Poldark
9pm, BBC1
The opener of series three features marriage, death and an impending birth, but a black moon rising over Cornwall augurs ill for Elizabeth’s unborn child. Caroline and Dwight are wed, but their honeymoon is cut short by an emergency. Meanwhile, thorough rotter George is having problems with his stepson Geoffrey and brings in a young governess. Ross smoulders helplessly, while the Cornish landscape sits in beautiful indifference to all the strife. David Stubbs
Dirty Dancing
6.25pm, Channel 5
While Baby and Johnny get slightly modified backstories for this new US made-for-TV remake of the 80s classic, the aim here isn’t as much to riff on the original film as it is to remake it almost shot for shot with about a 10th of the feeling. Abigail Breslin (Baby) can act but isn’t too hot on the dancing, while Colt Prattes (Johnny) can move but is unlikely to move you. Where’s the sweat, the emotion? Will you have the time of your life watching this? Almost certainly not.
Hannah J Davies
The Life Swap Adventure
8pm, BBC2
There’s something quite Jason Bourne about this globetrotting reality series. When two strangers agree to exchange places, they are both blindfolded, renditioned to another country and have to pick up the threads of their new identity with minimal background intel. In the most ambitious swap yet, self-sustaining hunter Lionel bids farewell to the rainforests of Guyana while London civil servant John gets to grips with a bow and arrow. Graeme Virtue
The Loch
9pm, ITV
Set in a wee village in the Loch Ness area, ITV’s glossy new offering hits the crime drama tropes pretty hard. In this opening episode alone there’s a close-knit community with a secret, tourist-board approved scenery, city cops v country cops, teens v parents … not to mention a very grisly murder and a killer who will surely be dubbed the Loch Ness Monster. A bit daft? Yes. Engaging? Sure. Ditch the pork scratchings before you watch, though. Sophie Harris
The Handmaid’s Tale
9pm, Channel 4
This adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel does a fine job of realising the Republic of Gilead, but it’s the flashbacks to a more recognisable US that make it so superb. These offer chillingly plausible insights into how a woman-hating theocracy might take hold. First, a barista is emboldened to call his female customers “sluts”, then women are shut out of the workplace. Don’t worry, though: the menfolk will provide. Ellen E Jones
Jungletown
9pm, Viceland
The first episode of this structured-reality show introduces Jimmy Stice, a US
real-estate entrepreneur aiming to build a sustainable and “socially responsible” town from scratch in the Panamanian jungle. He drafts in 80 interns, who’ve each paid $5,000 for a 10-week course in societal basics at his “institute” and arrive in a muddy compound where the water storage tanks are empty. Brazen scam or brave new eco world? That is the question. Sharon O’Connell
Twin Peaks: The Return
11.45pm, Sky Atlantic
Return is just what the series so far has been all about. Namely, how the Good Dale can find his way out of the Black Lodge and into something like his normal setting. His unfolding journey has unlocked intensely sinister weirdness and also incidents of delightful and hallucinatory good cheer. How far Bad Dale will impede his progress – and which other plots will develop in this fifth episode – remains to be seen. John Robinson
Film choice
The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006) 2.30pm, Channel 4
The satirical high heels aren’t as sharp as they might be, but Meryl Streep’s performance as Miranda Priestly, the impossibly demanding editor of New York fashion mag Runway, expertly glosses over such weaknesses. Catty and funny, with Anne Hathaway as the sweet new kid in the office. Paul Howlett
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 2014) 10.30pm, BBC1
Marvel’s most patriotic warrior, Captain America (Chris Evans) teams up with Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and Anthony Mackie’s Falcon to fight old Soviet killer the Winter Soldier, as well as dangers from within that threaten the future of the security agency, SHIELD. PH
Today’s live sport
Tennis: The French Open 1.30pm, ITV John Inverdale presents coverage of the men’s singles final.
Formula One : Canadian Grand Prix 6.30pm, Sky Sports 2 The seventh round of the season, which takes place at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Football World Cup Qualifier: Serbia v Wales 7.15pm, Sky Sports 1 Action from the Group D fixture in the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade.
