World’s Strongest Man 2016
7pm, Channel 5
The Giants Live qualifier kicks off in Norrköping, Sweden, with contestants from around the world battling it out for a place in the annual strongman contest. Will challenges including the keg toss and the Atlas Stones defeat the likes of Game of Thrones beefcake Hafthór “Thor” Björnsson and perennially straining Swede Johannes Arsjö? Representing GB are the slightly less fearsome-looking duo of Mark Felix and Adam Bishop. Hannah J Davies
Hilda Ogden’s Last Ta-Ra: A Tribute to Jean Alexander
8pm, ITV
With her famous rollers and slightly wonky ducks on the wall, Hilda Ogden became one of the most beloved characters in a street not short on them. This affectionate tribute to actor Jean Alexander – who died in October, aged 90 – brings together Corrie veterans and some famous faces (including Paul O’Grady) to look back at some of her funniest and most heart-wrenching moments on the cobbles. Graeme Virtue
MasterChef: The Professionals
8pm, BBC2
The final week of the current series begins. The remaining four dinner-slingers are invited to cook for about as discerning/terrifying a dining table as might be imagined, including several Michelin-starred chefs and previous MasterChef finalists. They take responsibility for one course each, under the usual – somewhat theatrical – pressures applied by Gregg, Monica and Marcus. Concludes tomorrow and Thursday. Andrew Mueller
This Is Us
9pm, Channel 4
If you’re in the mood for a sniffle or two, this week’s episode of the US dramedy starring ex-popster Mandy Moore certainly delivers. When Rebecca turns up at adopted son Randall’s home, she meets his real father. Meanwhile, Kate’s still living under the shadow of “The Manny” star Kevin, so Toby plans a day that’s all about her. Back in the past, there’s a flashback to Jack and Rebecca’s early days as parents and their difficulty adjusting to life with triplets. Hannah Verdier
Darcey Bussell: Looking For Margot
10.45pm, BBC1
Margot Fonteyn is still lauded by many as the ultimate ballerina: she played her first principal role in Swan Lake at 16, and performed into her 60s. But early on in her career she fell for the son of the president of Panama and later became involved in an attempted coup, before she eventually died in that country alone and in poverty. Bussell is a natural guide to Fonteyn’s famously beautiful technique and her fascinating life story. Grace Rahman
Film choice
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(Michel Gondry, 2004) 11.30pm, Syfy
Former music video director Gondry and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman make an inventive sci-fi-ish tragi-comedy out of the theme that true love always finds a way. Jim Carrey is shy Joel, who by chance bumps into enigmatic Clementine (Kate Winslet) on a train: love blossoms, and wilts, but after visits to Dr Mierzwiak’s memory-changing emporium to ease the pain, matters grow convoluted and gripping. A sweetly touching romance, run through a Philip K Dick-like altered-consciousness mill. Paul Howlett
Sport
Cricket: Big Bash League 8.30am, BT Sport 2 Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers open the 2016/7 season.
World Darts Championship 7pm, Sky Sports 1 Coverage of day six, featuring one contest in the preliminary round and three first-round clashes.
FA Cup Football: Peterborough United v Notts County 7.30pm, BT Sport 1 Second-round replay at the Abax Stadium.
