Hokusai: Old Man Crazy to Paint
9pm, BBC4
According to David Hockney, printmaker and painter Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) understood that “on a flat surface, everything is an abstraction”. Which perhaps partly explains why Hokusai’s images, including The Great Wave and Red Fuji, seem so modern. There’s much biographical information here, as we hear of a lightning-strike survival and lost artworks, but it is the paintings and prints that truly linger. Jonathan Wright
Broken
9pm, BBC1
Jimmy McGovern’s state-of-the-nation drama interrogating faith and marginalised communities has been a timely, if gruelling, watch. With his parish still reeling from the killing of a black teenager by the police, Father Michael (Sean Bean) finds himself witness to a possibly homophobic attack. But there are vital moments of light amid the general darkness, whether it’s skinning up in a phone box or an unexpected Ban Ki-moon shoutout. Graeme Virtue
Hospital
9pm, BBC2
The acclaimed documentary series here delivers a nuanced take on private healthcare and its relationship with the NHS. Three cancer patients pay for expensive upgrades of limited or unknown efficacy. These desperate attempts to prolong life are administered by doctors who would rather stick to their NHS work, but who also know their underfunded hospitals rely on the extra income. Inevitably, the ethical arguments are not easily resolved. Jack Seale
Storyville: Tokyo Girls
10pm, BBC4
“This isn’t a fad, it’s a religion,” says a commentator in Kyoko Miyake’s film dealing with the worship of young, female J-Pop singers by shy middle-aged Japanese men, for whom finding proper girlfriends is “too much work”. If Rio at 19 is “getting on a bit”, then most of her superfans are nearer her dad’s age; yet they insist their intentions are benign. A disquieting study of loneliness, obsession and gender dynamics in the internet age. Ali Catterall
Four to the Floor
12.05am, Channel 4
The music magazine show in the fine tradition of Dance Energy and Def II, fronted by David Vujanic, Madam X and Thris Tian, welcomes 21-year-old London rap sensation Momodou Jallow, AKA J Hus, who has been busy walloping the competition with his debut album Common Sense. There is also UK jazz don Moses Boyd, and drum’n’bass veteran Shy FX, while living breakbeat legends Fabio and Grooverider delve into the serpentine roots of jungle. Ben Arnold
The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Growing Old
10pm, More4
There’s no running out of old people, and seemingly no running out of shows that find some fleetingly entertaining formats to feature them (if not exactly to cater for them). In this one, game seventysomethings in the public eye such as Stanley Johnson and Eve Pollard share their thoughts on ageing and get stuck into some fish-out-of-water challenges. Tonight, Eve takes a shift in B&Q, while Amanda Barrie and Kenny Lynch run a B&B. John Robinson
Robert Redford’s The West
10pm, History
One might claim that the US is divided now, but not even Trumpism can compare with the aftermath of the civil war. This documentary explores the turmoil of 1860s America, including President Grant’s attempts to quell southern uprisings while battling Sioux leaders to the west. It’s partly stymied by inane interjections from Redford’s celebrity chums (Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, James Caan) who add nothing of note. Mark Gibbings-Jones
TV films
The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955), 12.45pm, Film4. This last of the Ealing comedies is an exceptionally black specimen, with Alec Guinness as the sinister Professor Marcus, a fanged master-crook lodging at the home of sweet old Mrs Wilberforce (Katie Johnson). When his gang – including Peter Sellers’s dim teddy boy and Herbert Lom’s wannabe American gangster – swipe £60,000 in a raid, they decide the landlady has to go; but they are, of course, in the Ealing equivalent of the Bates motel and stand no chance against the dotty old girl. It’s all vastly superior to the Coen brothers’ misguided remake.
The Narrow Margin (Richard Fleischer, 1952) 1.30am, Movies4Men. A classic B-feature that packs the action into 70 monochrome minutes, rattling through the story of cop Charles McGraw on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles, guarding prosecution witness Marie Windsor. It’s a low-key but powerful thriller that holds real surprises.
Live sport
Tennis: Wimbledon Qualifying 11am, Eurosport 2 The battle to grace the tournament-proper continues at the All-England club.
European Under-21s Championship Football: Semi-final 4.30pm, Sky Sports 1. With the second semi- to follow at 7.30pm.
Sailing: America’s Cup 5.30pm, BT Sport 1. More action on the ocean wave from Bermuda.
