Teletubbies
7.25am, CBeebies
Your previewer’s baby son, a fan of the original on YouTube, gave this qualified praise – three gurgles out of five. The original Teletubbies was a highly shrewd piece of TV from the genius that is Anne Wood, speaking in ways to very basic infant needs that no show had felt able to before. All the old features are here in this near-replication, including the baby sun and tummy TV. Jane Horrocks, Jim Broadbent and Fearne Cotton provide voiceovers. But for those with the old series ingrained on their minds, this version will take getting used to. David Stubbs
The Shopper’s Guide To Saving Money
8.30pm, Channel 4
Dave Fishwick, of The Bank Of Dave, and Food Unwrapped’s Kate Quilton team up for this bright and breezy new consumer series, where the topics are crowdsourced from cheesed-off customers. In the first episode that means a look at the hidden costs of owning a dog and an investigation into why printer ink cartridges are so blooming expensive. That involves Fishwick undergoing a series of Andromeda Strain-style decontamination procedures to infiltrate Epson’s secure UK HQ. Graeme Virtue
London Spy
9pm, BBC2
For the second time this year, Ben “Q” Whishaw is plonked in the vicinity of Vauxhall’s MI6 building; however, this intriguing espionage drama-cum-psychological thriller is worlds apart from Spectre. In the chilly opener, Whishaw’s dead-end hedonist Danny begins a haltingly tender affair with Edward Holcroft’s odd fish – a man with “inscrutable” employers – before tragedy sets him off on a treacherous journey to uncover the truth. Includes great support from Jim Broadbent as Danny’s Whitehall-based mentor. Ali Catterall
SAS: Who Dares Wins
9pm, Channel 4
With the recruits whittled down to fewer than half a dozen, it’s time for the remaining candidates to learn about survival. Of course, leaving it until episode four to provide training on survival seems a little late. Either way, the bulk of tonight’s action sees two teams dropped off near Wales’s Preseli Mountains and tasked with a 12-hour yomp towards a rendezvous point while pursued by a reconnaissance team. Sound familiar? Well, it’s not as if the producers of Hunted are going to mess with the SAS. Mark Gibbings-Jones
The Rise Of Female Violence
9pm, BBC3
BBC3’s Breaking The Mould season on gender continues with this one-off fronted by Irish reporter Alys Harte. From a drunken aggressor to reformed gang members and a man stabbed by his wife, she meets a range of victims and perpetrators as she explores the growing trend for violent crimes committed by women. As well as carrying out a social experiment or two, Harte touches on the glamorisation of female violence in pop culture, taking aim at Rihanna’s latest antics in particular. An insightful, timely doc. Hannah J Davies
Fargo
10pm, Channel 4
With season two continuing to mine the boundless possibilities of the Coen brothers’ movie – greed and stupidity, the unorthodox disposal of bodies – tonight’s episode brings us the show’s customarily stately movement of characters about the board. We flash back into the circumstances of Dodd’s criminal baptism, while Hanzee puts together the pieces of the hit-and-run. Nicely handled, also, is the spiritual chill of the period. “You could feel the 1970s coming,” says Mike Milligan, “like a hangover.” Julia Raeside
Storyville: Dreamcatcher – Surviving Chicago’s Streets
10pm, BBC4
The Dreamcatcher Foundation was launched in 2008 to help prostitutes and other vulnerable denizens of Chicago’s meaner streets. Kim Longinotto’s commendably unsparing film documents the work of the organisation’s remarkable co-founder, Brenda Myers-Powell, who spent 25 years as a prostitute herself, during which time she was shot five times and stabbed more than a dozen. Myers-Powell is clearly an effective counsel, and a patient guide to a world few will know, but more should. Andrew Mueller
Film choice
The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992) 10.40pm, TCM
Somehow it grips despite thematic lurches: opening as a thriller about the IRA, it shifts into hostage drama, then urban love story. Pulling it together is Stephen Rea’s Fergus, an IRA man who gets too close to squaddie hostage Forest Whitaker, then is fascinated by the latter’s lover-with-a-big-secret (Jaye Davidson). Paul Howlett
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, 1989) 1.30am, Film4
There’s always a visceral quality to Greenaway’s intellectual trickery, but this takes the biscuit. It’s set in a gaudy restaurant where Michael Gambon’s gang boss holds sadistic sway. When he brutally murders his wife Helen Mirren’s bookish lover (Alan Howard) she plots revenge, with the help of chef Richard Bohringer. The violence is stomach-turning, but in the finest tradition of Jacobean drama. PH
Today’s best live sport
Test Cricket: India v South Africa Final day of the first Test in Mohali. 6am, Sky Sports 3
T20 Cricket: Sri Lanka v West Indies A 20-overs-a-side game from Pallekele. 1.15pm, British Eurosport
FA Cup Football: FC United v Chesterfield The fan-owned non-leaguers take on League One side Chesterfield. 7pm, BT Sport 2
Grand Slam Of Darts The evening session on day three at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. 7pm, Sky Sports 1
