Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
9pm, E4
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe has evolved, its small-screen companion series – centred on straight-arrow Phil Coulson and his sarcastic cadre of secret agents – has increasingly seemed sidelined. This feature-length season-five opener appears to embrace the show’s under-the-radar status with an oblique opening montage soundtracked by Talking Heads that climaxes with most of the cast marooned in outer space on a rickety spaceship infested with hungry aliens. The intriguing result is more Black Mirror than Red Skull. Graeme Virtue
Hold the Sunset
7.30pm, BBC One
Given the cracking cast – which includes Alison Steadman, Jason Watkins and Anne Reid – it is a shame that this comedy isn’t funnier. Tonight, Edith (Steadman) is trying to book a holiday, while her son Roger (Watkins) gets a surprising offer from his wife that forces him to ponder the meaning of life. Hannah Verdier
Call the Midwife
8pm, BBC One
Another week, another emotional episode of a show that has truly honed its ratings-grabbing mix of fact and fiction. Dr Turner tries to help a teen from a remand home, and – doctor patient confidentiality swiftly breached – Shelagh assists his pregnant girlfriend. Meanwhile, Barbara remains in a critical condition. Hannah J Davies
Churchill’s Secret Affair
8pm, Channel 4
Winston Churchill had plenty on his plate in the 1940s. In addition to trying to win a war, he was managing the potentially explosive fallout from an affair with mildly scandalous socialite (and great aunt of Cara Delevingne) Doris Castlerosse. This intriguing and eventually slightly melancholy doc explores their dalliance. Phil Harrison
Strike – Career of Evil
9pm, BBC One
The workaday sleuther concludes its two-parter, hobbled by the scenes with Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke apart being so inferior to the ones in which they’re together. The PI as minor celeb is a Sherlockian motif; for keen-eyed viewers, the attempt to ape a more specific Sherlock trick is fatally too obvious. Jack Seale
90th Academy Awards
1.30am, Sky Cinema Oscars
This year’s Oscars should see big wins for Guillermo del Toro’s gorgeous The Shape of Water, Dunkirk, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. If Frances McDormand doesn’t win best actress for the latter, a robbery will have been committed. Fingers crossed for Get Out, too. Ali Catterall
Film choice
Wyatt Earp, 12.50pm, Channel 5
A handsome account of the great lawman, sturdily played by Kevin Costner. It has the rich texture of history in the making, and makes a hell of a battle out of the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral. Among the starry cast are Gene Hackman as big daddy Earp, and Dennis Quaid as the tubercular Doc Holliday. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Premier League Football: Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal With Man City v Chelsea to follow. 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Premiership Rugby: Worcester Warriors v Leicester Tigers Action from Sixways Stadium. 2.30pm, BT Sport 1
Athletics: The World Indoor Championships The final day from Birmingham. 2.45pm, BBC Two
