54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
9pm, BBC Four
This taut and brutal two-parter attracted headlines and huge ratings when it aired in Germany last year. It tells a story strikingly familiar to German viewers but largely unknown here: the events of 16 to 18 August 1988, when armed bank robbers instigated a hostage situation that spilled across German and Dutch state lines. Tonight’s opener hurls viewers without warning into the centre of the crisis as a botched police raid leads to a standoff, an escape and, ultimately, violence. Continues next week. Gwilym Mumford
Invictus Games 2018
5.25pm, BBC One
The multi-sport event for injured or sick armed forces personnel and veterans takes place this year in Australia. We begin with the opening ceremony at the Sydney Opera House, with action during the week to include swimming, cycling, archery, powerlifting, rugby, athletics, sailing and sitting volleyball. David Stubbs
Black Hollywood: “They’ve Gotta Have Us”
9pm, BBC Two
Part two of Simon Frederick’s superb overview of black cinema boils down to a history of tokenism: the impact of movies such as Boyz N the Hood dissipated, with the 90s and 00s short on proper representation. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are among those lauded for punching through. Jack Seale
Mr Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
9pm, Sky Arts
A look at the life and times of the former “hardest-working man in showbusiness” from director Alex Gibney. Tracing the Godfather of Soul’s extraordinary career from the Chitlin’ Circuit onwards, this workmanlike effort is mainly distinguished by the amount of rare and previously unseen footage it offers. Ali Catterall
Killing Eve
9.25pm, BBC One
Villanelle may have snuffed out MI5’s best chance of tracking down the Twelve by killing Frank, but her botched offing of Nadia has handed Eve and co a key lead. Both parties descend on the Russian prison where Nadia is being held in an episode that lacks the zip of recent instalments, but is still superior to most TV drama. GM
My Favourite Sketch
10pm, Gold
Sue Perkins is Sally Phillips’s final guest of a series that has been more enjoyable than any clip show has a right to be. Among Perkins’s choices are Not the Nine O’Clock News’s Gerald the Gorilla, Will Ferrell’s “more cowbell” SNL skit and a vintage bit from Julie Walters and the much-missed Victoria Wood. GM
Film choice
Half of a Yellow Sun, 12.35am, BBC Two
A flawed if heartfelt adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, set during the 60s Biafran war. There’s a fine pair of leads in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s self-important professor Odenigbo and Thandie Newton as his partner Olanna. But trying to marry post-imperial conflict with the couple’s domestic trials proves tricky. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
ODI Cricket: Sri Lanka v England, 6am, Sky Sports Main Event
The fourth in a five-match series.
Premier League Football: Chelsea v Manchester United, 12noon, Sky Sports Main Event
Huddersfield v Liverpool follows at 5pm on BT Sport 1.
Champions Cup Rugby Union: Munster v Gloucester, 12.30pm, Channel 4
Wasps v Bath (3pm) and Saracens v Lyon (5.15pm) air on BT Sport 2.
