Electric Dreams: Impossible Planet
9pm, Channel 4
Irma (Geraldine Chaplin), aged 342, wants to visit Earth, is willing to pay a small fortune, and hires two cruise-ship operators to take her there. Only problem: Earth was destroyed years ago. But that’s not going to stop unscrupulous Andrews (Benedict Wong) and conflicted Norton (Jack Reynor) from taking her “there”. A most moving meditation on love and memory, perhaps suggesting that the heart is where home is. Ali Catterall
Escape to the Chateau
7pm, Channel 4
The demanding DIY fairytale continues for former Scrapheap Challenge bodger Dick Strawbridge and his wife Angel, who swapped Southend for the Pays de la Loire and a five-storey 19th-century fixer-upper. Having now renovated almost half of their 45 rooms, Dick is desperate to revive the chateau’s derelict walled garden. But an attic-rattling winter storm forces the couple to reassess the state of their rickety roof. Graeme Virtue
Egypt’s Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
8pm, Channel 4
As part of the Treasures Decoded series, we discover vital clues as to how the materials for the Great Pyramid at Giza were transported, thanks to a recently unearthed 4,500-year-old diary. Could it be that a system of specially constructed ships and hidden waterways provides the answer? With man-made canals diverted from the Nile to carry the huge stones? Vivid graphics beautifully bring to life the dry and dusty subject matter. David Stubbs
The Child in Time
9pm, BBC1
Benedict Cumberbatch is the children’s author hollowed by the loss of his daughter, in a classily staged version of Ian McEwan’s 1987 novel. Cumberbatch is in virtually every scene and can carry that weight, but debate will be had about whether the simplifying of the novel’s various themes – distilling them into the notion that love and memory transcend time – produces a more elegant study of grief, or just makes all the subplots and elements confusing and cursory. Jack Seale
Listen to Britain 2017
9pm, BBC4
Listen to Britain was a 20-minute propaganda film made by Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister in 1942. From an unpromising premise, the directors crafted a poetic and profound statement about British – and indeed human – life. Tonight, the film gets another screening but the BBC and the BFI have also commissioned 12 new films loosely inspired by the original but rooted in the present. Expect fiery polemics, gentle musings and everything in between. Phil Harrison
Vice: Dark Web and Future of Appalachia
10pm, Viceland
This in-depth, disturbing episode of Vice’s Emmy-winning doc series focuses on law enforcement officers working to end child exploitation. From forensic data analysis to AI, the fight against paedophiles is increasingly hi-tech, reflecting the surge in internet access – and instances of online child sex abuse – in the developing world. Plus, a rounded report on the declining coal industry in the US region of Appalachia. Hannah J Davies
The Secret Life of the Ballroom
8pm, W
Second visit to five couples as they attempt a transformation from amateur shoe-shufflers to beatified ballroomistas. This week’s cha-cha-challenge gives the couples a fortnight to prepare for Stockport’s glitziest ballroom bonanza. With no Strictly-esque training camps available, practice sessions for each couple must fit around their busy lives, with Paul and Vanessa even having to prepare via Skype. With so much to juggle, who will prevail? Mark Gibbings-Jones
Film choice
The Grand Budapest Hotel, (Wes Anderson, 2014), Sunday, 11.05pm, Channel 4
What a brilliantly inventive delight this is. Wes Anderson’s lovely, loopy comedy is set in the eponymous hotel, in the fictional, mittel-European town of Zubrowka, where renowned concierge Monsieur Gustave (a superb Ralph Fiennes) and orphan bellboy Zero (Tony Revolori) become embroiled in a struggle for a priceless painting. The script is hilarious, the characters colourful, the action zany and, best of all, the fantastical hotel is a triumph of gorgeously eccentric art design. Paul Howlett
Death on the Nile, (John Guillermin, 1978), 12.25pm, ITV3
A big-screen Agatha Christie from an earlier era. Peter Ustinov is impressively weighty as the great Belgian detective, faced with a luxury cruise-liner full of suspects after the killing of spoilt heiress Lois Chiles. Among the illustrious passengers are Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow and Jon Finch. Paul Howlett
Falling Down, (Joel Schumacher, 1993), 9pm, ITV4
Abandoning his car in a traffic jam, sacked white-collar worker Michael Douglas embarks on a picaresque journey across a witheringly hot and vicious LA. He takes up arms, in the American way, against his troubles, the excellent Douglas seething with frustration at the unfairness of life. Barbara Hershey is his ex-wife, Robert Duvall the edge-of-retirement cop with one last job to do. Funny, sad and wise. Paul Howlett
Boyz n the Hood, (John Singleton, 1991), 11.15pm, BBC2
This landmark drama about a young black lad’s struggle on the streets of LA, where crack, bad cops and gang warfare are rife, is now seen as a key work in the Black Lives Matter era. Young Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr) avoids violence, until his friends are shot up. Singleton’s deeply compassionate tale pulses with authenticity. Paul Howlett
Live sport
ODI Cricket: England v West Indies The third game of the series, from the County Ground, Bristol. 10.30am, Sky Sports Cricket
Premiership Rugby: Exeter Chiefs v Wasps Action from Sandy Park. 2.30pm, BT Sport 1
Premier League Football: Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United Struggling Brighton meet unexpectedly high-flying Toon. 3.30pm, Sky Sports Premier League
