Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
9pm, BBC2
Of the uncountable reality conceits that have blighted television schedules, it does seem weird that nobody has thought of this one before: putting people through the definitive physical and psychological test of astronaut selection. Among the tasks this week are simulated space-station docking and even speed origami, all overseen by former International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. Andrew Mueller
From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier
8pm, Channel 4
Explorer Levison Wood is an engaging mixture of courageous and curious. He’s happy to camp in woods and neck vodkas by the dozen. But he’s capable of negotiating the geopolitical currents of the places he visits, too. This trip is taking him across the Caucasus, through states that have barely recovered from the fall of communism. Expect a riotous travelogue punctuated by unnerving cameos from the Russian secret police. Phil Harrison
Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling
9pm, BBC1
It is hard to imagine that JK Rowling’s crime novels – written under her Robert Galbraith pseudonym – would have made it to TV had her cover not been blown. Tom Burke has a brooding charm as the titular detective, but some of the dialogue here is a bit boilerplate. This concluding episode begins with a flashback to the incident that saw Strike lose part of his leg, and – as they home in on Lula’s killer – Robin comes under pressure. David Stubbs
Victoria
9pm, ITV
As if to cement the notion that jealousy can envelop absolutely anyone, Victoria becomes increasingly concerned that Albert’s interest in female mathematician Ada Lovelace is about more than her scientific prowess. However, a greater cause for worry sweeps the palace upon the realisation that the young queen is expecting a second child. Life below stairs is equally untranquil, as superstition spreads that a ghostly presence has invaded the kitchens. Mark Gibbings-Jones
BBC Proms 2017: Classical Music of India and Pakistan
10pm, BBC4
As a poetic corrective to a partition that tore India apart, tonight’s Prom aims to celebrate precisely the opposite: music’s power to heal and to unify. There are performances from three separate classical traditions: Hindustani music from northern India, carnatic music from the south, and qawwali, devotional music from the Pakistani Sufi tradition, given much exposure in the west via the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Ali Catterall
Top Class
9.30am, CBBC
The return, for a third series, of the primary school answer to University Challenge. Susan Calman lobs questions at teams of kids, drawing on general knowledge and pop culture as well as proper educational stuff from the national curriculum. The fun part is when each school puts up a teacher for a much harsher quickfire spotlight round. Hoping to progress from this opening heat are Willow Brook from east London and, from the Caithness coast, Lybster. Jack Seale
The Therapist
9.35pm, Viceland
Even if you don’t believe all pop stars are narcissists trying to fill the holes in their souls with the empty trappings of fame, the idea of celeb musicians undergoing therapy on camera sounds like a sketchy premise. Thankfully, LA-based guru Siri Sat Nam Singh is a calm, quizzical dude, capable of putting his famous clients at ease. In this illuminating session, rapper Freddie Gibbs – who was falsely accused of rape, and imprisoned for it – opens up about his personal and legal issues.
Graeme Virtue
Film choice
Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010) 5pm, BBC1
The delightful and poignant conclusion to the game-changing animated trilogy tugs ever harder on the heartstrings, confronting that bittersweet time when youngsters put away childish things. When Andy heads for college, Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack) and the other toys are accidentally dispatched to the daycare centre-cum-nightmare prison. Cue a triumphant adventure about love, loyalty and a megalomaniac teddy bear. Paul Howlett
Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, 2014) 9pm, Channel 4
An old-fashioned, somewhat ponderous, biblical epic in the tradition of Cecil B DeMille’s Ten Commandments. Christian Bale is a noble Moses, getting into a fearful family squabble with his brother, the pharaoh Ramses (a heavily eyelined Joel Edgerton) when leading his people out of Egypt. The special effects are stunning, from the parting of the Red Sea to the plagues – notably the creeping horror of the death of the firstborn. PH
Let Me In (Matt Reeves, 2010) 11pm, BBC2
This US remake of the haunting Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In loses some of the original’s sly humour in favour of a horror fix. But with teen superstars in Kodi Smit-McPhee (of The Road) as the troubled 12-year-old boy, and Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) as the vampire who befriends him, the sweet, youthful emotion survives alongside the bloodlust. PH
Today’s best live sport
Cycling: Tour of Britain 10.15am, ITV4 Stage one of eight, a 188km route from Edinburgh to Kelso.
Formula 1: Italian Grand Prix 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event The 13th round of the season at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Premiership Rugby Union: Leicester Tigers v Bath 2.30pm, BT Sport 1 Having signed George Ford from Bath, Leicester’s first match of the season should be a spicy one.
