The Missing,
9pm, BBC1
First in a new eight-part series starring James Nesbitt as a desperate father searching for his missing son. In 2006, five-year-old Oliver goes missing on a family holiday in France. In 2014, Tony Hughes (Nesbitt) thinks he has unearthed new evidence and returns to the scene of the disappearance. Nesbitt is utterly and painfully convincing and the pacing masterful. But is there a parent left in the country with an appetite for another missing-child saga? Julia Raeside
CSI: The Last Days Of Jim Brass
9pm, Channel 5
After a man is found dead in Ellis Springs, the team links the murder to a case from 25 years ago – a mob heist, the aftermath of which saw three boys embroiled in the crime after coming across the bad guys in an abandoned shack. Once the case is reopened, a sheriff who investigated the robbery back in 1989 comes back into the mix. Hurling a random ancient antiquity into the plot (part of the missing loot) stretches plausibility a tad. Meanwhile, Captain Brass receives news that his daughter Ellie is in hospital following an overdose. Ben Arnold
Life Is Toff
10pm, BBC3
You may remember the Fulfords – their first television adventure was on Channel 4’s Cutting Edge back in 2004. Now the sweary West Country aristos are back: older, still foul-mouthed and, this time, firmly in on the joke. Filmed over the summer, this series follows the Fulford children’s various adventures. They are almost comically posh – strangled vowels, copious swearing and pshawing at the idea of overturning primogeniture. In this first episode, we see just how clueless Arthur – heir to the estate – and his siblings really are. Bim Adewunmi
The Flash
8pm, Sky1
Plucked from the DC Comics universe – via an appearance in fellow comic-book TV series Arrow – Barry “Flash” Allen is a timid forensic scientist, scarred by the murder of his mother, which he witnessed as a child and for which his father is (wrongly) serving a jail sentence. When the inaugural switch-on of a particle accelerator in his town goes wrong, the fallout sends Barry into a coma. He wakes to find that his heart rate is off the chart and he can move at super-speed, but he’s not the only one granted powers by the accident. RA
League Cup Football: Shrewsbury Town v Chelsea
7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
League Two side Shrewsbury Town are this season’s giant killers of note: so far they’ve ended the League Cup campaigns of Premier League side Leicester, and Blackpool and Norwich of the Championship. Victory over the latter has set up this truly tasty tie against José Mourinho’s Chelsea, who were less than impressive in their 2-1 win over Bolton in the last round. Tomorrow’s live match sees Manchester City take on Newcastle United (7.30pm, Sky Sports 1). Gwilym Mumford
Imagine – The Art That Hitler Hated
10.35pm, BBC1
Goebbels may have been a big fan of expressionist painting but when Hitler, a failed art student himself, decided he didn’t like it, Goebbels immediately did a volte face and fell into goosestep behind him. The new series of Imagine kicks off with a two-part exploration: the disturbing tale of the Nazis’ war on so-called “degenerate art” (a term coined, ironically, by a Zionist Jew back in 1892); and a look at the fate of some priceless artworks – and their collectors – under the Third Reich. Ali Catterall
