The Heart Guy
8pm, Drama
Hugh Knight is a gifted, arrogant heart surgeon living in Sydney. He’s also a hedonist who’s becoming “more like Charlie Sheen” than George Clooney. When the inevitable crash occurs, in an incident involving drugs and partying, he’s banned from scalpel-wielding and sent to work as a GP in Whyhope, the rural town his family calls home. Time to confront the past. Sort of Doc Martin meets House under the Aussie sun, then, but solidly done. Available as a box set after this opener transmits. Jonathan Wright
Jesus’ Female Disciples
8pm, Channel 4
For more than two millennia, the story of Jesus and his disciples has been dominated by men, with women painted as either pious onlookers or whores. In this fascinating exploration of evidence to the contrary, Helen Bond and Joan Taylor’s findings might make Christians rethink the foundations of their faith. Candice Carty-Williams
Ordeal By Innocence
9pm, BBC One
The Agatha Christie adaptation continues, with the toxic Philip delighting in stirring the pot following his dinner date with Dr Calgary. Mickey warns him off but the good doctor won’t be dissuaded so easily. With Leo’s wedding day fast approaching, the tension is unbearable. Superlative melodrama. Ben Arnold
The Good Karma Hospital
9pm, ITV
After Ruby’s shocking discovery at the tea plantation, it’s time for her to decide whether she can summon up some sympathy and forgive the mistakes of the past. Back at the titular treatment centre, a surrogate mother goes into labour, leading to a strong disagreement between Mari and Lydia. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Folk Awards 2018
9pm, BBC Four
This year’s ceremony comes from Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. There’s music from Paul Brady, Eliza Carthy and more, but the big news is an induction for brilliant but doomed troubadour Nick Drake – who would have turned 70 in 2018 – into the Folk Awards Hall of Fame. Expect bittersweet pastoral loveliness. Phil Harrison
Emergency Helicopter Medics
9pm, More4
This new documentary series is not for the faint-hearted; among others, we meet a motorcyclist on the brink of death and a woman who has been kicked in the face by a horse. Perhaps correctly, it focuses more on the brave work of air ambulance workers than it does schmaltz or happy endings. Hannah J Davies
Film choice
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 11pm, Channel 4
John le Carré’s old-school spy George Smiley gets a top-class remake. Cold war Britain is evoked in all its down-at-heel detail as Smiley (Gary Oldman) negotiates a complex plot of double and triple cross. Among the superb cast caught up in the old boys’ network are Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Premier League Football: Arsenal v Southampton With Chelsea v West Ham United to follow at 4.15pm. 1.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Formula 1: The Bahrain Grand Prix From the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. 4.05pm, Sky Sports F1
Golf: The Masters The final round from Augusta. 6.30pm, BBC Two
