Hinterland
9pm, BBC4
The third season of the Welsh detective drama – originally broadcast on S4C – continues to serve as both compelling drama and subliminal tourism advertisement for the local countryside. DCI Mathias is called to a picturesquely remote petrol pump where a customer has been shot dead. The search for a suspect proceeds in what appears the natural direction of a known creep: it would not, however, be a whodunnit if it were that obvious who done it. Andrew Mueller
Doctor Who
7.25pm, BBC1
The run of pleasingly straightforward one-off episodes ends, as Steven Moffat regains the reins and raises the stakes. All his trademarks – multiple locations, game-changing ideas, impish frivolity – are cranked up when the Pope asks the Doctor to read an ancient text that dooms anyone who learns its secret. A vague whiff of The Da Vinci Code is soon expunged by the story’s cleverness, and by Peter Capaldi’s expert management of his character’s decline. Jack Seale
Yorkshire Wolds Way with Paul Rose
8pm, BBC2
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is so quiet, says Paul Rose, “you can have much of the trail to yourself”. Still, there are always interesting folk to meet and curious sights to see, as evinced by the concluding leg of this gentle hike. Here, he flies in a glider at a former RAF base; meets locals from Thixendale – one of the last villages in the UK to gain a decent TV signal; and investigates a decommissioned nuclear bunker. Ali Catterall
Walks with My Dog
8pm, Channel 4
Times are tough, and gentle entertainment is what the world is calling for (at least, if last week’s Eurovision result is anything to go by). Walks with My Dog, then, is manna (or Chum) from heaven, a series in which soft-hearted celebs stroll around the British countryside with their furry friends. Tonight, Bill Bailey heads to Exmoor, Kirsty Wark wanders the Isle of Arran and Julian Clary explores the South Downs with his jack russell. Sophie Harris
The Keith and Paddy Picture Show
9.20pm, ITV
The farce awakens as Keith Lemon (hairy) and Paddy McGuinness (lairy) continue their movie spoofing with Return of the Jedi. If it seems an odd choice – why not just do Star Wars? – the production team do an amazing job mimicking the design, cinematography and editing of the original, while guest artists Phillip Schofield and David Dickinson do excellent work as Yoda and the Emperor. Still self-indulgent bollocks, though. Graeme Virtue
Parched
9pm, National Geographic
A new series investigates how our water supplies can find themselves in jeopardy. This first episode looks at how corporations have flouted environmental laws. One case in West Virginia found farmer Earl Tennant battling chemical giant DuPont after pollution flooded the local water supply with carcinogens, killing his animals. However, the nearby community is propped up by DuPont’s status as a huge local employer. Ben Arnold
The President Show
11pm, Comedy Central
Donald Trump is perhaps the most satirised leader in history, which begs the question of whether Comedy Central needed to give Anthony Atamanuik a series in which he imagines the president as a talkshow host (this week’s guest is Deepak Chopra). While Atamanuik’s mimicry is decent – and comes minus Alec Baldwin’s overzealous mouth movements – it’s a wasted opportunity, poking fun at the obvious without delving deeper. Hannah J Davies
Film choice
The Manchurian Candidate, (John Frankenheimer, 1962), 6.20pm, TCM
More subversive and thrilling than the Jonathan Demme remake, with Laurence Harvey as the Korean War hero-turned-brainwashed assassin, primed to murder the president and sweep the far right into the White House. What’s more, the trigger is mom Angela Lansbury, in a neat perversion of the apple-pie image. JFK lent his personal authority to the making of this controversial and chilling thriller, just a year before he was assassinated. Paul Howlett
Philomena, (Stephen Frears, 2013), 9pm, BBC2
Frears’s superb drama is based on the true story of Philomena, a courageous Irish woman who decided to trace the baby stolen from her by the Catholic nuns of the penitential Magdalene laundries in the 1950s. Steve Coogan is low-key as Martin Sixsmith, the former BBC correspondent who accompanies her on her search, while Judi Dench gives a tragicomic acting masterclass as the doughty Philomena. Paul Howlett
Insomnia, (Christopher Nolan, 2002), 11.40pm, BBC1
Nolan’s brilliantly inventive, gripping thriller – a remake of the Norwegian original – has Al Pacino as hardbitten LA detective Will Dormer who, along with able cop Ellie (Hilary Swank) is investigating the brutal murder of a teenage girl in a remote Alaskan fishing village. Robin Williams is the creepy prime suspect, the taunting nemesis of the fast-unravelling Dormer, who is sleepless and disoriented in a land of inverted film noir where the sun never sets. Paul Howlett
Cabaret, (Bob Fosse, 1972), 12.20am, BBC2
A sparkling musical version of Goodbye to Berlin, Christopher Isherwood’s account of life in the decadent, dazzling city in the early 30s. Oscar-winning Fosse is stronger inside the club, with its brilliantly choreographed song-and-dance, than on the streets where the Nazi thugs roam. Liza Minnelli is raunchy and vulnerable as bubbly nightclub entertainer Sally Bowles, who falls for Michael York’s innocent abroad. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Premiership Rugby Union: Exeter Chiefs v Saracens The semi-final fixture with Wasps v Leicester Tigers to follow. 1.45pm, BT Sport 1
League One Football: Bradford City v Millwall The play-off final at Wembley; the Championship awaits the winner. 2pm, Sky Sports 1
Rugby League: Widnes Vikings v Wakefield Trinity The Magic Weekend begins with two more games to follow. 2pm, Sky Sports 2
