In the Dark
9pm, BBC1
The trope of the big-city cop returning to a small-town childhood home may be familiar, but don’t let that put you off this new crime drama. At its centre lies pregnant DI Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring), who heads back to Polesford in Derbyshire when the husband of a childhood friend, Linda Bates (Emma Fryer), is arrested over the abduction of two missing girls. A taut opener that sets multiple plotlines in motion to promising effect. Jonathan Wright
Phil Spencer: Find Me a Home
9pm, Channel 4
In which Phil Spencer is tasked with finding affordable housing for two families facing imminent homelessness. There’s Corvel, Meyrem and their young son, CJ, who are living in a council flat with a truly disgraceful rat and cockroach problem, but despite working up to 60 hours a week, they cannot find anywhere to live. In rural Kent, Bibi and her teenage son, Oscar, are struggling, too, following an eviction notice. Both situations are maddening. Ben Arnold
The British Garden: Life and Death on Your Lawn
9pm, BBC4
Eight households in Welwyn Garden City have allowed their back gardens, which range from finely curated flower displays to untouched wild thickets, to be filmed for a year by Chris Packham and a team of experts. Season by season, experiments and powerful cameras reveal a carnival of life, with Packham laying down wisdom about worms, mice, hedgehogs, spiders, frogs, beetles, snails, bees, moths, foxes and many more. Jack Seale
Grandad, Dementia & Me
10.45pm, BBC1
In 2014, 79-year-old Tom Sivyer was diagnosed with vascular dementia. A proud, well-to-do man, he rages at the consequences of a disease he has lost the capacity to comprehend and makes life hell for his wife, who considers separation. His grandson Dominic embarks on a film to try to understand the impact of dementia; the result is a harrowing and turbulent yet warm and moving documentary with a peaceful resolution. David Stubbs
Music on 4: Sound and Vision
12.05am, Channel 4
Channel 4’s music strand (which features the excellent Four to the Floor among others) continues with this new series created and hosted by Vice and BBC3 alumnus Billie JD Porter. Her mission is to introduce us to socially conscious musicians from around the world; first up, she’s exploring the realities of being black and LGBTQ in the US alongside the brilliant queer rapper Mykki Blanco, who she meets touring the US bible belt. Hannah J Davies
Would You Take in a Stranger?
10pm, More4
As Channel 4 and More4’s week of programmes about housing continues, this doc looks at the plight of teenagers with nowhere to live. With more than 83,000 homeless young people in the UK, the race is on to find them a place as quickly as possible to reduce the chances of them being left out on the streets. This show follows three youngsters who have been housed in volunteer families’ spare rooms. In some cases, it can be a lifesaver. Hannah Verdier
The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes
9pm, More4
Continuing the year-long stories of those living and working in Yorkshire’s protected countryside, here we meet mason and mountain-rescuer Pete Roe as he attempts to rescue a puppy from a 50ft Wensleydale sinkhole. Back on the surface, sheepdog trainer Katy Cropper struggles to handle canine Connor, while Kilnsey Park estate owner Jamie Roberts races against time to keep the Kilnsey Show strictly on schedule. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Film choice
Centurion (Neil Marshall, 2009) 10.50pm, TCM
As in Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle, those hardy Romans go stomping around the wrong side of Hadrian’s Wall in Marshall’s lean and mean slice of ancient history. Dominic West and Michael Fassbender are tough Roman warriors leading the remnants of their force to safety pursued by wild Picts, and it’s as gorily violent as you would expect from the director of Dog Soldiers and The Descent. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cycling: Tour de France After a rest day, a 178km pedal from Périgueux to Bergerac. 12noon, ITV4
Tennis: Wimbledon 2017 Day eight at the All-England Club with the women’s quarter finals on the menu. 12.30pm, BBC2
T20 Blast Cricket: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Yorkshire Vikings A game from the North Division. 6pm, Sky Sports 2
