The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food
4.15pm, BBC1
Cooking to drive away the mid-winter blues. Dave and Si present a new weekday series devoted to dishes that imbue feelings of warmth and contentment. We begin with recipes that conjure up the past, such as a Lancashire hotpot like the one Dave’s mum used to make. For his part, Si opts to bake pissaladière, an onion-heavy, pizza-like tart that recalls a French holiday. Probably not for those whose new year’s resolutions involve dieting. Jonathan Wright
An Island Parish: Anguilla
8.30pm, BBC2
The return of this unfussy, curiously compelling show following some of the world’s further-flung congregations. This series touches down on the British overseas territory of Anguilla, where it has plenty to work with – the 14,000 locals are sufficiently pious to fill 19 churches. The focus is on the Anglican flock of St Mary’s, whose affable bishop, Errol Brooks, has an enviable beat, ministering to several other equally glorious-looking islands. Andrew Mueller
Silent Witness
9pm, BBC1
Even in its 20th series, this forensics drama can’t be accused of living in the past. The case at the heart of this latest run is a timely, if occasionally clunky, exploration of issues surrounding the refugee crisis. The first episode of this two-parter (which concludes tomorrow) is a tangled web of desperation and exploitation, with Emilia Fox’s Dr Nikki Alexander at its bleeding, liberal heart. Generic, but still a noble attempt to put a human face to an intractably vast problem. Phil Harrison
The Halcyon
9pm, ITV
A decent new period drama that introduces two entwined families running a posh London hotel in the early months of the second world war. The manager and his receptionist daughter (Steven Mackintosh and Hermione Corfield) have a complex history with the lord and lady owners (Alex Jennings and Olivia Williams); they lend class to an info-dump opener full of affairs, intrigue and debate. It doesn’t put a foot wrong, but it doesn’t linger in the mind, either. Jack Seale
The Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
In two-and-a-half seasons of this artfully staged and sombrely shot melodrama, Dominic West’s self-involved novelist, Noah, has torpedoed two marriages, done some serious porridge and become borderline addicted to painkillers. His most recent reconnection with Alison (Ruth Wilson) may have involved a hot tub, but it also dredged up a traumatic formative experience. Can he exorcise some of his demons before alienating his resentful son, Martin, for ever? Graeme Virtue
Celebrity Fat Fighters
9pm, TLC
Seven “celebs” – among them Gogglebox’s Sandi Bogle, former Brookside actor Jennifer Ellison, Stevi Ritchie from the 11th series of The X Factor and Towie’s James “Diags” Bennewith – are put through their paces in the hope of losing some pounds. “Resistance is futile,” proclaims no-nonsense Russian detox guru Galia Granger, who uses a rigorous regime of eight hours of training a day and allows her charges to ingest only 400 calories per day. Continues Tuesday and Wednesday. Ben Arnold
First Dates Hotel
10pm, Channel 4
Irresistible First Dates maître’d Fred opens the doors to his hotel in the south of France for a new matchmaking series. Couples are paired up in romantic surroundings for dinner and a possible 48 hours of courtship. Daddy’s girl Kelly has her date interrupted by a phone call from her protective pa, Joey is looking for his first boyfriend and nervous widower Bruce opens up. Full of the warmth, openness and hope that made the original concept so compelling. Hannah Verdier
Film choice
Albert Nobbs (Rodrigo García, 2011) 9pm, BBC4
Star, co-writer and producer Glenn Close had wanted to bring this curious project to the screen since playing Albert Nobbs on stage in the early 80s. It’s set in a small Dublin hotel where Nobbs has long worked as a waiter, guarding the secret that she is in fact a woman in man’s clothing. It’s involving enough as a study of gender inequality and identity, but Close is an awkward, uncomfortable presence in her male skin. Paul Howlett
Alien 3 (David Fincher, 1992), midnight, Film4
Once more into those dark tunnels for Sigourney Weaver in Fincher’s exceptionally gloomy chapter of the great sci-fi horror saga. Her battle-weary Ripley crash-lands on a planet colonised by convicts; her surrogate family, and with them any hope, is dead, but one creature is very much alive and stirring in her belly. Head shaven as if in preparation for execution, she rises to the final challenge. ’Atta girl, Ripley. PH
Live sport
Premier League football: West Ham United v Manchester United All the action from the London Stadium (kick-off 5.15pm). 5pm, Sky Sports 1
World Darts Championship Coverage of the final from Ally Pally in London. 8pm, Sky Sports 1
Test cricket: Australia v Pakistan Australia will be looking for a win in Sydney in the final Test of their series against Pakistan. 11pm, BT Sport 3
