Tomorrow’s Food
9pm, BBC1
Fronted by Dara O Briain, this illuminating series looks at the future of food, from gadgetry to remarkable advances in agriculture. O Briain visits a vast techno-farm in Kent, which, despite a notable lack of soil, can yield as much as 500% more produce than a traditional farm. Elsewhere, Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett meets the US scientists creating super-long-lasting food, and tech expert Dr Shini Somara visits a restaurant in Shanghai that claims to be able to alter how food tastes by controlling the diner’s senses. Ben Arnold
London Spy
9pm, BBC2
“These people – they’ll do anything,” gasps an appalled Danny (Ben Whishaw), as Tom Rob Smith’s thriller passes the mid-point mark. While Danny is hauled in as chief suspect in his lover’s death, Scottie (Jim Broadbent) uses his connections to try to help in an episode traversing the city’s secret places, from crusty establishment holes (Danny: “There are more women in a gay club!” Scottie: “Women aren’t allowed”) to seedy dens of iniquity presided over by Mark Gatiss’s demonic sybarite. As clammy as a London fog. Ali Catterall
Sepp Blatter Exposed: The Fall Of Fifa
9pm, Channel 5
It’s always tempting to laugh at Sepp Blatter. So let’s take a moment to do exactly that. But even though Fifa’s currently suspended but bizarrely enduring clown-prince president is now little more than a figure of fun, it’s important to remember the chaos that his rule has wrought upon the governance of world football. This documentary probes the corruption allegations and offers some background on Blatter’s career. How did he stay on top of this mess for so long? Phil Harrison
Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates And Rogues
9pm, BBC4
First of a three-part series by historian Sam Willis seeking to illuminate the reality behind the romance of Britain’s more storied criminals. His focus is on the period of the 17th and 18th centuries, a time before an industrialising, urbanising Britain began to develop its fondness for law and order. He introduces some of those responsible for the enduring fable of the highwayman, including James Hind, an inadvertent pioneer of the idea of the celebrity criminal. Fascinating and entertaining. Andrew Muller
Young, Trans And Looking For Love
9pm, BBC3
It’s possibly galling to parts of the BBC that some of the best work in opening minds and changing attitudes is being done by BBC3. Young, Trans And Looking For Love is a case in point. As much about the medium as the message, the starting point here is the romance of Arin and Katie, an American trans teenage couple whose video blogs have been instructive to other young people learning about their identity. They include Devon, who moved hundreds of miles when school bullies threatened his life. John Robinson
Born Schizophrenic: Jani At 10
10pm, TLC
As one of the youngest people ever diagnosed with schizophrenia, January is a child growing up with more challenges than the average American pre-teen. Following on from January’s Story, which documented her life as a six-year-old, Jani at 10 chronicles her continuing story as her 10th birthday approaches, and the steps taken by her parents to provide the support she needs. A sensitive portrayal of Jani’s condition, and a welcome diversion from the brash reality fare often broadcast by TLC. Mark Gibbins-Jones
Storyville: Cartel Land
10pm, BBC4
Kathryn Bigelow is an exec producer on this vividly cinematic documentary about vigilantes fighting the drug cartels around the US/Mexico border. We begin with the masked dealers themselves, who say they would love to be doing “good, clean jobs like you guys” but claim they have no choice in the matter. Then we meet Tim “Nailer” Foley, an Arizonan who takes personal pleasure in rounding up illegal immigrants, and in Mexico Dr José Mireles, whose organisation the Autodefensas manages to upset the community it supposedly protects. David Stubbs
Film choice
Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994) 10.50pm, TCM
Boyle’s debut is a nerve-jangling thriller with a macabre sense of humour, and a trio of then-emerging acting talents. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox are the flatmates left with a couple of problems: a case full of cash and a corpse. Friendship dies quickly amid increasingly bizarre events – a dismembering; a crazed presence in the attic; and the very last word in double-crosses. Paul Howlett
Gente de Bien (Franco Lolli, 2014) 1.55am, Channel 4
The young Colombian director Franco Lolli resists undue worthiness in his debut feature, a perceptive portrait of social injustice. The star is 10-year-old Eric (Bryan Santamaria) who is sent to live with his poor-handyman dad (Carlos Fernando Perez) in a rundown corner of Bogota. An invitation to spend Christmas at the country home of one of Dad’s wealthy clients (Alejandra Borrero) is well intentioned, but leads to simmering, rich v poor tensions. PH
Today’s best live sport
Premier League Football: Crystal Palace v Sunderland Alan Pardew’s Palace look to continue their impressive start to the season against struggling Sunderland. 7pm, Sky Sports 1
Weightlifting World Championships The women’s 58kg discipline. The men’s 69kg discipline follows at 11.30pm. 9pm, British Eurosport
American Football: New England Patriots v Buffalo Bills The NFL AFC East teams clash. Can the Patriots maintain their 100%record? 1.15am, Sky Sports 1
