The Handmaid’s Tale
10pm, Channel 4
As season one concludes, Offred faces impossible choices – she’s at the mercy of her captors, her instincts and, most of all, her biology. And yet the brilliance of The Handmaid’s Tale lies in its ability to communicate tiny increments of hope, defiance and kindness within Gilead’s wider brutality. A remarkable series; it’s hard to think of many more timely articulations of the horrors of totalitarianism or the value of resistance for its own sake. Phil Harrison
Wild Alaska Live
7pm, BBC1
It is the last in the series of Wild Alaska, with Liz Bonnin, Matt Baker and Steve Backshall saying goodbye to the wild and wonderful Tongass and Katmai national parks. Will the youngest black bear cubs be able to muscle in with the wolves for the best fishing positions, in order to catch enough food to last them through the harsh Alaskan winter? Meanwhile at sea, the orcas and humpback whales will be massing, as the salmon reach the end of their migration. Ben Arnold
World War One Remembered: Passchendaele
7pm, BBC2
The battle’s statistics challenge comprehension – 275,000 allied casualties, 220,000 German – as does the infamously hellish mud. The fact that there are now no living survivors lends the ceremonies marking Passchendaele’s 100th anniversary extra weight, were any needed. Dan Snow reports from Ypres, a tableau vivant tells the story of the battle, and performances come from Alfie Boe, War Horse and the cast of The Wipers’ Times. Sharon O’Connell
BBC Proms 2017
7.30pm, BBC4
Schiller’s Ode to Joy loosely translates as “Thy magic power reunites all that custom has divided.” So you couldn’t really ask for a more Remainer-friendly Proms tonight, what with the EU’s anthem – also known as Beethoven’s Ninth – topping the bill, followed by James MacMillan’s European premiere of A European Requiem. Conductor Xian Zhang puts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and the CBSO Chorus through their majestic paces. Ali Catterall
The Heroes of Super Saturday: Jess, Mo & Greg
10.30pm, BBC1
Michael Johnson looks back to the London 2012 Olympics, and the greatest ever night for UK athletics. “Super Saturday” saw Jessica Ennis prevail in the heptathlon, Mo Farah win a thrilling 10,000m and, most unexpectedly, Greg Rutherford pick up long jump gold. Johnson explores the challenges these athletes faced in maintaining their status – and as a multiple Olympic champion himself, he should know. David Stubbs
Codes and Conspiracies
9pm, Discovery
A new run of the documentary series set on uncloaking society’s most clandestine cabals, most secret locations and most mysterious symbols. Tonight’s episode mines for the truth behind the international gold trade. With a market measured in trillions of dollars, just who owns the biggest blocks of bling? Despite what one might be inclined to believe, it’s well away from the cartoonish grasp of the likes of Donald Trump. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Vice: Power to the President – Turkey
10pm, Viceland
A bracing but necessary examination of the descent of Turkey into authoritarian nationalism. In the year following last summer’s attempted coup, President Erdoğan has dealt ruthlessly with opposition – real and imagined – and won a referendum to further buttress his own power. Isobel Yeung’s report chronicles the personality cult around Erdoğan and looks at where it might taking Turkey. Spoiler alert: nowhere good. Andrew Mueller
Film choices
Pride, (Matthew Warchus, 2014) Sunday, 10pm, BBC2
There are shades of Made in Dagenham in this inspirational tale of industrial action. It’s set during the 1984 miners’ strike and recounts the birth of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners movement, bringing macho miners and metrosexuals together in funny, rousing, sexy union. Ben Schnetzer is feisty Mark Ashton, the gay campaigner who leads a delegation to link up with the miners of Onllwyn, and the marvellous cast includes Bill Nighy, Paddy Considine and Imelda Staunton. Paul Howlett
Miss Potter, (Chris Noonan, 2006), 12.30pm, BBC2
Babe director Chris Noonan’s whimsical version of the life of Beatrix Potter can have done no harm to the Lake District tourist industry, or Potter’s publishers. Renée Zellweger’s Potter is a pioneering career woman as much as infants’ fantasist, and it’s stuffed with cute animated bunnies, awkward Victorian courtship (with her publisher, Ewan McGregor) and eyefuls of glorious scenery. Paul Howlett
The Peacemaker, (Mimi Leder, 1997), 11.30pm, BBC1
A breathless adventure that announces its intentions right at the start with a nuclear explosion. George Clooney is an up-and-at-’em special forces action man, Nicole Kidman a scientist who prefers to think things through; together they’re hunting the terrorists who have nicked a whole batch of the bombs. Leder cuts straight to the chase, but a lot rests on the bubbling chemistry of the opposites-attracting couple. Paul Howlett
Lilting, (Hong Khaou, 2014), 11.50pm, BBC2
Ben Whishaw is the grieving Richard, who attempts to cope with the death of his partner Kai (Anthony Leung) by striking up a filial relationship with Kai’s widowed mother Junn (Pei-Pei Cheng), who lives in a care home. When he employs the Chinese-speaking Vann (Naomi Christie) to translate at their meetings, she finds herself dealing with not just the words, but the feelings, in Cambodian-born director Hong Khaou’s affecting, low-budget debut. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Test Cricket: England v South Africa The fourth day’s play from the Oval. 10am, Sky Sports Cricket
Challenge Cup Rugby League: Wigan Warriors v Salford Red Devils The second semi-final from the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington. 2pm, BBC2
Football: Uefa Women’s Euro 2017 Coverage of a quarter-final as the tournament continues. 7.30pm, Channel 4
