American Football: NFL Thanksgiving Games
5.30pm, Sky Sports 1
As tradition dictates, the NFL’s triple bill begins at Detroit’s Ford Field, where the Lions, enjoying an impressive season, take on underachieving NFC North rivals Chicago Bears. Then it’s over to Dallas’s vast AT&T Stadium, where the Cowboys battle for NFC East supremacy with the Philadelphia Eagles (9.15pm). Finally, in the late game (1.15am) current Superbowl champions Seattle Seahawks visit the San Francisco 49ers. Gwilym Mumford
Choccywoccydoodah
8pm, Watch
After two celeb-themed spinoff series, this fly-on-the-wall doc following the cult chocolatiers returns to its original format with a double helping. Animal Magic sees the team create a variety of creature-themed treats, from an ape-themed bake commissioned by an animal charity to occasion cakes adorned with the likenesses of beloved pets. Episode two finds expert Dave under pressure to create the perfect cake for a star-studded charity ball, but will everyone go gaga for his sugary Freddie Mercury? Hannah J Davies
Life Story
9pm, BBC1
The wildlife series concludes with parenthood. The footage takes in an African drongo bird raising a particularly demanding chick, lazy young elephants unwilling to wake up, and the worrying sight of a brittle-looking zebra foal attempting to cross a fast-moving river. As for the images of bonobo chimpanzees that live deep in the forest feasting on water lilies, it’s breathtaking – and seems even more so when you see the making-of doc that follows the main event, which reveals just how demanding it was to capture. Jonathan Wright
The Fall
9pm, BBC2
Stella has a name, but how long before Peter Piper’s pepper is finally picked? If we don’t get some moral retribution soon, this whole thing is going to leave a very nasty taste. Via the conduit of young Katie, Spector weaves an extremely uncomfortable new web of lies to cover himself. And Stella’s icy cool exterior begins to crack as he steps up the mind games. Still utterly compelling but, mark my words, if Spector gets away with it again to instigate a third series there will be riots. Julia Raeside
Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty
9pm, Channel 5
Henry II’s ruthless and politically masterful Plantagenet dynasty ruled England for more than 300 years with a talent for viciously brutalising their rivals that makes Game of Thrones look like Countryfile. Such a comparison is patently not lost on the makers of this, a gleeful and laddishly casual exploration of intrigue, betrayal and beheadings presented by Dan Jones. Lines such as, “Crowning kings of England was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s gig”, and the fact he’s dressed as if he’s off for a night out on the pull, set the tone here. Ben Arnold
Nigel Slater’s Icing On The Cake
9pm, BBC4
“Cake is simply the most exciting form of bread,” says professor Ronald Hutton – and he’s not wrong. Between Bake Off and pop-up cupcake shops, we are living in a cake-crowded world, and all-round cuddly chef Nigel Slater is out to explore the evolution of the doughy substance. He visits cake historians of all kinds to discover regional recipes, the rituals involved in its preparation and – of course – its inextricable relationship with tea, via the tearooms of the 19th and 20th centuries. Bim Adewunmi
Scandal
9pm, Sky Living
Maya’s bomb is ticking away at Senator Hightower’s funeral and Cyrus, having sat on the intel, is sweating bullets in Fitz’s office. Sally – assisted by Leo – emerges suddenly as the frontrunner in the election campaign and Rowan, last seen in a puddle of his own blood, is being wheeled into the ER. Mellie’s big revelation finally comes to Fitz’s attention and, elsewhere, Quinn and Huck’s icky affair unravels thanks to Charlie’s input. It’s been a messy third series, but ends with a reliably shocking moment. BAA
Babylon
10pm, Channel 4
The fun that Touch of Cloth has with the tropes of the maverick detective, Babylon has with the post-Spooks, PR-governed police/government drama. As you might expect with Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on board, it’s got some very funny bits – the inside jokes of the armed-response unit, the ongoing war on “banter” – but the idea of framing them within an hour-long format is a bit of a stretch. Tonight, Liz’s plans for police TV station “Metwork” receive a boost, while a bomb threat poses a PR meltdown, at the very least. John Robinson
