The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds
8pm, Channel 4
A follow-up to the one-off film of the same name, which took an in-depth look at the complex, occasionally tear-stricken dramas that take place in a typical nursery. This series focuses on three groups of children, aged four, five and six. First up, the four-year-olds. Tia has the air of a future leader about her, but wants to start leading now. Then there is rambunctious duo Nathaniel and Jack, as well as sociable Theo, determined to drag introverted Tyler out of his shell. David Stubbs
River
9pm, BBC1
On the face of it, River might appear to be a cop show. Really though, it’s a touching meditation on grief, alienation and, just possibly, redemption. Still, if that’s to be the case, there’s a lot of gloom to get through first. Tonight, River (along with the excellent Adeel Akhtar’s sympathetic, slightly bewildered Ira), continues to dig into Stevie’s private life. How did it intersect with her professional one? Might River find himself discovering things that don’t sit well with his idealised view of his former colleague? Paul Harrison
The Great Pottery Throw Down
9pm, BBC2
Although the programme-makers have eschewed a patriotic title this time around, this crafty contest is to ceramics what Bake Off and The Great British Sewing Bee were to Victoria sponges and peplums respectively. This opening episode sees 10 amateur potters face off over three rounds, and it’s not long before host Sara Cox is giving Mel and Sue a run for their money in the innuendo stakes. From stackable crockery to shapely handles, who will bowl the expert judges over to be crowned top of the pots? Hannah J Davies
Britain’s Biggest Sexists
9pm, BBC3
Breaking the Mould, the BBC3 season tackling 21st-century gender issues, continues with this thought-provoking one-off. While sexism is recognised as unacceptable in modern society, it can seem rampant in the virtual world, from widely circulated #ladbantz to insidious, targeted abuse on social media. Guardian journalist Leah Green highlights recent examples of gender discrimination using viral videos and street stunts before inviting a judging panel of comedians to name and shame the worst offenders. Graeme Virtue
Grimm
9pm, Watch
Season five of the supernatural procedural, airing hot on the heels of US broadcast, and it’s fair to say this isn’t the easiest time for Nick – coping with the death of his girlfriend Juliette, carrying out a search for a kidnapped Trubel, and fathering a half-Grimm, half-Hexenbiest child with former nemesis Adalind. Not to mention his mum being beheaded. A grim(m) fandango indeed. An alliance with uncompromising FBI agent Chavez threatens to further alienate those close to Nick – or at least those managing to stay alive. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Catastrophe
10pm, Channel 4
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s genius sitcom continues with Sharon suffering badly from the baby blues. But that’s OK, because she’s been prescribed drugs and now feels “borderline nothing – but in a good way”. Meantime, Rob’s sexual frustration is becoming acute and a flirtation at work moves him into risky territory. A comedy that’s centred on a couple whose actions are often dubious, yet with whom you can’t help but identify; watch tonight as Sharon, frustrated by the demands of motherhood, turns friend-stalker. Jonathan Wright
Imagine: Antony Gormley – Being Human
10.35pm, BBC1
Alan Yentob meets Antony Gormley, the sculptor responsible for the Angel of the North. As is usually the case with this strand, a solid job is done of explaining the subject’s current works, and of their journey to date. Gormley’s story is another reminder of the vast, if inadvertent, service a Catholic upbringing has performed for the arts, and in conversation he considers the majesty and absurdity of the human body with the same wit that underpins his studies of our corporeal containers. Andrew Mueller
Film Choice
Blackthorn
(Mateo Gil, 2011)
11.45pm, BBC1
Remember the sepia-tinged freeze frame at the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Well, it seems that was unduly pessimistic – the pair actually escaped. Mateo Gil’s fondly elegiac western is set in 1920s Bolivia, where craggy Sam Shepard’s Butch now lives happily under the alias of Blackthorn with the devoted Yana (Magaly Solier). But he is drawn into fresh scrapes and pursued by a 14-man posse across salt flats and snowy mountains, stunningly photographed by Juan Ruiz-Anchía. Paul Howlett
Election
(Alexander Payne, 1999)
1.25am, Film4
This wickedly funny comedy about the election of a student council president at George Washington Carver High has a pretty merciless take on voter apathy, ballot rigging and the general shakiness of the democratic process. Supervising the campaign is wobbly liberal teacher Matthew Broderick, who’s desperate to see dopey jock Chris Klein defeat Reese Witherspoon’s corrupt teeny manipulator Tracy Flick. PH
Today’s best live sport
Test Cricket: Pakistan v England Day three of the third and final Test from Sharjah in the UAE. 6am, Sky Sports 2
ATP Tennis: The Paris Masters Coverage of the second day at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. 10am, Sky Sports 1
Champions League Football: Sevilla v Manchester City Action from another game in the group stage of the Uefa competition. 7.30pm, BT Sport 2
Major League Baseball Game six of the World Series. 1am, BT Sport 1
