Nothing Like a Dame
9pm, BBC Two
Octogenarians Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith each started out on their thespian careers in the 1950s. Each has gone on to become an unofficially designated national treasure and each gets to put an honorific in front of their names for occasions when a restaurant table is needed. Plenty excuse enough for this Roger Michell-directed documentary in which the four women – friends and colleagues down the years – wittily and poignantly reflect on what they’ve learned. Jonathan Wright
The British Soap Awards 2018
8pm, ITV
For the first time in their history, these awards will be broadcast live. And, to mark the 20th anniversary, there’s a special greatest moment gong, too. Will we see a Moonlight/La La Land moment between EastEnders and Corrie? It’s Philip Schofield’s 10th year on solo presenting duties, so probably not. Hannah J Davies
Queen Victoria and Her Tragic Family
8pm, Channel 5
Conclusion of this series that, as the title suggests, focuses on the more soap operatic aspects of Victoria’s life. The royal family were, then as ever, a handful: the programme depicts Victoria, with debatable fairness, as a meddling matriarch whose interventions made things worse. Andrew Mueller
Inspector Montalbano
9pm, BBC Four
In British crime dramas, the search for a missing sex worker would be the cue for a torrent of grim prurience. Under the hot blue Sicilian skies, it’s a prompt for Salvo (Luca Zingaretti) to untangle his own feelings about obsessive love. There’s also ample room for comic and fantastic digressions. Jack Seale
All Round to Mrs Brown’s
9.10pm, BBC One
Brendan O’Carroll throws on the cardigan and curlers to welcome TV Dragons Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden into the den. Tonight’s other interviewees are musical collaborators Sting and Shaggy, This Morning chef-turned-Italian Escape artist Gino D’Acampo and Loose Woman Christine Lampard. Mark Gibbings-Jones
All Girls Live at the Apollo
10.30pm, BBC Two
The reasoning behind this female-only special seems spurious, but there’s no denying the talent. Sara Pascoe and Roisin Conaty feature, but perhaps most exciting is US comedian Michelle Wolf, fresh from her Trump-baiting triumph at the White House correspondents’ dinner. Ellen E Jones
TV Films
District 9, 9pm, Sony Movie Channel
Sharlto Copley’s middle-manager is appointed to move a colony of sickly alien arthropods from their revolting shantytown, District 9, and finds his allegiances shifting as he learns the motives of the supervising MNU Corporation. Director Neill Blomkamp brings a grainy authenticity to this inventive sci-fi. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Test Cricket: England v Pakistan The second day from Headingley. 10am, Sky Sports Main Event
International Football: England v Nigeria England’s World Cup prep continues at Wembley. 5pm, ITV
International Rugby Union: South Africa v Wales Coverage from the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. 9.20pm, Channel 4
