Inside the Court of Appeal
9pm, ITV
This unique documentary gains unprecedented camera access to the UK’s legal system to examine in detail three harrowing and emotional cases that have gone to the appeals court. Darren Jarvis is appealing his conviction for dangerous driving, protesting that he had a fit at the wheel before the incident, not after; a young man in Liverpool is seeking to overturn a guilty verdict for his role in a gang murder; and the family of Makayah McDermott, a 10-year-old boy killed by a joyrider, are looking for an increased sentence for the guilty driver. David Stubbs
Celebrity MasterChef
8pm, BBC One
Yet more hopefuls don branded pinafores as judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace’s gourmet gauntlet returns. Tonight’s fresh meat includes actor and artist Keith Allen, T’Pau’s Carol Decker and one-time Hagrid stunt double Martin Bayfield. Who will survive to the semi-finals, where a new format twist will see contestants paired off into teams? Graeme Virtue
Inside Alton Towers
9pm, Channel 4
In 2016, Alton Towers’ operator was fined £5m after a crash on a rollercoaster left two teens requiring amputations. This documentary goes behind the scenes as the theme park launches its first new ride since that accident. Called Wicker Man, it is a wooden coaster that gives the illusion of catching fire. Let’s all hope it doesn’t. DS
The Secret Life of Landfill
9pm, BBC Four
A valuable look at what modern science is doing to challenge our throwaway society. Scientists Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin visit three separate 20th-century landfill sites, examine the legacy of the 1956 Clean Air Act and speculate on how methane might just be the fuel of the future. Mike Bradley
Instinct
9pm, Sky Witness
This new show is based on a novel by author and philanthropist James Patterson and stars Alan Cumming as criminologist Dylan Reinhart, the first openly gay lead in a mainstream US procedural drama. It is Elementary-lite but Cumming is so good it barely matters as he teams up with a female detective to pursue a grisly serial killer. MB
Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage
10pm, Channel 4
Grayson Perry is very good at television and he continues to draw us in with a new series exploring the ways in which birth, coming of age, marriage and death are marked in modern, secular Britain. He argues that traditional ceremonies do not always chime with how we actually live. MB
Film choice
In Which We Serve (Noël Coward and David Lean, 1942), noon, BBC Two
Noël Coward’s wartime tribute to the Royal Navy launched the illustrious career of co-director David Lean, while Richard Attenborough and Celia Johnson made their screen debuts. Told mainly in flashback, it has the survivors of a sunk destroyer in a life raft, recalling their pasts. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cycling: Deutschland tour 1pm, Eurosport 1. Stage one of the road race, featuring a 157km route from Koblenz to Bonn.
Golf: the Czech Masters 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Day one from the Albatross golf resort in Prague.
T20 blast cricket 6pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The first quarter-final of the competition.
