’t warned of bad things ahead/behind. As series finales go, it’s overwrought and operatic, but cleverly done – a show with real heart lying beneath the tricksiness. Jonathan Wright
Liar
9pm, ITV
It’s the last episode of the taut thriller, and Laura’s tenacity shows no sign of abating despite Andrew roping in Luke for assistance in obtaining an alibi. Given the uncompromising content of the series thus far, it’s no surprise that the final confrontation between the teacher and the surgeon looks likely to end with unsettling consequences. As the fleet-footed plot has outfoxed viewers throughout, surprises are likely to lurk within this finale. Mark Gibbings-Jones
George Michael: Freedom
9pm, Channel 4
The singer’s final project before his death last Christmas was this plush film autobiography. There’s a dark irony in it working better as obituary: viewers will be more tolerant now of the overflowing plaudits from famous friends and admirers. It becomes more than an indulgence in the sharper middle section, when the garlands stop falling and Michael’s own words recall the upheaval he endured in the 90s as he tried to morph from megastar to artist. Jack Seale
Fear the Walking Dead
9pm, AMC
Since 2015, this prequel series set in the initial aftermath of the zombie epidemic has carved out its own rocky path while reliably failing to match The Walking Dead in terms of either ratings or buzz. Some sort of “character crossover” with the mothership is promised next year but first the traumatised Clark clan must survive the fallout from their California scheming on the razed Black Hat Reservation during this third season’s double-bill finale. Graeme Virtue
Criminal Minds
9pm, Sky Living
It was never the most cogent show on television, but these serial killers seem to get sillier by the season. It comes as both a relief and a disappointment, then, to see the series 13 premiere embracing some semblance of psychological realism. Shaggy-haired savant Reid’s PTSD symptoms suggest all those gruesome crime scenes have finally taken their toll. Meanwhile, the vengeful Mr Scratch escalates his vendetta by taking a BAU team-member hostage. Ellen E Jones
TV Films
Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2013) Monday, 2.55am, Film4
In early-1960s Poland, novice nun Anna (the suitably beatific Agata Trzebuchowska) is sent to contact her only known relative before taking her final vows. Her Aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a boozy magistrate, reveals that Anna is in fact Ida, and Jewish; together the pair set off to find out what became of her parents after the war. Shot in what feels like authentic 60s monochrome, this is a beautiful, bitter journey into a family’s hidden past and into a nation’s dark history, antisemitism and all.
Mission: Impossible III (JJ Abrams, 2006) 9pm, Sky1
Much the same as before, except this time Tom Cruise’s agent Hunt must do the unbelievable with a bomb ticking in his head. And this time it’s personal, toadlike villain Philip Seymour Hoffman having the temerity to kidnap Ethan’s new wife (Michelle Monaghan). Full of those clever little mistaken-identity tricks, the pace never lets up, and there’s a stunt atop a Shanghai skyscraper that’ll make you whistle.
Live sport
Tennis: Kremlin Cup 12.30pm, BT Sport 1. First-round matches from the Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
Snooker: English Open 12.45pm, Eurosport 1. Day one of the best-of-seven-frames tournament taking place at the Barnsley Metrodome.
Premier League Football: Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. A Midlands derby at the King Power Stadium.
