Endeavour
8pm, ITV
The Morse prequel resumes in 1968 with our young hero (Shaun Evans, brilliantly prickly) promoted to detective sergeant, sandwiched between shrewd superior Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) and laddish rookie DC Fancy (Lewis Peek). There is barely time to celebrate the new stripes before an ex-boxer turns up dead and a rare Fabergé egg auction is targeted by an international art thief. If the Pink Panther stuff seems excessive – “All a bit Simon Templar, isn’t it?” mutters Morse – this season opener is as absorbing as ever. Graeme Virtue
Call the Midwife
8pm, BBC One
A bland offering by Midwife standards sees the women of Poplar parade in a beauty contest, acting as light relief to offset a wobbly abortion subplot and a textbook case of a destitute family whose predicament is worse than it looks. Don’t expect the gush of tears the show can provoke when it’s on top form. Jack Seale
SAS: Who Dares Wins
9pm, Channel 4
In the last of the series, the seven remaining gluttons for punishment have been pared down from the initial 25 who turned up at the Atlas Mountains to be shouted at by chaps from the SAS. They will take part in the “ultimate sickener”, a series of Herculean labours that will decide the winner. Ben Arnold
Celebs Go Dating
9pm, E4
The kid from Jerry Maguire (Jonathan Lipnicki) is all grown up! Yet naive enough to entrust his love life to the Celebrity Dating Agency. In this new series he’ll be joined by reality veterans including Made in Chelsea’s Ollie Locke and Towie’s Gemma Collins, both old enough to know better. Ellen E Jones
Maltese: The Mafia Detective
10pm, Channel 4
The always enthusiastic Walter Iuzzolino presents this promising drama, set in the 70s and co-created by two of the writers responsible for Gomorrah. Unlike that show, it is visually sumptuous, telling the violent story of a detective who returns after 20 years to a Sicily mired in corruption. David Stubbs
Arena: Stanley and His Daughters
10pm, BBC Four
A melancholy film, functioning as both a profile of painter Stanley Spencer and a survey of the havoc wrought by his unconventional private life. His daughters Unity and Shirin bore the brunt; now 87 and 91, they’re attempting to overcome a long-standing estrangement. Phil Harrison
Film choice
Elizabeth, 11.15pm, Channel 4
Shekhar Kapur’s account of Elizabeth I’s rise to the throne may not be strictly accurate but it is a gripping account of a dangerous time, when courtly intrigue was conducted with whispers in dark corridors and via the cold strike of the stiletto. Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth is a fiery young monarch. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Premier League Football: Crystal Palace v Newcastle United With Liverpool v Spurs to follow. 1.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Six Nations Rugby Union: Italy v England From the Stadio Olimpico, Rome. 2.15pm, ITV
American Football: Super Bowl Holders New England Patriots take on Philadelphia Eagles. 11pm, Sky Sports Main Event; 11.15pm, BBC1
