BBC Music Awards
8pm, BBC1
Inaugurated way back in 2014, the BBC music awards recognises the achievements of artists who – were it not for their sellout stadium tours and huge sales – might otherwise have gone completely unrecognised. So, yes, this two-hour show, hosted by Fearne Cotton and Chris Evans, may not exactly be filling a gap in the market, but it will be serving up a lot of live music. Performers come from the world of pop (Ellie Goulding, Jess Glynne), from rock (Mumford, James Bay) and there’s Rod Stewart, too. John Robinson
The Last Kingdom
9pm, BBC2
The unexpectedly excellent adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories novels concludes its first series of ancient British intrigue with King Alfred and Uhtred of Bebbanburg finally united. They must warn the Saxon forces to come together to battle for both Wessex and England, but deception and betrayal lies ahead, not to mention a dash of treachery thrown in among the sword-wielding. With seven more books to go at, this could yet be the Beeb’s answer to you-know-what. Ben Arnold
Britain’s Oldest Crooks
9pm, ITV
Natty dresser Zeke is 81, old enough, you might think, to be taking things easy. But he’s lately been released from a five-year stretch for dealing drugs and he “ain’t scared” about the prospect of going back inside. Zeke is just one of the miscreants featured here, men and women whose crimes include feeding pigeons, growing cannabis for use as a painkiller against the effects of rheumatoid arthritis, and much else besides. Get past the occasionally supercilious commentary here and a melancholy reflection on getting older emerges. Jonathan Wright
Hunderby
10pm, Sky Atlantic
Julia Davis’s gothic spoof returns for a two-part special. This opening hour sees evil housekeeper Dorothy determined to disrupt Helene and Dr Foggerty’s marriage, while keeping master Edmund incapacitated with laudanum. Though this series provides Davis with the perfect setting in which to cultivate the bizarre idioms and stomach-turning adjectives that peppered Nighty Night, without the latter’s acute social observation, Hunderby’s appeal seems limited to her grotesque linguistic invention – and rather repetitive for it. Rachel Aroesti
What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment
9pm, BBC4
As the 19th century became the 20th, music hall morphed into something called “variety” – a showcase for acts such as “the stud of cantankerous and educated ponies, introduced by Mr Boswell”. Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein pick up the story, celebrating megastars such as Harry Lauder, gender-bending Vesta Tilley, Gracie Fields and that leer on legs, the brilliantly disgusting George Formby, with his little stick of Blackpool rock (“It’s nice to have a nibble at it now and again”). Ali Catterall
18 Kids and Counting
9pm, Channel 4
For most families, hosting a camera crew would be a huge undertaking. For Sue and Noel Radford, parents to Britain’s biggest family, such a crew could conceivably hide in the crowd as they await the arrival of their 18th offspring. Revisiting the family featured in 16 Kids and Counting, we follow a further 12 months in the lives of the ever-increasing Radfords, a year also featuring the nuptials of the eldest daughter, Sophie. Presumably the wedding photographer will be using a fisheye lens. Mark Gibbings-Jones
The Last Panthers
9pm, Sky Atlantic
This week, the dark diamond heist drama whisks us back to 1995 and the Bosnian war, back when Samantha Morton’s Naomi was still a blue-bereted soldier in the UN. The emotional and ethical complexities of remaining neutral in the conflict are explored, with Naomi taking grim lessons in history first from the elegantly cynical Tom, himself in an unofficial directing role for the British, and then one of the combatants. “You British know how to start wars, we know how to survive them.” Sad, but gripping. David Stubbs
Film Choice
The Matrix Revolutions (Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, 2003) 10pm, Watch
The Matrix trilogy grinds to a spectacular climax. The last battle – in which the human defenders of Zion dress in enormous armoured battle-suits to repel a robotic horde of Sentinels, while Keanu Reeves’s Neo takes on Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) one last time – is undeniably fantastic, but after that first, brilliant movie, something a little more original was expected from the Wachowskis. Paul Howlett
Single White Female (Barbet Schroeder, 1992) 9pm, Movie Mix
Tenants, who’d have them? Bridget Fonda’s Allie, who has just evicted her slimy, philandering boyfriend, takes a flatmate. But compared with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s lodger from hell, he was a pussycat. A low-rent thriller that raises a few shivers. PH
Today’s best live sport
Women’s Golf: The Dubai Ladies Masters Day two of the event from the UAE. 8.30am, Sky Sports 4
Europa League Football: Sion v Liverpool Tottenham v Monaco follows at 8pm. 6pm, BT Sport Europe
European Rugby Challenge Cup: Worcester Warriors v Gloucester The Pool Four clash at the Sixways Stadium. 7pm, Sky Sports 5
Test Cricket: Australia v West Indies The second day from the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. 11.30pm, Sky Sports 2
