Revolution: New Art for a New World
9pm, BBC4
This vivid feature-length doc takes a deep dive into the avant-garde Russian art scene boosted by the Bolshevik uprising a century ago. Under Lenin, radical creators suddenly found their out-with-the-old approach chiming with the political times. Such impulses were later deemed undesirable by Stalin, but many suppressed artists have their stories – and, crucially, their work – excavated and re-examined here. Graeme Virtue
Channel 4 Dispatches: Trouble on the Trains
8pm, Channel 4
Following the crime unit of the British Transport Police as they attempt to dissuade travelling football fans from tormenting fellow passengers. Morland Sanders’ report is a depressing montage of scenes that one might have hoped were a relic of the 70s and 80s, when special trains were organised to corral football fans and spare everyone else the boorish, obnoxious and frequently racist and homophobic bullying depicted here. Andrew Mueller
Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents
9pm, BBC2
In the last of this series, we make a timely arrival at the Gunpowder Plot. Elizabeth is dead, succeeded by James I who considers himself godlike and above parliament, and who must be handled with great tact by Robert Cecil, de facto “prime minister” of England. Guy Fawkes barely figures in the narrative, whose most fascinating thread is the cat-and-mouse game between Cecil and the slippery Catholic extremist Father John Gerard. David Stubbs
Prince Harry and Meghan: Truly, Madly, Deeply
9pm, ITV
Flummery in extremis, in this charting of the relationship between “fun” royal Harry and actor Meghan Markle, amid rumours (really, who gives a sufficient damn to start these things?) of their impending engagement. The pair haven’t been dating for much more than a year, so it’s not a hugely complex chart; expect padding out with sparkly Markle’s biography, plus endless gratuitous gushing. What did became of Chelsy? Sharon O’Connell
999: What’s Your Emergency?
9pm, Channel 4
Following the work of Wiltshire police. A place with a long association with the armed forces, the county will shortly be home to a quarter of the British army. What this means on a Saturday night is some objectionable town centre behaviour, which does nothing for relations with locals. The show also probes the lives of at-risk soldiers – the suicidal, the lonely and vulnerable – whose experiences have left them scarred by PTSD. John Robinson
Black America Since MLK
9pm, PBS America
It is tempting to look at Trump, Charlottesville and Black Lives Matter and wonder how far race relations in the US have progressed since the 60s. However, this PBS series suggests that advances have been slow but considerable. This opening part deals with the events leading up to Martin Luther King’s death, with Malcolm X offering a radical alternative and white America still institutionally if no longer legislatively racist. Phil Harrison
The Secrets in My Family
9pm, W
Alex Jones presents a series helping people reconnect with lost family members and unravel family mysteries. Tonight’s opener follows former M People drummer Andrew “Shovell” Lovell as he tracks down his biological father, while Kirsty from Sussex is determined to reconnect with her long-estranged father. Standard feelgood fare, tempered by prominent product placement for an online genetic matching service, lending an infomercial air to proceedings. Mark Gibbings-Jones
TV films
The Angels’ Share (Ken Loach, 2012) Monday, 1.05am, Film4
Loach’s Cannes jury prize-winning comedy sees young Glasgow chancer Robbie (Paul Brannigan, one of many non-professionals in the cast) and his dozy community service mates taken on a visit to a distillery by their kindly supervisor (John Henshaw). Robbie spots an opportunity for profit, and salvation, in the form of a rare single malt whisky that’s up for auction. Just as the title refers to the 2% of whisky that evaporates in the cask, they aim to make the precious liquid disappear.
Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014) 10.20pm, BBC4
The biblical trials of Job are transposed to modern Russia in this powerhouse drama of endemic corruption. Aleksey Serebryakov is the embattled Kolya, struggling to prevent eviction from the family home in a desirable spot on the Barents Sea; the tyrannical local mayor, Vadim (Roman Madyanov), has all the force of state and church to misuse. It’s both a small-scale story of vodka-soaked despair and a tragedy on a universal scale.
Live Sport
FA Cup Football: Chorley v Fleetwood Town 7pm, BT Sport 1. The first-round fixture, which takes place at Victory Park.
Irish Premiership Football: Glentoran v Ballymena United 7.40pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Coverage of the game from the Oval in Belfast.
NFL: Green Bay Packers v Detroit Lions 1.15am, Sky Sports Action. A clash between the NFC North sides at Lambeau Field, Wisconsin.
