Our Everest Challenge With Ben Fogle & Victoria Pendleton
9pm, ITV
More than 4,000 people have climbed the world’s highest mountain, so it is easy to get blase about the dangers posed by Mount Everest. This documentary follows the adventurer Ben Fogle and the Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton as they attempt an ascent under the tutelage of the mountaineer Kenton Cool, a veteran of 12 Everest summits. It offers a sharp reminder that being in the so-called “death zone” – even when, prosaically, there is a queue to get to the summit – is a punishing and, as the name implies, potentially lethal challenge. Jonathan Wright
Celebrity MasterChef
8pm, BBC One
John Partridge, Spencer Matthews, Jean Johansson and Anita Harris join the culinary contest, creating dishes from mystery ingredients that include mackerel and apricots. Anita, John and Jean then head to the Italian restaurant Novikov in Mayfair, central London, while Spencer and Frankie are sent to a pan-Indian eatery, Baluchi, near London Bridge. David Stubbs
Extraordinary Rituals
9pm, BBC Two
Imagine submitting to having every hair on your head plucked out. That is the ordeal endured by a novice Jain nun, just one of the rituals on display as this series bows out with a programme that also covers initiation rites in Greenland and the secret language that indigenous people in Australia use to control fire. Mike Bradley
The No 5 War
9pm, BBC Four
In 1921, when the couturier Coco Chanel christened her signature scent Chanel No 5, she could not have foreseen the intrigues it would ignite involving Nazi officals, collaborators and spies – not to mention her two business partners, who both wanted to take her empire. Stéphane Benhamou’s documentary tells a torrid tale. MB
Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage
10pm, Channel 4
Who else but the high priest of art, Grayson Perry, could dream up a ceremony to mark a divorce? Perry invents a celebration of maturity and love for Surrey couple Dilly and Mark that moves friends and family to tears. Plus, he meets a Watford couple planning two weddings: one Hare Krishna and one secular. MB
Insecure
10.45pm, Sky Atlantic
Series three of Issa Rae’s groundbreaking comedy about black womanhood continues. Her workplace pay gap propelled her to find a new job, but Molly’s gig at a black-owned law firm isn’t all it is cracked up to be. Meanwhile, Issa continues her almost-lationship with Daniel over a thank-you meal. Hannah J Davies
Film choice
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011), 9pm, ITV2
Paul Feig’s raucous comedy stars co-writer Kristen Wiig as put-upon Annie, who is losing best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) to marriage and to a new pal, the horrible Helen (Rose Byrne): can she win her back as maid of honour at the wedding? There is pathos and charm here, but mainly laughs (particularly from Rebel Wilson’s outrageous Brynn). Paul Howlett
Live sport
Test cricket: England v India 10am, Sky Sports Cricket. First day of the fourth test between the sides.
European Tour golf 10.30am, Sky Sports Golf. Opening day of Made in Denmark, an event held in Aalborg.
Rugby League: Warrington Wolves v Hull FC 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Super League Super 8s clash between the sides.
