How to Make Your Marriage Work
10pm, Channel 4
Whether couples from Brent are supremely compatible, slavishly loyal or just very accommodating regarding the tribulations of married life, the area boasts one of Britain’s lowest divorce rates. Five married couples from the north London borough discuss the ingredients of a long and happy marriage, including surviving the onset of kids and coping with temptation. All without any bickering over what to watch next in the Netflix queue. Mark Gibbings-Jones
10 Puppies and Us
8pm, BBC2
Last part of the series that has kept dog lovers both enchanted (with the doggies) and exasperated (at their clueless new owners), all wrapped up in the avuncular narration of the bloke who defines puppyish, Neil Morrissey. Before a final catch-up to see how they all got on, we pop round to new homeowners Alex and Pete and their extremely chewy rescue pup Pippa, and see how psychic Delia is coping with a bitey Shiva. Ali Catterall
Top of the Lake: China Girl
9pm, BBC2
Elisabeth Moss’s Robin Griffin struggles on, besieged from all sides. She’s moved directly into Alexander’s orbit now, and – remarkably – he’s getting even creepier, exploiting Mary’s vulnerabilities and putting her in serious danger. Aspects of the plot feel contrived, particularly the clunky confluence of Robin’s private and professional life. But this is still a taut exploration of the ways in which men impose their will upon women. Phil Harrison
The Brighton Police
9pm, ITV
New series looking at the work of the police force in the seaside town. It’s a long-winded old do, as the police deal with an armed robbery down at the bookies and then face a cocaine bust. There’s something mundane about the work the people in blue do here, with paperwork, CCTV-watching and much gathering of evidence for court cases. Then they get sworn at by drunk people who think it’s a good idea to drive a car. Hannah Verdier
Taxi of Mum and Dad
9pm, Channel 4
For this one-off doc, the fly-on-the-wall format is transposed to the family car, with its no-escape potential. We earwig as various teens in different towns are ferried about by their parents: Sarah, for example, who’s debating with her mother the merits of trying nitrous oxide, and Ben, trying to explain to his mum the meaning of “buff ting”. If the random chat of strangers has never engaged you, you’ll struggle to see the point. Sharon O’Connell
Birth of a Movement
10.15pm, PBS America
Before the civil rights movement in the US – 40 years before, in fact – there was William Monroe Trotter, firebrand newspaper editor of Boston’s Guardian, who in 1915 took on director DW Griffith over his scorchingly racist The Birth of a Nation, the first blockbuster movie. This superb hour plots the careers of both men and how they publicly clashed, as well as exploring the emergence of cinema and post-revolution segregation. Ben Arnold
Insecure
10.35pm, Sky Atlantic
The second season of Issa Rae’s gem of a comedy show reaches new heights, as our heroine’s sexual frustration forces her out on to the dating scene once again. Armed with her “sexy walk” and a barrage of innuendos that fall flat in typical Insecure style, she heads out with best friend Molly, who has slightly more luck than she does. Her ex, Lawrence, meanwhile, is in big demand in his new job, which means his newly revived love life is suffering. Superb. HV
Film choice
Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936) 10pm, Sky Arts
Chaplin made his final appearance as the Tramp character here, and this was the last of his films in the silent-movie style. It’s a wonderful mix of Depression-era politics (man v machine, the individual v the industrial complex) and slapstick genius. The scenes on the assembly line where his embattled factory worker comes a cropper are a treasure, with a little light romancing of Paulette Goddard’s gamine for good measure. Simon Wardell
Live sport
European Tour Golf: Paul Lawrie Matchplay 11.30am, Sky Sports Golf. Coverage of day one from Bad Griesbach Golf Resort in Germany.
Test Cricket: India v West Indies 1.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Opening day of the First Test at Edgbaston.
Europa League Football; Qualifying Play-off First Leg 7.30pm, BT Sport 2. Teams battle it out for a place in next season’s competition.
