The X Factor
8pm, ITV
Nine months have whizzed by quicker than you can say “What happened to Rak-Su?”, and it’s time for another series of the increasingly dystopian singing contest. With Simon Cowell having binned “Mrs O”, Louis and Nicole, One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field are his new judging partners. Expect suspiciously polished acts, plenty of tear-jerking tales and, given both Robbie and Louis’ boyband backgrounds, the requisite four-part harmonies. Hannah J Davies
Jackie Chan’s Green Heroes
7pm, National Geographic
From kung fu fighter to eco warrior, Jackie Chan has exchanged martial arts movies for a role campaigning to clean up the environment. Watch him help engineer Arthur Huang create a plastics recycling machine he believes will be the ultimate weapon in a war against “a tsunami of trash”. Mike Bradley
How the Victorians Built Britain
9pm, Channel 5
No Victorians, no modern world as we know it, contends this new series. First up, presenter Michael Buerk considers our forebears’ transport innovations, with particular reference to the way London’s underground railway, the first in the world, transformed the capital. Jonathan Wright
The Plague
9pm, BBC Four
Spain. The late 16th century. A former soldier begins a mission to honour the dying wish of a friend, which involves spiriting his son out of the plague-ridden city of Seville. Trouble is: he doesn’t know the boy’s name or what he looks like. Unhurried and elegant: the opening double bill of a promising historical drama. MB
CMA Fest 2018
9pm, Sky Arts
Holding a country music festival in Nashville feels a bit coals-to-Newcastle. Isn’t it country day every day in Nashville? Coverage of this year’s festivities includes performances by Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban but with literally hundreds of guests, all branches of rhinestone-encrusted taste are catered for. Phil Harrison
The Jonathan Ross Show
9.15pm, ITV
A new series begins with guests Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, in town to talk about their new comedy Night School; Mel Giedroyc, about to appear in a gender-reversed West End production of Sondheim musical Company; comedian Rob Beckett and Marvel star Dave Bautista. Plus music from Jess Glynne. MB
Film choice
Gone Girl 10pm, BBC Two
Gillian Flynn’s book – a tense tale of murder and misogyny – gets the louring David Fincher treatment. When Amy (Rosamund Pike) and Nick (Ben Affleck) relocate to the midwest, she disappears and he, in the Hitchcockian manner, is prime suspect, her diary revealing the darker side of their relationship. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
Test Cricket: England v India, 10am, Sky Sports Cricket
Third day’s play in the fourth Test.
Premier League Football: Leicester City v Liverpool, 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Manchester City v Newcastle Utd follows at 5pm on BT Sport 1.
Premiership Rugby Union: Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers, 4.15pm, BT Sport 2
Sandy Park hosts its first game of the league season.
