Commonwealth On Film
8.30pm, BBC4
With the Commonwealth Games trundling towards Glasgow, the On Film series revisits archive coverage from all corners of the Commonwealth. It's tempting to anticipate hefty helpings of Cholmondley-Warnerish examinations of quaint foreign types, and while this collection veers occasionally towards patronising head-patting, in an age when experiencing exotic foreign fare need not require a BOAC flight but rather a trip to Tesco, this offers several captivating curios. Mark Jones
Shopgirls: The True Story Of Life Behind The Counter
9pm, BBC2
In this second part, Dr Pamela Cox traces the entwined rise of feminism and the female shop assistant through the archives of iconic British stores. Mr Selfridge discouraged fawning servility at his London emporium, instead schooling staff in commerce, while at the Co-op – and then John Lewis – stakeholder schemes spread the wealth. Later, first world war man-shortages turned women into drivers and doormen at Harrods, before M&S heralded in a new shopping age in the 1930s. Rachel Aroesti
Rebels Of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barry And Bob
9pm, BBC4
In 1965, the light and heat of Australia made Howard Jacobson feel as if he'd "never been alive". So why were four natives – Germaine Greer, Clive James, Barry Humphries and the late art critic Robert Hughes – hot-footing it in the other direction? In the first of a lively two-parter, Jacobson meets the trio ("loaded with words, armed intellectually to the teeth"), looking at their reasons for leaving, and their cultural impact, unfettered by anything as "mealy-mouthed" as the British class system. Ali Catterall
The Auction House
9pm, Channel 4
At Chelsea's Lots Road auction house, things aren't going so well. Takings are down and finicky boss Roger is unhappy about the number of items not selling. Might the "dictator chic" of a Rococo-style bedroom suite turn things around? Or perhaps a collection of designer handbags will do the trick. The tension – well, assuming you can get emotionally involved in the first place – is palpable. Accordingly, everyone is mightily relieved when Roger announces that he's going on holiday to the Ecuadorian rainforest: "Thank God, for him and us." Jonathan Wright
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
9pm, Channel 5
The 300th episode of CSI concerns itself with a homicide in the home of a reclusive casino mogul, Jack Witten – a modern-day Howard Hughes type who was suspected of a strikingly similar crime over a decade ago, his connection to which scuppered his chances of building his dream venue, The Premiere. Flashing back to the previous case throughout, the LVPD have their knives out, hoping to bring Witten in for the murder of a teenage girl, having walked away last time. Old vendettas die hard, it seems. Ben Arnold
Submarine Mission Impossible
9pm, Yesterday
Submarines are designed to spend a lot of time underwater, but the jewel of the fledgling Royal Australian Navy fulfilled that brief a little too well, with the AE2 residing at the bottom of the ocean somewhere near Turkey's Kara Burnu Point since April 1915. In 2007, an archaeological expedition was launched to determine if AE2's wreckage could be salvaged and brought to the surface. This first part looks at the early preparations involved, along with dramatised re-enactments of the events leading to AE2's watery fate. MJ
Hannibal
10pm, Sky Living
This week, a series of visceral murders that initially look like the work of some feral animal see Hannibal reconnect with a former patient. Meanwhile, Will meets Margot, also a patient of Hannibal, and they share near-homicidal experiences together over whiskey. Another delightfully gory yet psychologically intense episode, in which murder is presented almost as life's ultimate gourmet treat. And so, when Hannibal prepares a liver omelette for Jack, it looks so tasty you wouldn't mind a slice yourself, despite its possible ingredients. David Stubbs
