Back in Time for the Weekend
8pm, BBC2
The Back in Time franchise continues to tackle British leisure, as the Ashby-Hawkins family experience what life was like on the weekend at the rate of a decade a week. This week, the family arrives in the 1990s, and the terracotta colour schemes familiar from the era’s TV dramas. Taste in design was being democratised via Ikea and its ubiquitous grey pebbles, while Chinese manufacturing was bringing to the masses one-time luxury items such as colour TVs and stereo systems. The kids, especially, are pleased. John Robinson
Happy Valley
9pm, BBC1
With four storylines vying for attention, this run of Happy Valley has often seemed in danger of toppling under the weight of its own plots. However, as the series has progressed, those plots have begun to coalesce and inform each other, ramping up the tension in the process. This week, Sean, the labourer sacked by Nevison, becomes prime suspect in the serial killer case, while John works hard to keep his own misdeeds under wraps. And in casa del Catherine, an unmarked present arrives for Ryan. Who could it be from? Gwilym Mumford
Born To Be Different
9pm, Channel 4
Born To Be Different was first broadcast in 2003, an unflinchingly candid look at the reality of life for a group of newborn disabled children and their families. The same kids were revisited over another seven seasons during the next decade. This is the first of two new episodes finding out how they’re getting on with being teenagers. Among those we catch up with are Zoe, who suffers from arthrogryposis, and William, afflicted with tuberous sclerosis – as if adolescence isn’t tough enough. Andrew Mueller
The Last Seabird Summer?
9pm, BBC4
Diverting natural history, as Adam Nicolson visits the uninhabited Shiant Islands in the Outer Hebrides in order to commune with the huge variety of seabirds inhabiting these austere lumps of rock. It might be that the puffins, guillemots and razorbills favour the Shiants for a reason; presumably, they’re happy to avoid the attentions of human beings. With this in mind, Nicolson also explores our history of dependence on seabirds; over the years, they have proved irresistibly tasty and otherwise very useful to humans. Phil Harrison
Stella
9pm, Sky 1
Much like ITV’s Doc Martin, this Welsh valleys-based comedy starring Ruth Jones is a reliable source of gentle laughs, U-rated drama and the odd celeb cameo. Indeed, while Martin Clunes and pals were joined by Sigourney Weaver last year, Robert Plant rocked up in the fictional south Wales town of Pontyberry last week. Things are a little less starry tonight, as the winners of forgotten reality contest Last Choir Standing come to Aunty Brenda’s aid. Elsewhere, Stella tries to contact on/off flame Rob, and Michael is forced to compromise. Hannah J Davies
He Named Me Malala
9pm, National Geographic
“We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced,” proclaimed Malala Yousafzai at 2013’s UN Youth Assembly, with an oratory to rival any great historical figure, delivered when she was just 16 years old. As one conference host said: “Although she’s a powerful and influential world leader, she’s also doing her GCSEs.” Director Davis “An Inconvenient Truth” Guggenheim profiles the youngest Nobel peace prize-winner in an hagiographic but inspiring film that should be shown to every child in the world. Ali Catterall
Scrappers – Back in the Yard
10pm, BBC2
The fly-on-the-wall series set in a Bolton scrapyard returns, and it appears times have been tough for owners Terry and Lyndsay since we last met them. Not only have the couple endured financial problems, but an accident in the yard has left Terry trying to persuade his happy-go-lucky staff to take health and safety more seriously. Exasperation ensues. Elsewhere, in a show that treats its subjects as if they’re soap-opera characters, Lyndsay hits 50, and there’s tension between Terry and his son, Jon. Jonathan Wright
Film choice
True Grit
(Henry Hathaway, 1969) 4.25pm, Film4
John Wayne won a sentimental Oscar here, but he has done better than his rancorous but soft-hearted old marshal Rooster Cogburn, chivvied by sassy teenager Kim Darby into avenging her father’s death. In Robert Duvall, there is a bad guy eminently worth shooting.
Shutter Island
(Martin Scorsese, 2010) 10.55pm, Film4
It’s 1954, and US marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and partner (Mark Ruffalo) take the storm-tossed ferry out to an institute for the criminally insane, ostensibly to investigate a patient’s disappearance, but also for Teddy to explore whether his wife’s killer lurks there. Scorsese bends his considerable powers to painting an atmosphere heavy with psychological trickery; what emerges is a superbly crafted pastiche of a 50s B-movie. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
Cross-Country skiing The World Cup from Gatineau, Canada, featuring the sprint free events. 6.30pm, Eurosport 1
Premier League football: Bournemouth v Southampton A south-coast clash from Dean Court. 7pm, BT Sport 1
Coppa Italia football: AC Milan v Alessandria The semi-final second leg from the San Siro. 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
PSA squash The women’s semi-finals at the Windy City Open in Chicago, part of the PSA World Tour. 11pm, BT Sport 2
