The Great Fire
9pm, ITV
The historic conflagration heads east towards the Tower of London and threatens St Paul’s. As Jack Huston’s Charles II looks on powerless, it arrives at the imposing walls of Newgate, where Sarah’s son David is being held prisoner at the behest of sinister spymaster Lord Denton (Charles Dance). Discovering his nephew’s fate, Tom Farriner heads to the jail in a desperate attempt to free him. Meanwhile, Sarah’s own life is put in grave danger as she’s forced to do Denton’s bidding. Ben Arnold
The Sham Wedding Crashers
9pm, Channel 5
His methods may be less Met police and more bloke you met down the pub, but Irish investigator Paul Connolly knows how to get a job done, mooching with fraudsters before shaming them in his made-for-TV stings. Tonight’s programme sees Connolly head undercover to investigate the growing trend for fake marriages, with an estimated 10,000 sham ceremonies taking place in Britain every year. There’s also an undercover bride on hand to trap a “groom” who’s desperate to stay in the UK. Hannah J Davies
Drifters
9pm, E4
No change on the Drifters front: the girls are still skint, single and sharply funny. “There are literally no more fish left in the sea,” laments Meg as Bunny ponders their man situation. “I hate to come over all Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, but you’ve got to let the stocks replenish.” And so the trio plan a girls’ night in, with Laura and Bunny ensuring the fun spirals out of control with a game of Truth or Dare. Hot neighbour Scott is still lurking in the background, but which Drifter will catch his eye? Hannah Verdier
My Grandfather Dylan
10.40pm, ITV
A documentary to coincide with the centenary of the poet Dylan Thomas’s birth. His granddaughter, Hannah Ellis, makes an impassioned plea for a collective change in perception: he wasn’t just a booze-addled bard but a dedicated craftsman with a deep love for the country that made him, Wales. Interviews and recollections are interspersed with dramatised readings from the splendid Michael Sheen. Bit of a shock to discover this will be broadcast not on BBC4 or even BBC2 but on ITV, of all places. Julia Raeside
Scrotal Recall
10pm, Channel 4
In which Scrotal Recall gets a severe case of the penultimates: can Dylan resolve his unrequited stirrings for (a conspicuously engaged) Evie by next week’s final episode? Meanwhile, we’re flashbacking four years to a fraught supper with girlfriend-of-the-moment Bethany’s uptight brother; and to an after-work bowling night, where Luke is being frozen out by work colleague Diana. Was it for likening a row of ten-pins to a vagina? Or for something else he can’t actually recall doing? “Oh God,” he thinks, “did I do ‘Dutch Mudflaps’ on her?” Andrew Clements
Life Story
9pm, BBC1
The second part of Auntie’s latest wildlife epic focuses on young critters striking out on their own. Remarkable footage abounds as we watch Arctic foxes leaping in the air prior to plunging their heads into the snow (a way to snaffle lemmings), an octopus making armour from coconut shells it finds on the seafloor, and cheetahs learning to hunt. As for the slo-mo footage of a tiny hummingbird in the midst of an aerial duel with honeybees, it’s utterly extraordinary. David Attenborough narrates. Jonathan Wright
Dominion
10pm, Syfy
New series based on the film Legion. You’re barely a minute into the credits before you’re exhausted by the premise: God has abandoned Heaven, and the lower angels led by Gabriel have decided to wage war against humanity, with only Archangel Michael siding with humanity. Christopher Egan stars as Alex, mankind’s “chosen one”. CGI of a city based on the remains of Las Vegas and an opening chase show some promise but limply drawn characters and cheap adventurist tropes drag the whole enterprise down. David Stubbs
NBA Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers v New York Knicks
12midnight, BT Sport 1
LeBron James’s return to the Cavaliers fooled many pundits who predicted he’d stay at the Heat and be joined by the Knicks star man, Carmelo Anthony. But both snubbed Florida for colder climes with Anthony taking the chance to work with the Knicks’ new general manager Phil Jackson, who has won the championship 11 times. In the later game a Kevin Durant-less Oklahoma Thunder travel to the LA Clippers, a team powered by the brawn of Blake Griffin and the brains of Chris Paul. Lanre Bakare
