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Ammar Kalia

Tonight's TV: the police officers investigating online grooming

Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles.
Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles. Photograph: Christopher Doyle

Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles

9pm, Channel 4

Three years in the making, this series follows covert officers as they assume new identities online in an effort to find people attempting to groom and abuse children. Often a gruesome watch, this opening episode sees an officer take on the persona of a 47-year-old paedophile, using a children’s forum to lure out abusers for pursuit in the real world. Their responses are swift and shocking, as we witness how the largely unregulated online world can be a breeding ground for paedophilia. Ammar Kalia

The Mallorca Files

2.15pm, BBC One

The afternoon dose of beautiful, sun-drenched scenery draws to a close with the series finale, and what looks like a simple case of credit card fraud for Miranda and Max. But as they head to a mountain ranch to investigate, they discover another crime and are forced to saddle up. Hannah Verdier

Driving Force

8pm, Sky Documentaries

Judy Murray continues a series of profiles of the female athletes promoting greater equality in sport. Tonight sees Murray in conversation with the jockey and former track cyclist Victoria Pendleton, who recounts the strain between her personal and professional lives when she married a fellow team member. AK

Cornwall: This Fishing Life

9pm, BBC Two

One of this superb series’ familiar stories recurs tonight: property development v fishing tradition. Hayle harbour is the site of a swanky new complex of leisure facilities and waterfront townhouses, but how will it affect local working boats? And does anyone in the area care? Jack Seale

Britain’s Lost Masterpieces

9pm, BBC Four

Emma Dabiri and Bendor Grosvenor continue their series hunting down the country’s lesser-known works of art, this week alighting in Tatton Park, and trying to discover the painter of a Mannerist portrait. Dabiri also delves into the history of the Egerton family, who built the manor. AK

World War Two from Above

8pm, Yesterday

The blitz? “That was a birthday party compared with what was happening in Malta.” This is according to one historian in this new series, and we needn’t take his word for it. Drone technology is uncovering famous battlefields, starting with the site of a 1940-42 campaign in the Mediterranean. Ellen E Jones

Film choice

White God 1.25am, Film4

Watching Kornél Mundruczó’s excellent new film, Pieces of a Woman – an intense drama about losing a baby – won’t prepare you in the slightest for his bizarre, satirical tale from 2014. An unwanted pet dog struggles to survive on the streets of Budapest, but ends up leading a canine uprising. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Australian Open Tennis 6am, Eurosport 1. Day one action. Day two coverage begins at midnight.

Test Cricket: Pakistan v South Africa 4.50am, Sky Sports Cricket. Fifth and final day of the second Test from Rawalpindi.

Premier League Football: Manchester United v Everton 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Live from Old Trafford.

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