Imagine: Mel Brooks – Unwrapped
10pm, BBC Two
Alan Yentob encounters the irascible Brooks (ie the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force) in the latest of their several interviews over the decades, also revisited here. At 91, Brooks is as sharp as a tack and funny as hell, whether trying to plug his new Young Frankenstein musical in the face of BBC impartiality or discussing The 2000 Year Old Man with co-creator Carl Reiner, who recalls Mel’s method as “a genius mind trapped against the wall, coming up with the most brilliant things”. Ali Catterall
Harry Hill’s Tea-Time
5.30pm, Sky1
Tonight, Harry uses the visit of Kate Humble as the pretext for a wildlife special, complete with his own version of the Springwatch-patented badgercam. Expect a few highlights from Humble’s career (with particular emphasis on bizarre Sky outing Wild Things), all presented with Hill’s customary safari-suited glee. Phil Harrison
David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities
8.15pm, BBC Two
Sir Dave explores unexpected follies from the animal kingdom. Tonight, evolutionary outtakes including the “pizzly bear” – a combo of polar bear and grizzly that may be a product of climate change – plus killer bees that emerged from the transfer of African bees to South America. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Britain at Low Tide
8pm, Channel 4
The series that spotlights intertidal archaeology (analysing historic sites at the seaside, basically) returns for more silty pleasures. Tori Herridge and team explore Sussex, uncovering a crooked Dutch shipwreck, a deep-bore mystery and the faintest outline of an 18th-century boondoggle. Graeme Virtue
Troy: Fall of a City
9.10pm, BBC One
Enthusiastic shagging en plein air, moody candlelight and nebulous prophecies await in the first of this eight-part drama, a collaboration between the Beeb and Netflix that owes a denarius or five to Game of Thrones. Tonight kicks off with hunky hero Paris being confronted by Zeus and his gang of goddesses. Sophie Harris
Mosaic
10pm, Sky Atlantic
Steven Soderbergh is the latest cinematic auteur to move to television. Sharon Stone stars as children’s author Olivia Lake in a tale of brutal, sinister doings in a rural Utah idyll. Mosaic’s narrative branches out over four years before we arrive at the truth about the disappearance of a high-profile resident. David Stubbs
TV film
Young Frankenstein, 11.15pm, BBC Two
This marvellous monster movie is Mel Brooks’s best spoof. The script runs the gamut of slapstick screen humour, it is shot in handsome monochrome and it oozes affection for the horror classics. Best of the brilliant cast is Peter Boyle as the bewildered creature, accidentally gifted an abnormal brain. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Winter Olympics 2018 Today’s icy frolics include curling and ice hockey. 6am, BBC Two
Premiership Rugby: Leicester Tigers v Harlequins Action from Welford Road. 2.30pm, BT Sport 1
FA Cup Football: Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City Huddersfield Town v Manchester United follows at 5pm. 12noon, BT Sport 2
