MotherFatherSon
9pm, BBC Two
It’s the penultimate episode of this tense – if often overwrought – melodrama starring Richard Gere, about a Murdoch-esque newspaper baron and his unhappy, troubled family. Max’s paper takes the fall for the death of the prime minister’s son, leading Sofia to make some choices about her future and that of her child. Meanwhile, Orla is transferred to a secure unit where Caden offers her his support, while his mother, Kathryn (Helen McCrory), has some tough decisions to make regarding her ex-husband. Hannah J Davies
Earth from Space
9pm, BBC One
Retire the cliche about phenomena being “visible from space”: new camera tech means everything is, and that’s exploited well by this new four-part nature series. Satellite photos of weather, rivers and, memorably, penguin excrement provide a big picture to go with crisp closeups filmed on the ground. Jack Seale
The Bay
9pm, ITV
DS Armstrong (Morven Christie) wouldn’t last five minutes in the AC-12 interrogation room. In Morecambe Bay, however, she has managed to keep quiet about her illicit shag with a suspect and continue the investigation into the missing/murdered Meredith twins. Now, though, Holly has reappeared with secrets of her own. Ellen E Jones
Chimerica
9pm, Channel 4
Lucy Kirkwood’s 2013 stage play about Chinese and American superpowerdom has been cannily updated for TV in the era of Trump. A photojournalist (Alessandro Nivola) seeks to find the “tank man” of Tiananmen Square in a drama that, while a shade self-serious, could hardly be more timely. Gwilym Mumford
Inside John Lewis: Profits & Problems
9pm, Channel 5
A curiously timed celebration of the chain, which recently slashed staff bonuses after a disastrous financial year. Expect a far more positive picture of John Lewis here, revealing how it grew to retail-giant status and looking at its closely guarded inner workings. GM
Veep
Sky Atlantic, 10.10pm
With a cloud of corruption hanging over her presidential campaign, Selina needs a boost. But will her bright idea of a “non-negativity pledge” signed by all the primary candidates come back to bite her? Meanwhile, foul-mouthed Jonah gets PR representation as his own campaign goes from bad to worse. GM
Film choice
Elysium, 10pm, 5Star
Space station Elysium is decked out in five-star luxury for the wealthy, while the poor fester on the polluted Earth below. But Max (Matt Damon) hatches a plan to sneak aboard to have his terminal radiation sickness treated. Neill Blomkamp’s earlier sci-fi, District 9, was smarter, but this is fast and furious nonetheless. Paul Howlett
Sport choice
One-Day Cup cricket: Kent v Hampshire Coverage of the group match. 12.30pm, Sky Sports Cricket
Champions League football: Manchester City v Tottenham Porto v Liverpool airs on BT Sport 3 at 7.15pm. 7pm, BT Sport 2
Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers v St Louis Cardinals MLB from Miller Park, St Louis. 8pm, BT Sport 1
