Wallander
9pm, BBC1
And so it’s time to say farewell to the Kenneth Branagh iteration of Henning Mankell’s downbeat detective. With his health failing, Wallander’s final investigation revolves around the disappearance of his daughter’s naval officer father in law, a case that appears to be linked to events during the cold war. Branagh is superb throughout as he lends his considerable acting chops to a script that explores the different ways in which the past haunts the present. Jonathan Wright
Penelope Keith At Her Majesty’s Service
8pm, Channel 4
New series in which terribly posh host Penelope Keith takes a look inside the Queen’s houses, examining the history behind her many abodes. Starting at Windsor Castle, Keith meets staff including a gilder and discovers more about the heritage of the Queen’s favourite hangout. Then she’s off to Hampton Court Palace to board gold barge Gloriana for a fancy trip down the Thames. Jolly extravagant stuff made fabulous by Keith’s almost-regal charm. Hannah Verdier
Soccer Aid 2016
6pm, ITV
This year’s pro-celebrity kickabout has hit the jackpot in terms of managers. In charge of the England team: the recently-cast saviour of Manchester United José Mourinho. And bossing, pizza-buying and ringing his dilly-dong bell for the Rest Of The World, everyone’s imaginary Italian uncle Claudio Ranieri. Memo to José: this is a charity game featuring Olly Murs and Serge from Kasabian. It is not, repeat, not, an opportunity to commence pre-season mind-games. Phil Harrison
Top Gear
8pm, BBC2
Same studio audience, same format points, same weird engine-block table: the first episode of the BBC’s revamped petrolhead juggernaut confirmed that Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc did not intend to reinvent the wheel. In tonight’s episode two, F1 supremo Eddie Jordan guides mismatched pop stars Sharleen Spiteri, Tinie Tempah and Seasick Steve through an SUV challenge in South Africa. Meanwhile, back in Blighty, Damien Lewis belts up as the Star In A Rallycross Car. Graeme Virtue
City In The Sky
9pm, BBC2
A long way from the kind of airport show where the biggest dilemma is how to keep 20 Magaluf-bound hens in check, this new series sees Dallas Campbell and Dr Hannah Fry exploring the world of aviation in a rather more technical fashion. Kicking off with the history of passenger planes, a trip to the world’s busiest airport and a look at baggage handling, this is intriguing but probably one for science buffs and serious flight enthusiasts only. Hannah J Davies
75: Not Out
7pm, BBC Parliament
The fact-averse shouting match over this year’s EU referendum has been British politics at its worst. Was it any better in 1975, when we voted to remain in the Common Market? Angela Rippon hosts a night of archive programmes. Plenty of heated debate, including a passionate clash between Barbara Castle and Ted Heath, and a tense Panorama featuring Tony Benn, who thought staying in “would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation”. Jack Seale
India’s Lost Worlds
8pm, Nat Geo Wild
The forbidding landscape where the north-eastern corner of India meets the majesty of the Himalayas and the Indochinese jungles, remains largely unexplored, other than by its indigenous tribes. The southern region has a hugely diverse range of wildlife from the golden langur monkeys – stalked by the beautiful but merciless clouded leopard – to the bewilderingly agile, hooting hoolock gibbon, India’s only ape species. Ben Arnold
Film Choice
The Constant Gardener
(Fernando Meirelles, 2005), 10.05pm, ITV3
Meirelles screens John le Carré’s thriller-cum-retrospective love story with impressive skill. It’s about how the Big Pharma drug companies exploit and corrupt people and governments, with Ralph Fiennes as a diplomat delving into murky British business in Kenya after his idealistic wife (Rachel Weisz) is murdered. We’re used to Le Carré’s intrigue and betrayals, but this has real passion, too. PH
About Time
(Richard Curtis) 2013, 9pm, Channel 4
A typical Richard Curtis romcom, with a soupçon of sci-fi: Domhnall Gleeson, son of the mighty Brendan, plays shy Tim like a young Hugh Grant, lovable and bumbling and awkwardly wooing Mary (Rachel McAdams) as he gets to grips with his newly discovered ability to travel in time (not to fight Daleks, but to smooth over life’s awkward little mistakes). Bill Nighy and Lindsay Duncan are his oddball parents in a silly, effortlessly enjoyable fantasy. Paul Howlett
The American
(Anton Corbijn, 2010), 9pm, Film4
This hitman tale is not your usual action fare: there’s a lethal opening, a night-time car chase and a gunfight among festival crowds, but otherwise it’s about the assassin as existentialist hero, George Clooney’s Jack moving enigmatically across a beautiful Italian countryside, pondering the nature of his business and one last job. Quietly, thoroughly gripping. PH
Today’s Live Sport
Athletics: The Birmingham Grand Prix 1.30pm, BBC1
Mo Farah and David Rudisha are scheduled to compete in this event.
Tennis: The French Open, 1.30pm, ITV
The men’s singles final concludes this year’s business from Roland Garros in Paris.
One Day Cricket: West Indies v Australia 5.55pm, Sky Sports 3
The second match of the series from Guyana.
