Russia with Simon Reeve
9pm, BBC2
Tsar trek: to mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, TV’s most unfailingly polite adventurer embarks on a three-part journey across the world’s largest country. Beginning in the far-flung eastern mountains of Kamchatka, Reeve strikes out west via helicopter, skidoo and the Trans-Siberian railway, encountering droll locals, friendly reindeer, unnerving tiger tracks and heavy-handed authorities along the way. Graeme Virtue
The Supervet
8pm, Channel 4
“The Bionic Vet” Noel Fitzpatrick gives worried pet owners more straight-talking diagnoses (“the risks involved are fatality on the table”), before working his magic on dogs such as Barney, whose multiple spinal injuries are such he needs high-risk surgery with 3D-printed implants. Elsewhere, a giant mastiff called Tank needs radical surgery for his arthritis. “A lot of people are quite wary of big dogs,” says a colleague, “but deep down they’re just big, soppy, slobbery twats.” Ali Catterall
Ambulance
9pm, BBC1
The social care crisis fuels an episode shaded with quiet, desperate sadness. Josephine keeps ringing 999 with shortness of breath and feelings of panic; Leon repeatedly asks for help with what he says are epileptic fits; lonely widow Iris thinks she has taken the wrong tablets. None is a medical emergency – that they’re alone is what ails them – but they all need assistance and Birmingham’s ambulance crews are the only saints available. The toll it takes on them is visible. Jack Seale
Safe House
9pm, ITV
In this final episode, Sam confronts Tom about why he left the police – all that torturing suspects business – and it threatens to put the kibosh on their relationship. Meanwhile, with Roger Lane still on the lam, Simon and Liam Duke fear their lives are in danger and head for the safe house, which turns out not to be that safe at all really. Cue the big twist, a witlessly overwrought showdown and more forgettable serial killer drama to chuck on the pile. Ben Arnold
Educating Greater Manchester
9pm, Channel 4
The chronicle of life at Harrop Fold School in Little Hulton continues. As with previous series, it’s a twofold pleasure, a skilfully wrought collage of narratives, and a reminder that our schools contain far more diligent teachers and determined students than our newspapers generally suggest. Tonight’s episode folds political intrigue into the mix, as campaigning begins in the elections for head boy and head girl. Andrew Mueller
How to Get Away with Murder
10pm, Sky Living
The glossy, twisted legal drama continues with Annalise (Viola Davis) in jail and looking uncharacteristically vulnerable. It’s tough to see her like that, especially when her frail parents come for a heartbreaking visit. Back in the courtroom, there’s a bold move from the prosecution and detective Nate discovers a new piece of evidence that could implicate him. Oliver is called in for questioning, so how will he worm his way out of this one? Hannah Verdier
John Bishop: In Conversation with Jimmy Carr
9pm, W
Well liked by the public, an all-round sound fellow with his charitable works, John Bishop’s genial and empathetic persona makes him a solid interviewer, as this continuing series proves. Although his comfort in the spotlight means he can occasionally steamroll his guests. Comedian Jimmy Carr can be a cagey interviewee but, you suspect, Bishop will broach the whole “Cambridge-educated tax-avoider” thing. John Robinson
Film choice
Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012) 1.40am, Film4
This was the first film in 13 years from the French director of Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf and Pola X, and what an absurdly funny, richly cinematic experience it is. It stars the impassive Denis Lavant, whose Monsieur Oscar is a most unusual businessman, transported from one Paris appointment to the next in a white stretch limo. It’s utterly weird and captivating. Paul Howlett
Live sport
ODI Cricket: India v Australia 8.50am, Sky Sports Cricket. The fourth game of the series from Indore.
Golf: The British Masters 9.30am, Sky Sports Main Event. Coverage of the opening day of the event at Close House in Northumberland.
Europa League Football: BATE Borisov v Arsenal 5.30pm, BT Sport 2. With Everton v Apollon Limassol to follow at 8pm.
