The Pride Of Britain Awards 2015
8pm, ITV
Pride Of Britain has captured the public imagination arguably because it’s the only awards ceremony to honour contributions made by the actual public: brave children, indefatigable fundraisers, local people doing good deeds with no thought of recognition. Traditionally these are the very people who make celebrities uncomfortable, but a glance at this year’s guestlist (Prince Charles, Simon Cowell) underlines how the event has become something with which it makes sense to identify; a good news story with a very strong cast. John Robinson
Hunted
9pm, Channel 4
The latest episode in one of those ambitious series Channel 4 does so often, in which 14 people try to avoid the attentions of a cyber team. This week, Stephen (pictured) and Martin, travelling by canal towpaths, come up with a fiendishly clever way of keeping in touch with their loved ones – but will they risk detection in doing so? Meanwhile, Adam, 25, is keen to put to good use the outdoor survival skills he learned from his father – but when he’s rumbled, he must spend an anxious night hiding out in the Dales. David Stubbs
Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys
9pm, Channel 5
Putting delays caused by Network Rail maintenance into sharp relief, Tarrant travels from Thailand to Myanmar along a route known as the Death Railway, one of the most brutal pieces of engineering in history. Built by enslaved Asian workers and British PoWs and costing untold thousands of lives, there’s a lot of history to take in. Because the railway’s rolling stock is so dilapidated, breakdowns are frequent, providing ample opportunity to explore the route. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Oak Tree: Nature’s Greatest Survivor
9pm, BBC4
An hour and a half of brilliant television, in which entomologist George McGavin spends a year studying an oak tree as it changes through each season. In winter, he spends the night high in its branches to study hibernation; in summer, he collects wildlife samples to study the tree’s own particular ecosystem. From furniture to the barrels utilised to age whisky, the uses of oak in human life are also explored. An utterly engrossing thing you just wouldn’t find on any other channel. Julia Raeside
The Almost Impossible Gameshow
9pm, ITV2
Tricky things to get right, comedy gameshows. For every Shooting Stars, HIGNFY or Buzzcocks, there are dozens more resembling the sort of shriekingly witless affairs featured in darkly satirical movies about dumbed-down dystopias. Or just Through The Keyhole with Keith Lemon. So, with tasks including putting on a pair trousers while running on a treadmill, and pedalling a tiny bicycle across a narrow beam, this could be a right laugh – or not (no previews were available). We live in hope, always. Ali Catterall
Naked And Afraid
9pm, Discovery
Discovery’s salacious survival series can claim credit – or perhaps blame – for the current glut of “in the nude” TV shows that followed in its wake, including Dating Naked and the truly bizarre Buying Naked, in which an estate agent sells houses in clothing optional communities. None, though, are as watchable as Naked And Afraid, which builds on its gimmicky premise to provide an engrossing reality series. This week, past contestant AK returns for a second shot at glory, as she’s paired with newcomer Jason in the jungles of Guyana. Gwilym Mumford
Boy Meets Girl
9.30pm, BBC2
Although it’s not hilarious, Boy Meets Girl has that Gavin & Stacey-style knack of swinging from gentle comedy to bawdy and sweary fun in a heartbeat. This week, Leo goes for a job at Geoff’s car showroom, but can he survive a day with the awful, high-fiving colleagues? Jimmy is nursing Tony through a bout of man flu and jumps to entirely the wrong conclusion when he finds out what Tony’s been researching on the internet. And in the middle of it all, central character Judy (Rebecca Root) remains understated and great. Hannah Verdier
Film choices
Under The Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) 10.45pm, Film4
As creepy and disturbing a piece of sci-fi as you’re likely to see. Scarlett Johansson is a beautifully pallid, otherworldly presence as an alien in human form who tours the mean streets of Glasgow in search of men, then takes them home to do extraordinary, draining things to them – just not the things they had in mind. It’s eerie, erotic and deeply haunting. Paul Howlett
Revolution (Hugh Hudson, 1986) 12.50am, Sony Movie Channel
Hudson’s account of the American war of independence in 1776 was also an epic box-office disaster, much of the plot and coherence left hacked to bits on the cutting room floor. Al Pacino is in full rant as an honest trapper goaded into rebellion by the taunts of seditious Klaus Kinski and the sadism of British army sergeant Donald Sutherland. At least the majestic battle scenes are preserved. PH
Today’s best live sport
European Tour Golf: The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Opening day’s play from the tour event held at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. 1pm, Sky Sports 4
World Cup Rugby Union: Wales v Fiji Live coverage from Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. (On ITV4, France v Canada kicks-off at 8pm.) 4pm, ITV
Europa League Football: Monaco v Tottenham Spurs look to build on their winning start. Liverpool v FC Sion follows. (Celtic v Fenerbahçe airs 8pm on BT Sport 2.) 6pm, BT Sport Europe
