One Day International Cricket: Sri Lanka v England
8.30am, Sky Sports 2
Preparations for England’s World Cup heat up with a marathon schedule of one-day internationals, opening here with a seven-match series against Sri Lanka. Hopes remain high for Alastair Cook’s team following this summer’s Test series victory over India. Prolonged periods of consistency have lately been lacking from England’s ODI game, but with the lengthy fixture list tailored to tightening their one-day form, this could make for an intriguing series. Mark Jones
Waterloo Road
8pm, BBC1
Another week in the long-running drama begins with a dawn raid on the school. When someone inside Waterloo Road hacks a global tech company’s computer network, the search is on to find a pupil smart enough to be responsible. Lusty teenagers Justin and Tiffany’s secret affair is made public when Floyd rumbles them and tells their parents. And, when Sonya’s work of fiction falls into the wrong hands, it’s clear she’s based her story on someone closer to home, which causes maximum embarrassment. Hannah Verdier
The Apprentice
9pm, BBC1
After last week’s New York excursion, where the teams tried to hawk soft drinks to the American market, this week’s task takes a markedly more rural turn, as the entrepreneurs head to the Royal Bath & West agricultural show. There they are charged with selling both established products (sit-on mowers) and more unusual fare (hot tubs). Inevitably there’s bickering between two slick-haired salespeople, while one overzealous individual misjudges the genteel mood of the country show quite spectacularly. Gwilym Mumford
Confessions Of A Doctor
10pm, Channel 4
A series that looks back at the respect with which authority figures, from the police to teachers, were held in decades past, while examining the reality of their behaviour towards a too-trusting public. This week: GPs. As well as footage of US doctors recommending their favourite cigarettes and, chillingly, a young Harold Shipman on a current affairs programme, we hear from veteran doctors who hint at arrangements in assisted deaths, abortions and contraception for unmarried women. David Stubbs
Ten Years Old & Living In Poverty: Through A Child’s Eyes
10pm, Channel 5
Using hand-held cameras, kids expose their lives on the breadline. In Lancashire, Paige’s room is damp and the boiler hasn’t worked for years. She’s worried about whether her mum will be able to afford to buy her a dress for her prom; the uniform for her new school is already stretching them. Meanwhile, in the shadow of the Shard, Aniya and her brother find themselves living on noodles for days, while their mother goes without. Aniya sometimes hears her crying in the next room. Heartbreaking viewing. Ben Arnold
Freak Show
10pm, FOX
Todd Ray used to work in the music industry but he left it to follow a dream: to open the Venice Beach Freakshow. He’s trying to woo George, one of the tallest men in America, and bearded lady Jessa into joining and what better occasion than a birthday party for the troupe’s two-headed bearded dragon, Poncho and Lefty? In episode two, Todd announces a sword swallowing event and challenges Murrugan, Brianna and Morgue to come up with new stunts to impress the Sword Swallowers’ Association president, who is in attendance. Bim Adewunmi
The Legacy
10pm, Sky Arts 1
There are hints of the work of Alexander Payne, as well as Thomas Vinterberg’s chaotic and cathartic drama Festen, in this new Danish series. A renowned artist dies suddenly and, rather than bequeath her home to one or all three of her children, she leaves it to the daughter she gave up for adoption many years before. Inevitably, this causes ructions within a family that is far less stable than it first appears. Different in character to the frosty fare of The Bridge and The Killing, but similarly enthralling. GM
Music On 4: Music Nation
12midnight, Channel 4
Despite being hidden in the schedules, this series – made in collaboration with Dazed magazine – has been busily profiling the most significant underground music scenes in British culture of the past 25 years. Having covered grime in Open Mic, noughties dance in Northern Bassline, and Asian-produced sounds of the 90s in Asian Rave, this final instalment examines the influence of Glasgow School Of Art on pop music. Bobby Gillespie, Belle And Sebastian and the Pastels are on hand to help dissect the scene. Rachel Aroesti
