Manhunting With My Mum
10pm, Channel 4
This joyful one-off follows Blackburn-born TV presenter AJ Odudu and her mother, Florence, as they embark on a mission to find AJ a husband in her mother’s native Nigeria. Most of her relationships in the UK have gone “tits up” and dating apps have failed, so AJ is going back to the tradition of Nigerian parents arranging partners for their children. You might think it is risky, but watching what happens as she dons a banana jumpsuit to be presented to princes, players and professional Scrabble champions is worth an hour of anyone’s time. Mike Bradley
Saving Lives at Sea
8pm, BBC Two
Talk about drama on the high seas: the opening show in series three of the RNLI lifeboat-rescue strand has it all. First up is a Salcombe fisherman dragged to the ocean floor in his nets, then kayakers go missing off the Anglesey coast. Real‑life suspense heightened by handheld photography. MB
Ackley Bridge
8pm, Channel 4
In the series finale, Jordan has found an art college he wants to go to and, with Mandy’s encouragement, knuckles down to his GCSEs. But there is a whirlwind in his path that threatens to blow him off course, in the form of a fraught reunion with his mum. Meanwhile, Mandy risks her role as headteacher. Ali Catterall
Age Before Beauty
9pm, BBC One
The modern-day Cutting It could do without the fantasy song-and-dance scenes, but there are enough solid performances – and enough intrigue – to keep it alive. This week, cheating Wes has a night away with Lorelei, but he launches an investigation when his suspicions that Bel is having an affair become stronger. Hannah Verdier
A Passage to Britain
9pm, BBC Two
History comes to life again in another adroitly assembled documentary. Yasmin Khan plumbs the passenger list of the SS Asturias – one of the first ships to leave India following partition in 1947 – to tell the stories of some of the British colonials and Indians who made the 15-day journey from Mumbai to Southampton. MB
The Affair
9pm, Sky Atlantic
In what is becoming an increasingly workaday tide of American longform dramas, The Affair continues to stand out for the way it utilises multiple narrative perspectives. In the penultimate episode, we learn the truth about Alison’s death. Then, in the finale that follows, Noah and Anton visit Yale, where Noah meets an old friend. David Stubbs
Film choice
Goat (Andrew Neel, 2016) 11.05pm, Film4
College frat culture is ruthlessly exposed in Andrew Neel’s violent drama – and, boy, is it ugly. It is the story of Brad (Ben Schnetzer), whose attempts to get into a particularly repellent fraternity with the help of his brother Brett (Nick Jonas) involve a horrific, humiliating initiation ceremony in the woods. Raw and gut-churning. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Test cricket: England v India 10.30am, Sky Sports Main Event. The fourth day’s play from Trent Bridge.
WTA tennis: New Haven 5pm, BT Sport 1. Day three of the Connecticut Open, a warm-up for the US Open.
Championship football: Swansea City v Leeds United 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Marcelo Bielsa’s rampant Leeds visit the Liberty Stadium.
