The Secret Life Of 5-Year-Olds
8pm, Channel 4
On one level, of course, this documentary series about young children is a slightly more highbrow version of Kids Say The Funniest Things. And fear not, they still do, of course. Here, though, the emphasis is more on discovering how school-age children cope emotionally with groups, mixing, resolving disputes and so on. Behind the scenes, academics observe and hypothesise on kids such as lively Alfie, who knows more about the tube map than most Londoners, and George, who keeps himself to himself. John Robinson
Supergirl
8pm, Sky1
From loathsome bad guys and moral dilemmas to the obvious physical similarities between our hero and her civilian guise, Supergirl is your textbook comic-book caper. However, this latest DC spinoff is also permeated by a jarring amount of cutesy comedy and, while it’s not all bad, it’s a soapier proposition than, say, Marvel’s Agent Carter, this year’s other female-led superhero show. This week sees supervillian Livewire shock Kara/Supergirl and boss Cat (Calista Flockhart), and Mrs Danvers pays a visit for Thanksgiving. Hannah J Davies
The Last Kingdom
9pm, BBC2
Things are still a smidge tense between Uhtred-son-of-Uhtred and the pious Mildrith after the bloody results of his murderous rage last week, so he takes his man-bun on a perilous raiding trip to Cornwall to try to pay off his debts. A kind of pillage-y mini-break, if you will. Striking a deal to act as a mercenary for a Cornish king, there are double-crosses aplenty, but on returning to Wessex to face the wrath of King Alfred, a terrible choice has to be made by Leofric. Ben Arnold
The World’s Most Expensive Food
9pm, Channel 4
Another roundup of really extremely over-priced food because the first run of these documentaries didn’t feature enough braying goons, demanding the very best cuts of osprey kidney to serve to their billionaire guests. Or perhaps it’s because the first one made everyone so cross and that translates to viewers, angry or not. Tonight’s menu features a truffle hunt where rich clients actually shove their acquisitive snouts into bespoke troughs to sniff out the canapes. This isn’t even a joke. Julia Raeside
Stoked Up In Stoke: Fighting Men
9pm, BBC3
Grimly compelling documentary tracking mixed martial artists – cage fighters – over their weeks of preparation for a local bout. As the title suggests, all hail from Stoke-on-Trent – a city that, as all correctly observe, no longer provides young men with reliable work in the way it once did. While all credit the rigours of their chosen sport with delivering them from prison or worse, and while their dedication and athleticism certainly warrant admiration, it’s difficult not to regard these stories as ones of untapped potential. Andrew Mueller
Detectorists
10pm, BBC4
In which we find out whether Andy got the Botswana job or not – the result of which must be a sign, he thinks. (Lance: “There’s no such thing as ‘signs’.” Andy: “There are when you want them to be.”) Meanwhile, Terry calls an emergency meeting about Peter: is our German visitor really a filthy, gold-plundering “nighthawk”? The Danebury Metal Detecting Club elects to set up a sting operation in the early hours, but can they stay awake long enough to catch the Dirt Sharks and co red-handed? Ali Catterall
A&E: When Patients Attack
10pm, Channel 5
Incidents of antisocial behaviour are apparently on the rise in our hospitals. What’s to be done? At Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham, which deals with more than 800,000 visitors a year, the management has installed a CCTV system and employs a private security force. As this doc explores, these uniformed guards have a surprisingly delicate role, especially since a violent patient’s behaviour may be symptomatic of an underlying health issue, rather than a reason to get them off the premises. Jonathan Wright
Film choice
Dredd (Pete Travis, 2012) 10.55pm, Film4
Karl Urban stars as the comic-book judge, jury and executioner of Mega-City One, though it could be any bristly chinned, husky-voiced actor behind the forbidding helmet. Still, this is a taut, tough, extremely violent tale, similar to crunching Indonesian action movie The Raid, with Dredd and rookie judge Olivia Thirlby having to fight their way out of a tower block infested with drug-crazed gangsters. Paul Howlett
Driven (Renny Harlin, 2001) 12.20am, ITV4
Can young American Lewis Hamilton-alike Kip Pardue see off Teutonic automaton Til Schweiger and become world racing champ? Well, with Sylvester Stallone behind him as ex-champ and mentor he can. Since Sly also wrote the script, it’s pretty much Rocky on wheels, featuring an exhausting series of races in a feelgood film brimming with high-octane action. PH
Today’s best live sport
International T20 Cricket: Pakistan v England The first T20 match between the sides. 3.30pm, Sky Sports 2
American Football: Thanksgiving Triple Bill NFL’s Thanksgiving fare begins with Detroit v Philadelphia, then Dallas v Carolina (9.15pm), and Green Bay v Chicago (1am). 5pm, Sky Sports 1
Europa League Football: Celtic v Ajax is on BT Sport 2 (7.30pm). Qarabag v Tottenham is on BT Sport Showcase (6pm). Liverpool v Bordeaux is on BT Sport Europe (8pm).
