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Graeme Virtue, Mark Gibbings-Jones, Jonathan Wright, Ben Arnold, Jack Seale, Paul Howlett

Monday’s best TV: Two Doors Down; Silent Witness; Winterwatch 2018

Kieran Hodgson and Doon Mackichan in Two Doors Down
Wicked humour ... Kieran Hodgson and Doon Mackichan in Two Doors Down. Photograph: Alan Peebles/BBC Photograph: Alan Peebles/BBC/BBC Studios/Alan Peebles

Two Doors Down
10pm, BBC Two

A timely return for the Scottish sitcom that mines wicked humour from its cosy cul-de-sac setting. Perpetually put-upon hostess Beth (Arabella Weir) is entertaining the neighbours again, this time for a Burns Night blowout. But while her hubby Eric (Alex Norton) anticipates some poetry and pomp, everyone else seems more interested in assessing the redecorated downstairs loo. With prickly social barbs, lewd observations and an excess of whisky, the bawdy Ploughman Poet himself would likely approve. Graeme Virtue

Silent Witness
9pm, BBC One

Nikki and Jack tug at a few forensic threads when investigating a fatal road accident, leading to suspicions of wrongdoing way beyond one mindless motorist. With the team drawn to the care home housing the son of the deceased driver, Clarissa takes an especially keen interest in the investigation. Mark Gibbings-Jones

Winterwatch 2018
9pm, BBC Two

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games return to the Sherborne Park estate to see how the critters whose lives they charted in Autumnwatch are faring. Meanwhile, up on Islay, Gillian Burke hopes to meet a family of otters who live around one of the island’s whisky distilleries. Jonathan Wright

Next of Kin
9pm, ITV

Mona is released from custody, and agrees to become a tasked witness in the case of her murdered brother Kareem. The police are hoping she can bring in her nephew Danny, who is still entangled with a terrorist cell. But there are serious repercussions at home, with Guy’s career facing potentially irreparable damage. Ben Arnold

Storyville: Trophy
9pm, BBC Four

A messy documentary about the horrific mess that is wildlife-hunting in Africa. It meets those who insist rhino sanctuaries funded by the sale of horns, and reserves that charge trophy hunters to visit, are now grim necessities to save some species. Distressingly, this isn’t shown to be obviously incorrect. Jack Seale

Film choice

Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson as the Mountbattens in Viceroy’s House.
Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson as the Mountbattens in Viceroy’s House. Photograph: Allstar/BBC Films

Viceroy’s House (Gurinder Chadha, 2017)
10.10am, 6pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

Hugh Bonneville is in affable, Downton-esque mode as Lord Mountbatten, the viceroy charged with overseeing Britain’s withdrawal from India, with an imperious Gillian Anderson as his wife Edwina. They are increasingly out of their depth as enormous national and political forces range around them. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Bundesliga 2 Football: VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld 7.30pm, BT Sport 1. A German second-tier match from the Ruhrstadion.

Cycling: Six Day Berlin 8pm, Eurosport 2. Coverage of the fifth day of the event.

Cricket: U-19s World Cup 11pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The second semi-final from Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

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