Europe: Them or Us
9pm, BBC2
Boris’s Brexit-minded “exaggerations” about coffins and recycled teabags aside, the UK has had a somewhat complicated relationship with postwar Europe. As the Tories rent themselves in twain, Farage strews his local with pre-emptive bunting, and – with the prospect of an “in” verdict not entirely a foregone conclusion in this June’s referendum – the BBC’s Nick Robinson explores some past hiccups in this two-parter. First up, the new common market: how we initially didn’t want anything to do with it, then pleaded to be let in. Ali Catterall
River Monsters
7.30pm, ITV
Top – or perhaps only – “fishing detective” Jeremy Wade heads to south-east Asia for this report, after hearing rumours of a mysterious creature, found in the Mekong river, that has sliced clean through a young man’s testicles. Blimey. The Mekong has more than its fair share of monstrous creatures lurking in its gloomy depths, so Wade is in his element. He also learns of other victims: people who have been mauled, half-blinded and even fatally wounded by the assailant. Ben Arnold
The A Word
9pm, BBC1
Alison’s (Morven Christie) bulldozer-like determination continues as she volunteers to help out at Joe’s school, so she can keep an eye on her son. Maurice (Christopher Eccleston) is worried after the family discover he has been “making toast under another woman’s grill”, while teenager Rebecca is heartbroken when she gets blanked by Luke. And when Alison takes the brave step of inviting two boys from Joe’s school over for a sleepover, she and Paul find it tough. Hannah Verdier
Britain’s Treasure Islands
9pm, BBC4
The “treasure islands” are the UK’s overseas territories, a globe-spanning patchwork of remote and under-regarded chunks of land, which no single person has ever visited all of. In this series, explorer and naturalist Stewart McPherson aims to become the first to do exactly that. Tonight’s first episode hops from Bermuda in the Caribbean to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, to Pitcairn in the Pacific. The focus is largely on the animal rather than, say, issues of tax avoidance, but it is nonetheless fascinating for that. Andrew Mueller
Flashy Funerals
11.05pm, Channel 4
The rising cost of burial in Britain has led to an increase in the numbers of so-called “pauper’s funerals” funded by local councils in recent years. The ceremonies in this one-off doc defiantly buck the economic trend, then, embracing excess via stretch limos and gold-plated coffins. Despite being highly likely to irk those who believe that the funeral business has become something of a racket, at least these tales of how the other half die are somewhat more novel than the endless docs about how they live. Hannah J Davies
The Tunnel: Sabotage
9pm, Sky Atlantic
The Anglo-French drama returns, commencing with a grisly shot of bodies on a beach that have fallen from the sky. There then follows a horrifyingly bizarre abduction in the Channel Tunnel itself, followed by a sequence of events that explain the opening scene. Plenty to trouble Roebuck (Stephen Dillane) and Wassermann (Clémence Poésy), as they team up again. The tunnel should be a hot-button topical location right now, but this looks set to be a far-fetched tale of sabotage and villainy. David Stubbs
Camping
10pm, Sky Atlantic
The latest offering from Julia Davis (Nighty Night) focuses on a holiday under canvas. It’s a trip to celebrate the 50th birthday of Robin (Steve Pemberton), who’s married to Fiona (Vicki Pepperdine), a woman so assertive she puts the campsite kettle “out of bounds” to maintain tent-life authenticity. But can Fiona’s itinerary-making authoritarianism survive the arrival of Tom (Rufus Jones) and his new partner (Davis)? A comedy that’s best when it’s close to the knuckle, which is most of the time. Jonathan Wright
Film choice
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (Bill Condon, 2012) 9pm, Film4
After the deadly dull Part 1, this final episode of Stephenie Meyer’s toothsome teenage-vampire series finds an unexpected new lease of life. Kristen Stewart’s Bella is now a fully fanged vampire, happily married to Robert Pattinson’s Edward and dandling a weird kid called Renesmee. Inevitably, the sweet domesticity can’t last – there’s a snowy final confrontation with Michael Sheen’s evil Aro and his black-clad Volturi gang to attend to.
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) 9pm, TCM
William Makepeace Thackeray’s story of an 18th-century Irish lad making his way in the world by duelling, gambling and loving sounds a ripping yarn, but Kubrick turns it into something of a museum-piece. It’s full of exquisite images, exact in period detail, but the characters are reduced to decorative mannequins, with Ryan O’Neal the miscast hero. Not much substance, then, but just marvel at the highly polished veneer. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
IPL Cricket: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad Action from Bangalore. 3pm, Sky Sports 1
Weightlifting: European Championships More from Norway. 6.30pm, Eurosport 1
Champions League football: Man City v Paris Saint-Germain With Real Madrid v VfL Wolfsburg on BT Sport 2. 7pm, BT Sport Europe
MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers v Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball from the Dodger Stadium. 9pm, BT Sport 1
